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You must sell in a single word, and at the same time. (14.) Paradoxically one must to hurry down. (5, 2.) The princess seems hardly grown up. (7.) "Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of - And eloquence " (Milton). (4.) Squirrels don't drive in them. (5.) Found at the end of the alphabet. (4.) The way over seems to have become a lot. (7, 6.)

Go short of a cycling bride, Cali- fornia way, all through lacking con-

centration. (13.) Queen Victoria's dog. (4.) One might come to grips with this trifle. (5.) She'll come back for dinner. it seems. (4.)

"The - touch, how exquisitely

fine " (Pope). (7.) One of Titian's specialities. (3, 4-) One of the bright items in the Ministry of Fuel's undertakings ? (5. 9.)

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I 'retain my position in this state. (7.) Something must be dope before one can. (4.) " A --- man is always in the right" (Cowper). (5.) Kipling's footballers. (4.) The sailor seems to have transgressed • considerably. (7.)

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27. 8. Nine months 'n the affirma lye. (3.) A steady boy among the horses. (6, 3.) The lost heroine. (7.) Trim Herod (anag.). (9.) This may be observed in any brave clatter. (5.) A generous fellow who may be

dropped. (5.)

More unpleasant. (7.) Adding up a vote. (7.) A feature of coincidence. (4, 3.) What a difficulty prose may reveal. (S.)

"This was odd, because, you know, They haven't any -" (Carroll). (4.) Tales from the dead. (a.)