tt THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 84 [A prize of

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ACROSS . Dumbfounded at a spelling- bee? (so) 9. In a common one it isn't necessarily common (6). lo. This is frequently rendered in colour by those who stick it (to).

Ii. Companions of Sesame (6). 12. Reckoning a suitable charge for a she-donkey? (to) 20. Puss round a member (9). 21. Indian musical instrument (5).

22. Fled back with a letter (5). 23. Better at the end of a shaft on the tee than on one's shoulders (2 words) (5, 4). 26. It's simply pouring! (to). 31. In France thou gettest the push (6). 32. A German tree goes to mar- ket in the end (to). 33. Antony remembered when Caesar first wore it (6).

34. No man can enter this (to).

DOWN 2. Twos from Paris (5). 3. Thread I sell, perhaps (5). 4. Producers of a penetrating ennui? (5)

5. Put it in a French one (5). 6. "She - among the un- trodden ways Beside the springs of Dove" (Words- worth) (5). 7. This girl should be full of dash (5). 8. It occurs in " The Cotter's Saturday Night " (5) 52. Not a gangway in Noah's craft (6)

13. Mother of Dionysus (6).

14. " Clothed in white mystic, wonderful " (Tenny- son) (6).

15. Some rat gone foreign (7).

16. Trimmer 17. Like Begbie's earthenware (6).

x8. It turns up under the tape (6).

59. Intricate (6).

24. Can they put Sam up? (5).

25. Flappers' notes (5) 26. These are not used for under- ground tests (5).

27. Parties in defeat? (5) 28. She embraces me twice, and I interrupt (5).

29. It is most exasperating when it goes out at night (5). 3o. Advice from Spain (5).