"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 72

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ACROSS

I. A geographical term not to be con- fused with a cummerbund (2 words) (8, 4)- 9. With which Midas was chastised

when a child? (2 words) (6, 3).

so. It is poisonous to see the little arch- deacon with a decoration (5).

xi. All regiments are, but particularly the North Lancashire (5).

12. " Three -, love and light, And calm thoughts, regular as infant's breath " (Coleridge) (9).

13. The man with the information (7). 15. This bird gives me a rise (7). 17. A legal person (7).

19. Kingly little editor (7).

20. Royal mail used by builders (a words)

(4, 5).

22. It makes the going, so to speak (5). 24. A division between New York and South Africa (5).

25. Not to be confused with a Roman cot (2 words) (5, 41- 26. The art which livers the goods, perhaps (12).

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2. A party to celebrate the discovery of tobacco and potatoes? (5).

3. Prevents (9).

4. Custodian (7).

5. Snakes and ladders in one (7).

6. This is a plum! (6).

7. Its tongue utters nothing base (a words) (5, 4). 8. A colloquial rendering of " blitz- krieg " (3 words) (5, 3, 4).

9. A pelt's after all in a boat for

trousers (12).

14. Treeless plains (9).

16. Tigers men trained for war (9).

t8. What spring does, according to Sinding (7).

19. Stone which provided the first clue for deciphering Egyptian hiero- glyphics (7).

ax. " As rich in having such a jewel, As twenty seas, if all their sand were " (Shakespeare) (5).

as. I riot in front of a building in Japan (5).