"The Spectator" Crossword NO-.-2I0

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9. A well-read animal !

13. Turns any mass to slough.

14. At' the bottom of a con- tinent.

15. This general effect is achieved by an anti-aircraft gun 1 16. Doze in it.

17. In a mosque.

.18. A burning question for the law.

20. rev. Parts from a curve ?

21. Bridges formerly held this - not a stage-coach !

24. The thing to do on a baseball diamond, is dastardly on the road. (Three words.) 28. rev. Closely related with a microbe.

29. Vestment which is secretly appropriated.

30. You won't find this a com- • mon thing !

31. An obese drink !

33. rev. " Yond light is not day- light, I know it, I : It is some meteor that the sun . . . VP

35. rev. Quick-witted pain ?

36. Fit costume for a person who is drunk ?

DOWN - 2. rev. A head treatment that is more humbug than anything else. , 3; It is generally agreed that this insect comes up to scratch !

4. Prominent person with ability.

1.

5. Slang.

6. Electrified particles into which a substance is broken up.

7. Mountain Spinach.

8. Things known.

9. Rubs leg (anag.).

10. Heroically but unsuccess- fully defended against the Mandi.

11. " She . . . a wreath of roses, The night that first we met."

12. Ore of a metal.

14. When you have to run at full speed you're sure to make an impression 1 19. Superlatively sensible.

22. Kind of silk fOund in a Chapter of the Koran ?

23. The right person to be on a cheque, no doubt

25. High tone.

26. A foreign three.

27. rev. Julius Caesar did not • want men about him that were this.

32. My first is unchecked in 1, my second in 9.

34. rev. One out of six.,