6 JULY 1951, Page 49

THE 4t SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 633

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ACROSS

1. Corresponding domestic economy. (6, 4, 4.)

9. Such is the strength of a stretcher.

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10. She makes me learn. (7.)

11. What the soldier said was nut.

(8.) 12. Watch from the kitchen-garden. (6.) 14. It is apparent in the make-up of every young bachelor. (4.) 15. Dance opened by two sailors in collision. (10.) 17. Burke called time the grand one. (9.) 19. Its fall is calamitous in foot or structure, (4.) 22. " Lend the eye a terrible - (Shakespeare). (6.) 23. Stir up in credit. (8.) 25. Lion equal to a penny. (7.) 26. One way of pressing one's suit. (7.) 27. Barrie's Tommy was one. (14.)

DOWN

1. 11 makes my hat emit a call. (14.) 2. ""- Sir Byng stood for his King " (Browning). (7.)

3. A Shakespearean island was full of them. (6.) 4. No odds in a case of this sort. (4, 6.) 5. Even in matters of discovery fashion may change. (4.) 6. Its occupants are anything but a lively lot. (8.) 7. " This - blazon must not be to cars of flesh and blood ' (Shake- speare). (7.) 8. Moral information from the guide in the old castle. (4, 2, 3, 5.) 13. Elia in toto (snag.). (10.) 16. Not legislation about transport. (5, 3.) 18. The walrus asked the carpenter if he did. (7.) 20. Italian composer. (7.) 21. The cigar provides its own light. (6.)

24. Hood regretted that he was not adamant. (4.)