" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 442 ACROSS
1. Cold bird in hundreds for tired politicians. (8.) 5. Is the seaman unable to go to the university ? (6.) 9. " Her to Aleppo gone, master of the Tiger " (Shakespeare). (8.) 10. The little beast gets round her. (6.) 12. Wordsworth's solitary land-girl. (6.) 13. Develop a plague in the Balkans. (8.) 15. But its inmates are not necessarily contrite. (12.) 18. Paul's honesty will blossom, if pro- perly arranged. (12.) 23. Objects of concentrated gazing. (8.) 24. I smoke for a change. (6).
26. " -, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken " (Shelley). (6.) 27. Rubber weathercock, used by the Navy ? (8.) 28. Mounts. (6.)
19. Stage spouse. (8.)
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1. Fellow gardener, in short, though warlike. (6.) 2. Yoke. (6.) 3. On which to " fly through the air with the greatest of ease." (7.) 4. " What if we still - on, we two, With life for ever old yet new (Browning). (4.) 6. It shows how it goes across the boat. (7.) 7. A painter (anag.). (8.) 8. Shilling corsets ? (8.) 11. Offices abroad. (7.) 14.
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25. Given distinguishing marks at the time of the first Passover. (7.) Addison's epithet for the firmament. (8.)
A sculptor's appeal for raw material ? (IQ Dressed. (7.) - ! My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time " (Shake- speare). (7.) A chirpy little thing. (6.) All present and correct, Sir. (6.) " And all I ask is a - ship And a star to steer her by " (Masefield). (4.)
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