" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 290

BY ZENO

ACROSS

2 and 12. Kind of language to use for peace in the Far East ?

7. " 0, it offends me to the soul to hear a . . . periwig- pated fellow tear a passion to tatters."

14. A gay young fellow on a worn-out horse causes an explosion in America.

16. rev. Get this right, once for all.

17. Wordsworth had more than one about immortality.

20. with 26. The Muses.

21. Foreign damsel that flies in 23. Using this blind doesn't prevent suspicious vigilance.

24. A postscript brings this to strips.

25. Musical part of the army ? 27. Crowded together.

29. This wouldn't make the poet sea-sick !

35. Chap in America. 33. What actors hate worse than snakes.

34. Dissipated garden tools ?

DOWN 1. Sporting club that might cause an explosion.

2. This conceited person was formerly a target for marks- men.

3. rev. Large wrap.

4. He could easily give you a cold shoulder !

5. rev. See 9.

6. rev. Member of shooting Party. 8. You can exchange the hand- kerchiefs for fruit for a penny.

9. rev. with 5. This measure must have a point to it some- where.

to. Layman never found in- doors ?

it. " . . . waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."

12. " Through caverns measure- less to man Down to a . . . sea."

13. Without an anchor ? 15. This French act doesn't interfere.

18. rev. In other words, 15.

19. " When the Poet dies, Mute Nature . . . her wor- shipper."

22. My first is unchecked in 2 across, my second in 1.

26. rev. See 20.

28. rev. Hair's-breadth.

29. Quiets us.

3o. rev. with 32. Be morose.

32. See 30.