THE " SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 562

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1. Its purpose is to conceal some difference of public opinion (6, 3.) 5. Pencil full of rough metal becomes mountainous. (5.)

Graduate with French wine becomes a faggot. (5.)

9. Condition produced by Saul diet. (9.)

11. It doesn't really make the news bigger. (5, 4.) 12. Nasty looks. (5.) 11. It is to me a book (4.) Id. It changes into a land. (9.) 19. Man at work m France. (9.)

21. Fluid double life. (4.)

:3. "His sceptre shows the force of temporal -" (Shakespeare). (5.)

25. Not much of r spread some think.

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:7. He expects to get what's left. (6, 3.) .9. A devilish stage in the game. (5.) :9. Drain into jugs. (S.)

10 They lack staying 23. (9.)

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1. The interpreters' big chance. (5.) 2. Perhaps this civic character takes too little exercise. (9.) 3. With one of these quadrupeds • wizard was associated briefly. (6.) 4. Nautically eggs must. (7.) s. Expectation of 27. (8.r

n. Stir up (5.) 7. "- on the falling out the. all the

more endears " (Tennyson) (9.) 1". True standard that may pass into public ownership. (5.) 9. 13. A going concern of which many have a pocket edition (9.)

15. " It is a nipping and an eager (Shakespeare). (3.)

16. Establish. (9.) 17. A meal with flowers. (8.) 19. Key-women ? (5.)

20. Sailors disn't wear them. (7.) 22. The domestic bird that did not take

the lift (6.) 24. We'd get most of it for splitting. (5.)

26. "Lest we lose our - Eve and I I " (Browninv) (54