"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 46 [A prize of a Book

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ACROSS x. In modern terms it is no use doing this after the car's been stolen (2 words) (6, 6).

9. "This blessed plot, this

earth, this , this Eng- land" (5).

to. It becomes nicer less changed (9).

it. Won (9).

12. S'present (5).

13. The author of many pro- blem books (6).

x5. Showing that sausage can be made to satisfy (7).

59. Fennel (7).

20. The thing that does not find favour (6).

23. Inclines (5).

25. Ena tell me the outcome of it (9).

27. Not a simple statement about a girl who works for a barrister (9).

28. These may be encountered in any jolly rest-house (5).

29. How the coastline is dis- tinguished (4 words) (2, 4, 3, 3)- DOWN x. "Comrades, - me here a little, while as yet 'tis early morn" (5).

2. Temporary settlement on a river (9).

3 Up goes down and up alas! (6).

4. Found by Midas's char- woman? (2 words) (4, 4).

5 They may be stern (5).

6. This bird provides ale, Reggie (2 words) (4, 5).

7. The barber's fall (7).

8. "Variable as the shade By the light quivering - made" (5).

14. Making a practice of having no trumps? (9).

16. They are frequently re- covered, but not if lost (9).

17. One might expect to find this ornithological specimen at the Wash (2 words) (4,4).

x8. A catalogue of pig-houses? (7).

21. Lizzie's about 50 (5).

22. Reduce (6).

24. This spectacle often goes to Rio (5).

26. Foreign land (5).