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ACROSS

I. "- Pop von 8 Drop, The King of Canoodle-Dum " (Gilbert). (8.)

5. Hills, not for mixed bathing? (6.) 9. Faces from 2. (8.), o. Joe in ," Pickwick , '--- generally was. (6.) 2. Beaconsfield was on their side, he said. (6.) 3. A national who might take root. (5) 6. Most of the shrub conceals a coiled snake. (6.) 7. Impetus which does not seem to last long. (8.) o. Man who puts his money into a

match-factory ? (8.)

LI. A cautious po:itician. (6.) t3. The port's going the wrong way.

(5.) Ls. See, nothing in it? (6.)

:S. It does give one a start. (6.)

t9. "I wonder often what the - buy One-half so precious as the stuff they sell " (Omar). (8.) 9). Tie up. (6.) 0. Yet I spar. (Anag.) (8.)

DOWN

I. A change of face. (4.) 2. See 9. (4.) 1 Mother seems in no hurry ; tending to be ill? (9.) 4. Gay's Diana. (6.) 6. Pleases, but not plural. (5.) 7. How the sufferers of execution expire in U.S.A.? (to.)

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8. Seer across (to.) as. Astonished, with the tail, as described. (5.) 14. What rain does in this country. (to.) 15. It sounds like the iniquity of the bimetallists. (so.) IS. Let up a tee. (Anag.) (9.) 19. Is Poe balanced? (5.)

22. Horse lasts. (6.)

Fall after this. (5.)

26. A bit of supper in Soho. (4-)

27. Observe. (4.)