"THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 236

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ACROSS

t. They have a chequered career.

5. What's overcome Proust?

to. Flow an enthusiastic ally might sign himself.

It. Employment in writing.

12. Some go to Aix to cure them.

13. Limn goose out of this.

14. So return to the victim.

16. A seductive person.

2o. Hair for hair.

21. To sweeten the spirit add butter.

24. Henpecked like a broomstick.

26. Bores might be.

28. That of Gray's owl was ancient and solitary.

29. It begins lilte a notorious, highway- man and ends with a mixed duet.

30. " With bloody blameful blade He bravely broached his boiling bloody -." (Shakespeare.) 31. Plant addressed proverbially to a physician.

DOWN

s. There is a suggestion of excess in the bird's tail.

2. People often are asked what they are doing on it.

3. They used to keep the wheels turning.

4. It is essential to every deal in gold. 6. Time for music, isn't it?

7. It makes a pet listen.

8. Carry on!

9. Let them be themselves.

is. Pickled bird.

57. Mercy perhaps, or Charity.

18. " The river - at its own sweet will." (Wordsworth.) 59. A dark blue stream.

22. Milton's contemplation.

23. False.

25. Moore's Evelyn.

27. " They are neither - nor human, They are ghouls! " (Poe.)