"The Spectator" Crossword No. 146

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DOWN 1. Generally found books.

2. Matthew, James and John. 3. Beware-if you have to take this,

4. rev. In 8.

5. rev. The start of all know- ledge.

6. Animal found in hunting.

7. " I'll put a ... round about the earth In forty minutes." ACROSS

Aeriform fluid in a state of amusement

This kind of blade wouldn't cut much !

14. She has lost her sheep, so we are told.

16. Small tower.

17. Found in stars.

18. Comparatively advanced in age 19. Tide has turned round the

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21. Off the coast of 8.

23. A peaceful sound 24. An archaic blockhead.

27. rev. In 35.

28. In 13.

29. Very small areas. 32. Rescue which includes 33. Noxious exhalation.

34. Deep wooded valley. 35. Machine which took its name from a hangman. I.

11. you. 8. Requ'res a continent answer !

9. " Is this a dagger which I . . . before me 1 "

10. Recurrent phrase in music.

12. Polo breaks up a fit of shivering. 13. Inhabitant of the open sea. 15. Came to an end in slang.

16. Mistake turned up in time. 20. rev. Red wine. • 22. Company of singers.

25. " all that beauty, all that wealth e'er . . . , Await alike the inevitable hour."

26. " Yet I A dull and muddy-mottled rascal,

Like John-a-dreams, un- pregnant of my cause."

30. Ancient - Roman household god.

31. In 1 across