SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1110

ACROSS

1. Tom Paine found it a necessary evil (10)

6. 'There's heaps of it left over (4) 10. The last is not at it (5) 11. Vituperative hags upset Dan Herds (9) 12. Makes a fastidious appearance M his masque (9) 13. I'm with a lady who reveals her name (5) 14. An ill wind or possibly the re- sult of (me' (6. 4) 16. Goat a sulky pace (4) 18 Norifs in town (4) 20. Nick the best cutlery, you say?

Just picture it! (5-5) 23. No right to regret a bird (5) 24. Mr. Pottier, perhaps? (9) 27. Out of order (91 28. Small change for a laird in France (5) 'Thy - is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh tostards Damascus' (Song of Solomon) (4)

Told of a patient woman by a poor scholar (6, 4)

DOWN 1. Short measure embitters (5) 2. The high road? (7) 3. Gone back over the line (8) 4 Hamid becomes a fanatic (5) 5. An attractive spot to hoist the (lag on (5, 4) 7. As once la feat on which our- selves we prided) -, Mr. Lkenhead and I did' (Byron) (7) 8. A shining cloak to show off Fanny? (3-6) 9. Fluky posters (5) 14. Brother, do you know chap? An outlaw gone to pieces (6, 3)

15. Just like Flora (9) 17. Turning-points (8) 19. Taking essential parts of the lot which is not a happy one (7) 21. Ile jarred forty (3, 4) 22. A ring for this sort of island (5) 23. Drain to the depths (5) 26. Sing high? (5)

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