"The Spectator" Crossword No. 90
BY XANTHIPPE.
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ACROSS 1. William or Geoffrey ?
12. 1 ac. character.
13, 32. .The ancient reptile can do without us.
15 rev. What Eros was asked to do.
16. What respectable people usually lack.
17 rev. - ut des.
18. He passed by. 19. " There's for you ! " but lacking its penul- timate.
21. Black look-out, and a re- verse, for a foreigner.
22. Palindrome.
24. Form of government.
25. Gilbertian see.
27. Quizzical result of be- heading one of twelve. 28. Stentor must have been one.
29. Bill was an acquaintance of Truthful James.
31 rev. Joshua's parents ?
32. See 13.
35. Musical instrument.
36. Mare aux canards.
38 rev. " In a fatherly kind of way, I govern each tribe and-."
39. Scene of a recent marine disaster.
40. See 9.
DOWN
1. Fridoline in Happy Thoughts.
2. Famous spy. 3. Had a point in common with Marat and the wives of G. J. Smith. 4. An outsize in monarchs.
5. Bubbling, but not tea.
6. Inverted art.
7. These shapes in the singular would suggest a de- parted parrot.
8. rev. In The Sorcerer.
9 (continued in 40). Member of a secret society who sounds like an advertise- ment for a patent me. dicine.
10 rev. Add 100 to a N.B. house and take your choice.
11 rev. This eminent Socialist has lost 1,000.
14. Famous cricketer.
20 rev. French political party.
23. Modern dance.
24. Part of Scripture.
26. British river.
30. Adverb and conjunction.
33. A treat with no pussy- footism about it.
34. Gaol without proportional representation, also with. out nothing.
37. London postal district.
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