" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 123

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ACROSS

1. Having an ungovernable appetite for milk puddings? (I I).

9. So unoriginal! (7).

so. The golden girl who might

become a butterfly (7). it. Not quite the task for these

heavy times (to).

52. " 'Tis -; 'tis pity ; and pity 'tis 'tis -" (Shakes- peare) (4).

54. Not a member of the Church of England? (5).

75. This review is serious (8). 77. Set girls in this (8).

19. He usually pays (5).

22. Clad for the Navy (4)..

23. Makes up a cat's brief (to).

26. " In life's cool -, satiate of applause" (Pope) (7).

27. An angling spider perhaps (7).

28. These are not disclosed with- out bias (11).

DOWN 1. It yields to pressure (5).

2. A short paragraph nearly gone (7).

3. If they don't help to hold the fort, at least they help to retain it (to).

4. They might be regarded as sacred (6). 5. Source of marmalade (8).

6. It's definitely in U.S.A. (4).

7. His joy is clematis (9).

8. Part of the monocle Richard broke (6).

13. A hanging matter (to).

14. Addled linnet egg (9).

16. Euclid's contribution to the human drama (8).

18. Used 22 (6).

zo. "And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark mills? " (Blake) (7).

21. Sad sitter (6).

24. Varieties of shuffling (5).

25. The front shouldn't be, of course (4).