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ACROSS

t. Early vehicles for mechanised infantry. (t3.) 9. Step again. (Anag.) (9.)

10. The bead-man should go straight. st.(5.)

He has the modern era appearance. (5.)

12. She was relieved. (9.)

13. Bungling. (7.) is. " Liberal shepherds give a name." (Shakespeare.) (7.) 17. What one does with the help of clues. (7.) 19. Returning, it interrupts Russell, the poet, and a dog follows. (7.)

21. Tonic ales. (Anag.) (9.) 23. Musical drive. (5.)

24. He may or may not feature in the cinema theatre. (s.)

2S. Just a line to a girl. (9.)

26. It makes even the most thrilling writing seem dry. (8, 5.)

DOWN

s. It should not contain all one's assets. (9.)

3. Saul's G.O.C. (5.)

4. The opposite of, 10 to speak, draughty. (7.)

5. Perhaps he would have been collated if he had been collared. (4, 3) 6. " Nevermore alone upon the of my door Of individual life." (E. B. Browning.) (9.)

7. It sounds the right car for a re- union. (5.)

8. This critic ought to have hit the mark. (6.) 9. That open space in Spain. (5.) 14. There are many concrete examples of his work. (9.) 16. Take a turn in a trigonometrical term (9.)

17. It sounds a little earlier than the V- sign. (6.) IS. Is sun up to the south-east? (7.) x9. Literary parasite, yet valuable. (4, 3.) 20. " Others our question. Thou art free." (Arnold.) (5.)

22. An example of political word-making. (5.) 23. Urban aspeLt of an anvil. (5.)