THE "SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 674

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Across

1. The gardeners don't mean by this to sleep in the open. (3. 3.) 4. His work should be noteworthy. (8.) 8. No doubt the poet would have been happy in Honiton. (8.) 10. The pavement law? (6.)

12. Component of some hydraulic avvii-

• ances. (5.) 13. Note in a broken crate. (9.) 14 The messenger ends Many a poem.

• i; 16. Scene of the tattoo. (9.)

17. Come in mixed vyrith the mat. (9.) 19. Not eligible for eingt-et-un. (5.)

21. A clean owl. (anag.) (9.)

22. A ghost wore, it complete. (5.) Grown UP. (6.) 25. Tipsy era. (anag..) (8.)

26. Withstood. (80 27. .A little science comes to an end.

• (6.)

Down.

1. Fruit for the winner at the cattle show. .

2. 'A gentleman of the road. (5.)

3. It .might arise from 'a lack of charm. o 47.) - 5. The chameleon's dish: I eat the air - crammed" (Shakespeare). (7.)

6. Not necessarily a citizen of U.S.A. (9.) 7. Secret I make it. (7.) 9. She carries the keys. (10.) 11. Old writers. (10.) 15. Rattles the keys and gets late in the process. (9.)

17. No doubt his Pupils get fed up. (7.)

18. Where to find patients. (7.) 19. They take her in quantity. (7.) 20. Radio can be, not eggs. (7.) 23. The best. (5.)