"The Spectator" Crossword No. 144

BY ZENO

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31 ACROSS 1. You will find this gor. gooney coloured.

9. Denotes :anafterthought. 11. Purify. • • - 14. French justification for existenco 15. Boiling Poin?,.

16. Everyone would agree that this is modern.

19. A sharp ending.

20. Well-known poem by Kipling.

21. " The . . . and the shouting dies.

The captains and the kings depart." 25. Mats in Crete (anag.).

26. Kinds of beetle.

27. Mixed satin should get tone.

29. Of the gums.

30. " unfix my hair. And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the ... of nature ? "

31. Persons much interested in money. 23. " She that so young could give out such a seeming, To seel her father's e■ up close as . . . -."

DOWN 1. " the Fruit Of that . . . Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World."

2. Kind of play over the heads of the performers ?

3. A dint upon swampy soil that has been turned over.

4. Silence ! about its use.

5. A flourishing bit of pro. fanity ?

6. Cry of a Swiss mountaineer.

7. In 2, 3, 10, 11, 25.

8. There is nothing in separat- ing from one's birth. 9. Equal.

10. By taking out the sibilants you will find the letters are up.

12. rev. In 25.

13. Found in every tree. 17. Musically all together.

18, A deserted plant-generally speaking ?

22. Police station in India.

24. rev. This you must have resort to.

27. An early English king.

28. Eggs of mammals.

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