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CROSSWORD No. 683
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Across
1. Chess victory of a hundred and fifty- one. (7.) 5. Alas, Sir, it changes the place. (7.) 9, The music goes to and fro. (5.)
10. This may well dilute one's resolution. (9.) 11. Volume of less volume. (7.) 12. Revised. (7,) 13. Get MY, here in France, with a friend. WE) 16. A friend at a distance. (3.) 19. An intelligent insect. (3.) 20. The only way to progress in this Is to turn back. (5, 5.) 22. Stick to the Fleet. (7.) 23. Two arms and a cipher compose It. (7.) 25. The lady did too much. (9.) 26. Kept in bounds. (5.) 27. A bad mark about us. (7.) 28. The Crimean one was no doubt. (4, 3.)
Down
1. That hard work of Reade's ? (8.) 2. Gate-crasher Jones. (5.) 3. Nag Alice in her new snake-up. (8.) 4. A phase in some deep action. (5.) 5. Well up and down on the New York turnover. (9.) 6. It is useful to navigators as a matter of course. (6.)
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15 17 18 21 22 23 24 The flower for Olympic runners. (9.) How the cadet performed. (5.) When the omnibus is the first it rarely the second. (4, 5.) One of the Cabal. (9.) Crazy on a confused girl. (8.) One of those of whom some talk Is military song. (8.) A place of peace. (6.) " It's knock out your - an' follow me." (Kipling.) (5.) Who's for wine ? I am doctor ! (5.) Now to get hauled along. (2, 3.)