" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 350
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ACROSS
i. An advertiser's cliché which seems to have solved the housing problem. (4, 5.)
9. Though commonplace, it's material. (6.)
TO. Scout and I will disclose him. (9.) it. "I walked in Hellas years ago With
friends in white -. (Flecker.) (6.) 12. Handle with care all round. (9.) 13. Wan plaint. (6.) t7. The third party definitely is not. (7, 8.) 18. Leopard's cousin. (6.) 22. Hat pegs it is made of. (9.) 23. It seems to do duty for a tug. (6.) 24. Just the thing for those bent on going off. (9.) 25. A twisted name. (6.) 36. The modern " lady with the lamp." (9.)
DOWN
2. Such evidence is all my eye. (6.) 3. People are landed with it. (6.) 4. A compound of mud and air. (6.) 5. The drier their utterances the more popular generally they are. (7, 8.) 6. Often a new edition of an old story. (9.) 7. Salting it makes a change. (9.) 8. Ancestral cry heard during matches of the Stock Exchange Golfing Society? (9.) 14. He seems to have gone to work at a snail's pace in the XVIth century. (9.) Grim bears. (Anag.) (9.) x6. Mechanical example of 5. (9.) 19. Take no notice of the region. (6.)
20. "Simaetha calls on - And hears the wild dogs at the gate." (Wilde.) (6.)
21. It's the limit. (6.)
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