THE 66 SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 634

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9. Aunt's minstrel it might be. (15.) 10. It is the fate of late-corners to be. (5.) 11. How deep are the burst pipes ! (9.) 12. Expansive state of proverbial stable and horse. (4, 3.) 13. A past master, perhaps. (3, 4.) 14. " By - most have been mis- led " (Dryden). (9.) 21. Pope's " dusky, melancholy sprite." (7.) 23. Dickensian keeper of commercial boarding-house. (7.) 24. Sticking it like this is almost military. (9.) 25. You'd all recall this Eton and West- minster head. (5.) 26. Lines of union. (8, 7.)

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1. That monarch Benedictine. (7.) 2. First out if it's wet. (3, 4.) 3. " But for the grace of God, there goes John ." (8.) 4. A horse for quantity. (6.) 5. What a picture, vessels upset and little Thomas killed l (8.) 6. Not always synonymous with prices. (6.) 7. " Sound the loud - o'er

Egypt A's darkchang sea ! " (Moore). (7.)

stunted e. (7.) 15. Politician associated with small holding and even smaller stock. (8.) 16. There wasn't a lady Chevalier would have swapped for his. (3, 5.) 17. Confusion of mules. (8.) 18. Little Abraham runs to fat. (7.) 19. Half a German isn't slang. (7.) 20. A book of songs in season, perhaps_ (7.) 22. Found among the Siberian steppes. (6.) 23. Haul the pasture into a river. (6.)