" THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 477
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ACROSS
1. Father Thomas is much reduced and full of tender feeling. (6.)
5. She is a deal confused about writing. 10. Mother has a part, but dress her up first. (9.)
11..25. It's 27, and it's irrelevant. (5, 2, 3.)
12. Crazy hair embellishments. (6.) 13. I smoke his alternative. (8.) 15. Gnat's liver (anag.). (10.) 17. " it is a beauteous evening, calm and --" (Wordsworth). (4.) 19. It may be of some account, of course. (4.) 20. Lawrence's character might have been prosecuted. (10.) 23. " That is the - simple, ancient, true " (Browning). (8.) 24. One policy for peace. (6.) 27. See 11. (5.) 28. To make your mark at an election you must be on this 19 ac. (9.) 29. Written by Swinburne to Marie Stuart. (6.) 30. Macedonian river. (6.)
DOWN
2. What one of Lear's daughters developed. (5.) 3. Intermittent fever ? (4, 4.) 4. " To grow great in fame And be at for sixpence a • day " (Dibdin). (4.) 5. Better in salad than men, perhaps. 6. Where Romeo sojourned. (6.) 7. A book for star-gazers. (9.) 8. " Let fall thy blade on vulnerable I bear a charmed life " (Shakespeaie). (6.) 9. Charm. (6.) 14. Second King-of-Arms. (10.) 16. Coal dealt (anag.). (9.) 18. Sort of 4, but there may be some- thing in it. (8.) 19. It must be simply fine to get through this. (6.) 21. The moral of this book is confused and there's nothing in it. (6.) 22. Not to be trusted ? (6.) 25. See 11.
26. Riiies of little sandhills. (4.)
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