" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 326

BY ZENO

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ACROSS and 8 across. You won't father your nest by this foolish attempt. (Two words.)

8. See 1 across.

9. A ladder, it would seem, might make it a less risky way to overhear secrets.

14. You don't require a paper- knife to be able to read it.

15. rev. See 31.

16. No doubt, a face lights up because it is thus long and thin.

18. Need link to be set on fire.

20. with 23. Proclaim loudly.

21. with 30. Sound heard on I across ?

22. rev. Being in a constant fog must make it very difficult for this driver.

23. See 20 across.

24. My first and second are the second and third unch2cked letters in 32.

25. rev. A playwright can't be indolent doing these.

26. What sleepers in a railway- bed don't do ?

27. What Nebuchadnezzar's wife was while his dwelling was " with the beasts of the field " ?

31. with 15. Barriers.

32. A person with this more needs " the divine than the physician ! "

DOWN x. Where to go to bring home the bacon in a thorough manner?

2. rev. Bend down in rever- ence.

3. Yes, they have to do a great deal of drilling.

4. Authoritative in medicine matters.

5. For his own account, an artist mustn't exaggerate !

6. The end of 32.

7. Who dreams (anag )

8. You can't keep calm about this horse !

10. See 28.

n. Minister of third order.

12. I've in this horse a hippo- potarnus.

13. What the rower does to dis- cipline the child ? 17. Ornamental spouts. 19. You can't be unreasonably fond of this science.

20. rev. Anything that holds something concealed. 22. rev. Extensive.

28. with to. Gives an edge to. 29. Ye will make it a channel. 3o. See 21.