" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 153

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ACROSS

t and 6. Whither Willie pro- mised to return to wed all the ladies (2 words) (8, 6).

9. Company. 10. Let Eva beg for this.

13. "He - back to Arcot Gate, He - up through Arcot town" (Newbolt).

14. The nerve which proverbi- ally assists belief.

15. One expects a catch in these. 16. The attractiveness of klepto- mania (2 words) (6, 4). 19. They are quite happy whether they get landed or are all at sea.

21. Resting place which may be consulted with advantage.

24. Poe referred to one within one.

25. Antonio Allegri.

27. Ballad of beast and stream. 28 They might go slow.

29. " - far away, dissolve, and quite forget" (Keats).

30, Dickens character who sounds a dashing waterman.

DOWN 2. The barrister's wig and gown might be so described.

3. Such information as we all desire.

4. Coupled by Shakespeare with lunatic and poet.

5. He is " debarred" as it were from prowling the jungle (2 words) (5, 4).

7. Tom Kitten's mother.

8. Not a manual of physical jerks (2 words) (8, 4).

ix. The sound of babies' songs. 12. The food of model idle- ness (2 words) (8, 4).

17. Where Henry V spent St. Crispin's Day.

18. Device for achieving partial eclipse. 20. Like a kilt.

22. A good fellow in America.

23. Start for a dumb radio (2 words) (3, 3). 26. Distance of the stove.