THE "SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 623

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ACROSS

1. Not precisely the digit Jack Horner had like this. (6, 2, 3, 3.) 9. They hung by the wall. (7.) 10. Boil tar (snag.). (7.) IL Root of sugar. (4.) 12. Snore, it might be, among the pages. (10.) 14. Relaxation with pounds. (6.) 16. Dour bear (anag.). (S.) 19. " Swept with - alarms of struggle

and flight " (M. Arnold). (8.) 21. Fun's returned to a Dickensian aunt.

(6.)

25. The office of Mr. Grantley. (10.) 26. No variation without it. (4.) 28. Have a shot, all go in. (7.) 29. One of two poetic impostors. (7.) 30. In the radon book or the testimonial. (8, 6.) DOWN

1. Such soil seems suitable for Shrove Tuesday. (7.) 2. Notable artisans who make things fast. (7.)

3. " Ending with some precept deep for dressing - " (Praed). (4.3.

4. Marching order on foot. (6.)

5. 1,1nnamed in " The Perils of Invisi- bility." (8.) 6. From which the hero of the poem named above suffered. (10.) 7. One can make it green with this. (6.) 8. One sort of workshop. (6.)

13. The flower of French chivalry. (5, 2, 3.)

15. Much on the stage. (3.)

17. Ile s found among the self-secure. (3.) 18. Ten farts (arias.). (8.)

19. Ship in the wreck of each. (6.) 20. Take a gallery to wink ? (7.)

22. He stands for a name looking up. (7-)

23. Bandages. (7.)

24. " The doctor found. when she was dead, her last disorder - " (Goldsmith). (6.) 27. Surprising the heights a bird with no tail can reacts I (4.)