- 66 THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 497
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ACROSS
1. Confused red fate in geometrical figures. (12.) 9. Paper ball (anag).) (9.) 10. " He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable -" (Marvell). ,(5.) 11. A definite amount of nourishment Is provided on these. (6.) 12. Trivial folk, they put on furs to go round the country road. (S.) 13. Where we lost, perhaps. (6.) 15. Ignored. (S.) 18. " The little rift within the lute," and he ;an after it. (8.) 19. Pure about us in retreat. (6.) 21. I'd appear in a fictional last case. (8.) 23. " To hear the world applaud the hollow ghost which - the living man " (Arnold). (6.) 26. Ran round for example. (5.) 27. Drinkwater should be popular with him. (9.) 28. Hers was a splendid achievement, and well dressed. (4, 8.)
DOWN
1. The way to do this seems to be to put a crust on it. (7.) 2, 8. First in Latin. (5, 8.) 3. The chosen did not have to walk.
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4. Look with thine -" (Shake- speare.) (4.) 5. Everything and two-thirds of it and one more. (3, 5.)
6. Found in the hands of a messenger. (5.)
7. " He more had - us, had he -----us less " (Addison). (7.) S. See 2.
14. Model performances. (13.) 16. Libel tune (snag.). (9.) 17. Possible turf feat that was, in fact, a stage one. (8.) 18. Actual misprint. (7.) 20. Starts with the end and sure to change. (7.) 22. Boredom. (5.) 24. Hat joint. (5.) 25. One of the adjectives Tennyson applied to the North. (4.)
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