THE "SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 733

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Not to be confused with the lads in the belfry. (9.) 6. Leather concealments. (5.) 9. The ship's best speed 7 (7.)

This gambler prefers the deep end, no doubt. (7.) Most tenants probably think themselves so flattered. (9.) 13. An old dry catch. (4.)

15. Meat product a little at a time. (8.) 17. Abolish. (5.)

19. This carpet will cover a considerable area. (5.) 20. Vera's lip is dominant. (8.) 22. Was this author the first to be knocked down 7 (4.) •

23. A sort of mural maladS,, very wide- spread. (9.)

26. Ten dive for it. (7.) 20. " Homely Joys and destiny -" (Gray), (7.) 29. Is the subject the ego 7 (5.) 30. They seem active, but at one time were Passive. (9.)

Down t. He was declared to be translated. (6.)

2. Jangled peals. (5.) 3. This is not, as might be thought, the state of riparian folk. (10.) 4. Tepid Proust. (Anag.) (II.) 5. Bribe for that infernal dog. (3.) 6. " And so front - to - we ripe and ripe " (Shakespeare). (4.)

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7. A humble prefab usually for one tenant. (9.) 8. He was really the son of Salinguerra. (8.) 12. Grid's noises. (Anag.) 14. Chemist whose career was dramatised by the author of 8. (10.) 16. In the provision of which pips have displaced a policeman. (5. 4.) 18. Stern's Stnelfungus. (8.) 21. " It's ill taking the - aff a wild Highlandman " (Scott). (6.) 24. One of Tennyson's proctors. (5.) 25. A component of well-weathered timber. (4.) 27. Black seaman. (3.)