THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD SECOND SERIES-No. 28

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ACROSS x. "The - crime of being a young man" (9).

9. An optimistic writer, one might think (6).

to. It's a change from a tidy slant (9) "Battering the gates of heaven with storms of (6).

12. Seat I can change (8).

13. A clever bird (8).

x6. A pointed rejoinder (7). 18. The flavour is enough to

make a vehicle unfit (7). 21. A suiting for a saint (8),

24. Poet with a mother o' pearl on (8).

25. People talk of making it up (6).

26. Greek extract of 2o? (two words) o,4).

27. Conrad's secret (6).

28. Turkish rolls? (9).

DOWN 2. It can be raised East of Suez (6).

3. "The Bayard of India" (6). 4."Minds - and quiet

take that for an hermitage" (8).

5. Discharges (7).

6. Under another name he went to the Court of King Arthur (8).

7. Not charges for dramatic production (2 words) (4, 5). 8. A place of trimming (9). 14. Describing an unproductive effort to make a date, per- haps (9).

x5. The sort of trousers most likely to be packed (2 words) (6, 3).

17. It's a duet, very discordant (8).

19. He seemed to be working overtime this summer (8).

20. A more seasoned book of song? (7).

22. Redbreast junior's second name (6).

23. "Dishonoured did the sparkling -- stand Unless received from gentle Alva's hand" (6).