THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 255 COMPANY MEETING (.4 Book Token
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ACROSS
Not a rival of the Black Prince. (4, 6.) To return to a little science.
Used to accompany the utensil's sing- ing? A corner of London.
Just a word with the Gordon High- landers.
It doesn't mean that the decorated are
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Newsagent who was also a broadcaster. (4, 5.) S. I scent Eden (Anag.) t t. For rounding up sea-horses? 14. Maps to reshape hereafter. is. A girl and the same girl again on the line.
17. " Vain are the thousand - That move men's hearts." (E. Drente.) 18. Necessity's offspring. 24. How can an outing be a negative? 25. Work? They just put the lid on it. z6. A pair of graduates. 27. It's anything but original.
This is in the score because it's wanted. Will it pounce? Not much else! Nile curve. (Anag.) " When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very and great." (R. L. Stevenson.) So the coroner went home to lunch. Embraced by the Veneerings. Jenny Hill. (5, 5.) " Her blue grave eyes were deeper much Than a deep water (D. G. Rossetti.) Un-nymphlike.
DOWN
Is should be ridden, but it seems to
have needed minding. Ruskin wrote this first and then this last.
Mrs. Macheath.
This man was usually called " she." . No. need to tell him to speak up. . There should be enough of it to go round, even for the 13.