THE "SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 647

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ACROSS

1. Measured regulations for the infantry? (9.)

6. Saturday isn't his festival. (5.)

9. In short the referee gets it. (5.) 10. Stimulating, but not the hero's laurel. (9.) 11. His revolutionary ideas were revolu- tionary. (7.)

)3. I am twice E. (7.)

15. Seen Val? (anag.) (7.) 17. Hard amidships. (6.)

19. Wandering. (6.) 20. This can be seen in every train terminus. (5.) 21. Dog all confused and steeped in crime. (3, 3.) 23. Invisible holdings. (6.) 26. Stymie on the table. (7.) 29. An expert on cells, it seems. (7.) 30. What Disraeli said he had to do to the party. (7.)

32. He is anything but agreeable. (9.)

33. How unlike the movies! (5.) 34. Scolding material. (5.)

35. All square in the stage. (9.)

DOWN

1. Gets the rations, but takes a long time. (7.)

2. All off? May be nearly. (5.)

3. Frightened - by a snake? (7.) 4. So turn up after the girl. (6.) 5. Rembrandt's wife was subject to him, so to speak. (6.) 6. Hesitate to speak. (7.)

7. Neat mitre (anag.). (9.) 8. " - was mingled with surprise " • (Scott). (7.)

12. Napoleonic ciphers? (7.) 14. Turned aside. (7.) 16. Fdty on the couch but no man to make a game. (5.)

8. In Spain but bordered by Asia. (9.) 21. Might be Rose embracing a cad. (7.) 22. As in one more than 7 seems to be. (7.)

24. Learned. (7.)

25. " Youth grows pale, and - thin and dies " (Keats). (7.)

27. They turn to rest. (6.)

28. Boiling skipper of fiction. (6.) 31. Found in things made largely of copper. (5.)

SOLUTION ON OCTOBER 26