"The Spectator" Crossword No. 169

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ACROSS 1. Eating instrument suitable for a musician 7 8. Poetic vowels.

11. rev. Extraordinary results aro obtained by it. 15. A measure of 19.

16, rev, A musician's double ! 17. Customary practice will imank.e you one with a wise na 19. " An honourable murderer."

20. Came of eastern origin.

22. The number four.

23. Means of control.

25. rev. 9 completes this story.

26. " Ho beats thee 'gainst the odds : thy lustre . . . , When he shines by."

28. rev. Necessary for a quarrel, we are told.

29. A title of distinction in the east.

31. Pol. " This is the very . . of love."

33. Italian loader needs an affix.

30. Ho was to bring 18 a honey• bag.

38. Belongs to the middle of 39. Prosier us (rmag.). CROSSWORD NO. 168

DOWN 2. It is in a French ono.

3. Inflammable oil.

4. " . . Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away."

5. rev. The speaker of 4 asked, " What man duet thou . . 4

it for " 0. Produce &loured lumi. nosity.

7. Usually of loss than 10 gals.

8. Divide the other eight by fifty.

9. rev. See 25.

10. Personified doormat ?

12. Comfort in tedium.

13. Rat's nose (snag.). 14. When on this, the subject's under discussion.

18. rev. Dramatic character who is the lowest part.

21. Often limited to attorneys and solicitors.

24. rev. Wore 18 to roar "that would hang us, every mother's . . "

27. rev. 18 wanted this amount of provender.

30. 18 asked 36 to " . . your weapons in hand."

32. rev. Partly bad.

34. See 35.

35. (with 34). Food for thought? 37. Much of twenty-eight. • you your