THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 66 [A prize of a

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ACROSS A bird that is almost a boisterous spirit (2 words) (6, 6). 9. Unhappy about a musical instrument (7).

so. The girl from Venice (7).

" I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It -, and I am ready to depart" (W. S. Landor) (5).

13. Amusing or otherwise (9). 14. Sweeping carriages (9). 55. Boadicea's people (5).

17. Support for a walk (5).

18. Proceed in front of a fish (9). 20. Badger leg badly broken (9). 22. The Member for Winter Sports? (5).

24. She might well be a pianist (7). 25. Attic but not Greek, though it contains some of it (7).

27. Framing for a passport (2 words) (5, 7).

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a. "Bind on thy sandals, 0 thou most fleet, Over the and speed of thy feet " (Swinburne) (9).

2. Not the door to enter by (3).

3. This island takes the cake (7).

4. Step round the weathercock for dances (7).

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5. A number of doctrinal state- ments drawn up in 1536 (2 words) (3, 8).

6 and 23. Speaking out of time (9).

7. Employs (4). 8. Unfit as a disguise, perhaps (8). 12. A heavenly toxophilite (it). 14. Good as a group, bad as an individual (8).

16. A race expert rather than a racing expert (9). 18. Half a pair of spectacles (7).

19. A great help in digging for victory (7).

21. A liquid letter (5).

23. See 6. 26. Gregory embraces me (3).