" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No 329

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24. with 12. Look.

25. This bane is suave. 26. Explosive noise.

27. This berry is of greater age.

28. rev. Body of water with some-

thing of the poetic about it. 3o. rev. In the manner of twelve dozen that are overfed ?

32. rev. I spy spade (anag.).

33. rev. What people do in Threadneedle Street ?

ACROSS

I. Like a Dickens' character- in an esoteric sense.

8. Minute distance denied the bald. (Two words.) 14. What those who would like to be younger than their years would like to do is a thing to be depended on.

16. rev. See 3.

17. This Shakespearian charac- ter sets a standard.

19. Dresses with settled ten- dencies.

20. . . . forte et dare.

22. Vowels.

23. rev. Temper and toughen.

DOWN

1. " All the interim is Like a . . . , or a hideous dream."

2. My first is unchecked in 7, my second in x8.

3. rev. and 16. The unfair influence in bowls ?

4. This stupidity makes an ass.

5. Usually holds less than to gallons.

6. Dandify.

7. Kind of women who wear cowboy's leggings about them.

9. This saint is the smallest pig of a litter.

xo. Kitchen plant with a sting on the end of it.

Ix. Toy ices (anag.).

12. See 24.

13. rev. This egg is the result of thrift.

15. This fish is a black cod.

x8. rev. Part of column filled with scraped linen.

20. Cause of utter helplessness.

21. rev. Out of place in chimes. 25. Drive forcibly.

29. This pirate has to draw out from a vessel.

31. My first is unchecked in 14, my second in x across.