"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 478
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ACROSS
1. The district, lacking refinement, is quite ordinary. (11.) 9. Taking heed. (7.) 10. Vegetables and fish. (7.) 11. Needs disguised about a characteris- tic. (10.) 12. Appeared near Brighton. (4.) 14. " The - is wither'd from the lake And no birds sing " (Keats). (5.) 15. Not much punch in this examina- tion. (6, 2.) 17. Not the light blue Thames variety, caught by a 19. (4, 4.) 19. See 17. (5.) 22. Exclusive and itself, according to Kipling. (4.) 23. The man who started paying players ? (10.) 26. No, Doris, don't go out (7.) 27. The case is altered. (7.) 28. The Squire who rode Dapple was full of wisecracks. (6, 5.)
DOWN
1. Teeth they have, but they bite not.
(5.)
2. That chap Frederick who shortly got into print. (7.) 3. A really smart cover-point should control the batsman's. (3, 7.) 4. Not one of the big shots. (6.) 5. Better the order of the diner than the bed. (5, 3.) 6. It stands for much more than 15. (4.) 7. Battle of 14 and Othello. (9.) 8. The prelate displayed little science on the rope. (6.) 10. Not to be confused with the Ascot gold one. (7, 3.) 14. No rifles, 0 what a battle I (9.) 16. Ainsworth. (8.) 18. The American inventor turns up and stops Rugger (2, 4.) 20. No, we dig for a bird. (7.) 21. Over again. (6.) 24. " Keep fresh the grass upon his grave, 0 - with thy living wave " (M. Arnold). (5.) 25. Stick i.. .or incense. (4.)
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