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SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No. 1218 ACROSS.-I Buffers. 5 Springs. 9

Saracen. 10 Rapallo. 11 Cut up rough. 12 Hour. 13. RHA. 14 Spelling-bee. 17 Queensferry. 19 Nod. 20 Eden. 22 Elbow-chair. 26 Testate. 27 Mattock. 28 Dinmont. 29 Ringers.

DOWN.-1 Basic. 2 First-rate. 3 Escapes. 4 Santo, 5 Straggler. 6 Asps. 7 Hullo. a Stourhead. 13 Requested. 15 IS Effulgent. 16 Bangalore. 18 YuCatan. 21 Essen. 23 Omer. 24 Rakes. 25 Faro.