THE " SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 750
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Across
1. Made by profiteers during a national emergency 7 (7, 2, 3.) 9. Rough metal round many going by railway. (6, 3.)
10. Got to laugh. (5.) II. I stir the tinge. (6.)
12, Are the curling tongs too hot 7 Mustard I (8.) 13. Milton (and others) abhorred them. (6.) 15. The displayed butterfly In suppOrt. (8.) 18. Two of our familiar kings on the watch for foxes. (8.) 19. Jest spoken by a Frenchman. (6.) 21,' Character from the ring seems to pro- vide hall furnishing. (8.) 23. Paint the town red ? No, brown. (6.) 26. Found in a warren and other abodes. (5.) 27. An embracing pose. (9.) 28. Somewhat conventional opening of Jekyll it might be. (12.)
Down
I. The auctioneer waits, but why ? (7.)
2. The start of 9 is national. (5.) 3. " Let me be cruel, not --." (Shakespeare.) (9.) 4. 13 ac. unhushed for Antony. (4.) 5. Drawing, it seems, of the unchallenged. (8.) 6. What's upset Regan 7 (5.) 7. A broken neck under rail transport. (7.) 8. lasted about too much French. (8.) 14. The unnamed on the boards. (8.) 16. Have Euclid to tea and get him to clarify matters. (9.) 17. Make the inheritor appear with what's coming to hint. (8.)
18. Secret society. (7.)
20, Arboreal retreat of a deputy lieutenant. (7.) 22. He was associated with Old Man Kangaroo. (5,) 24. My Scots cap's a strainer. (5.) 25. Hostelry of Mrs. Gilpin's choice. (4.)
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