3 AUGUST 1945, Page 17

THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 334

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r. Ungrammatical arrangement of my- self and her token of betrothal. (10.) . The opening letters of t across are here the subject. (5.) 9. Lilies in old Salisbury. (5.) Though subject to exposure what occurs in it is secret. (6.) 1. Got up by any other name. (5.) 3. There are signs of it. (6.)

5. Sun spot. (7.)

6. It contributes to connubial felicity. (5.) Engrave. (6.) 9. The space in them of course is almost taken up by lasses. (7.) . Gala run. (Anag.) (7.) S. " Whose faith has - everywhere, Nor cares to fix itself to form." (Tennyson.) (6.) 7. Suitable ally for co-partnership, found in varnish. (5.)_ 8. Home for the vanquished. (7.) . A late hand. (6.) . It is all in the air. (5.) . Italian statesman. (6.) 5. I went all twisted. (5.) Tennyson's harp for Longfellow was one such. (5.)

. John Stuart and Wilbur. (to.)

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1. One ounce comes out like this, slightly mixed. (8.) • . Bitter. (s.) Put me, humiliatingly, among Church dignitaries. (7.) .Is the pigeon stable or otherwise? (4.) . Near slum. (Anag.) (8.) 6. Hush, a houseboat! (s.) . What a " poet needs "; he may get fun as well as verse! (5.) • It ought to be easy to find the lost horse with these. (6.)

12. Not always the best vine. (6.)

14. It doesn't mean the user has to await his turn, though in fact he has. (3.) 15. Measure of care. (3.) 18. Such things require opening. (6.) 20. Tubular pabulum. (8.) 21. Required, perhaps, in conducting funeral music. (4, 4.) 23. What sort of a noise? 0 a purr. (6.) 24. " From hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour to hour, we - and -." (Shakespeare.) (3.) 25. It doesn't by any means come every time it's called. (3.) 26. A choice person, so to speak. (7.) 28. Fencing birds, often run over. (5.) 29. It can always be found in some old romantic allegory. (5.) 31. It takes the cake, or rather just the reverse. (5.)

33. Spoken. (4.)