"The Spectator" Crossword No. 174

BY ZENO

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ACROSS

1. This kind of tale from the barnyard gets little ere- dente.

10. A price -paid for this more frivolous age ?

14. rev. Despoils (with 36).

15. A relentless spirit found in Shelley.

18. Ideal, I should think, for engravers of sea-scapes !

20. Generally shorter than a letter.

21. " If thou, that bid'st me be content, wort grim, Ugly and . . . to thy mother's womb- I would not care."

22. What is mixed up with album. 24. Gust of anger.

26. rev. The most importantpart of a horse ?

27. Grebe.

28. rev. Away-from the wind.

29. Proper costume for noisy sprees in a university ? 31. Praise found in part of the theatre ?

34. Fit footwear for a wily person ?

37. Long opening.

38. Ate her bark (snag.). 31 rev. 14.

DOWN I. They mark time.

2. What presumably can stop the Abyssinian war ? 3. Piece of khaki.

4. Go on with 8.

5. Not at all altered.

6. You need room for baking bread.

7. A liberation.

8. See 4.

9. rev. One's business.

11. Garrulous balloonist ?

12. In 38. .13. Verbal nouns.

16. Dirty back streets.

17. Fan-leafed palm.

19. Striking part of a coat. 23. An exploded atom ?

25. Part of a ship used after

dinner ?

27. rev. Seed vessel 30. Beverage.

32. Same.

33. " . . . a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd."

35. In a yacht.

36. rev. See 14.