" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 267
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ACROSS " Nevermore Alone upon the of my door Of individual life I shall command The uses of my soul." (E. B. Browning.) (9.) 9. Farmer does when he dips the ewe, oddly enough. (6.) c. Mixed trial in a cage. (9.) 1. Swift correspondent. (6.)
2. The astronomer in the gallery. (9.)
3. Just look here!
7- Sources of sound and fury signifying nothing. (5, to.) E. Too often true of the washing-up to- day. (6.) 2. This is not to imply that the is a cannibal. (9.) 3. For Rugby fishermen? (6.) 4 How I might fly with a skulL 5. Fret about a conifer. (6.) 6 Train date. (Anag.) (9.)
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Homely half of a novel title. (6.) 3- " Ah; love, could thou and I with Fate conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things . • . ." (Omar.)
4 He reaches the building next morn- ing. (6.)
5 Grounds for appeal. (3, 6, 6.) 6. Does the conjurer go to her for a verdict? (9.) victor (9.) 7. It's only thrown down to be taken up. (9.) E. Prosy figure from Scott. (3, 2, 4.) 14. Preparation for military retirement. (5, 4.) 15. They do give people a start. (9.) 16. This at least will show whether there's blood in it. (9.) z9. Though Sally may disguise it, she's about a hundred. (6.) so. Call in question. (6.)
21. This silk might not be successful in France. (6.)
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