" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 500

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ACROSS

1. No use, it seems, to those who must keep a firm front. (9.) 5. Cockney fish committee ? (2, 3.)

8. Vexed. (5.) 9. A command to abandon the wrong ?

11. " The Lido Chronicle," perhaps. (9.) 12. She came to stay. (5.)

13. The choice seems to favour a mixed life. (4.)

14. Niger swan (snag.). (9.)

18. Died with a vague internal burst. (9.)

21. A note for the girl. (4.) 23. " The - of younger spirits " (Shakespeare). (5.)

25. Given by the curate when asked for his address ? (9.)

27. Heroine of a water-side romance. (9.)

28. See 16.

29. The reversed violin has its points.

30. Take tea, Foster, to get this. (9.)

DOWN

1. They are disturbed when one's stumped. (5.) 2. " Eternal spirit of the - Mind, Brightest in dungeons, Liberty, thou dart ! " (Byron). (9.)

3. Mr. Grimes was one of these. (6.)

4. This ruler should have had a good grasp of his task. (7.) 5. Deer are, though it makes them con- fused in the end. (8.)

6. The one o'clock girl. (5.)

7. Gamut hug kaneg.;. (9.)

10. They are shared by an American soldier and Stevenson. (5.)

13. The right bride for a man's man. (5, 4.) 15. It shows how arkaic one may become. 16, 28. It was touch and go, in the case of this celestial weapon. (9, 5.) 17. Bonus off for these ridiculous fellows

19. Shift. (5.) 20. Progressive sort of giant. (7.)

22. So step into drink. (6.) 24. This hand is not necessarily deceit-

ful. (5.) 26. Weird. (5.)