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SOLUTION '10 CROSSWORD 808

ACROSS: I Saline. 4 Rantpicks. it Encamped. 10 Gnomes. Baste.

13 Barcelona. 14 Tints. 16 Nonentity. 17 Liverpool. 19 Cleft. 21 D'Artagnan.

22 Nurse. 24 Ice-men. 25 Osier-bed. 26 Modestly. 27 Elaine.

DOWN: I Sherbet. 2 Laces. 3 Numbers. 5 Pandcan. 6 Composite. '7. Sassaby. 9 Embonpoint. 11 Crinolines. 15 Neverhend. 17 Ladyism. 18 Reapers. le Conceal. 20 Tweedle. 23 Rabbi.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary New Version, is recommended for Crosswords