"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 368 [A Book Token for one
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ACROSS
t. " I see you are rather - in your accoutrements." (5, 6.) (Shakes- peare.)
9. Gratuities to the favourites taken out in furs. (7.) to. Fish offering an example of illu- minated victimisation. (7.) Alright, hop ! (Anag.) (to.)
12. A welcome from above. (4.)
14. It consists of confused acts with nothing in them. (5.) 15. Cause of that sinking feeling. (8.) 17. Ideally rustic. (8.) 19. The loon is still fiery. (5.) 22. Note the jacket. (4.) 23. From the chair. (2, 8.) 26. Scenes of political exploration. (7.) 27. Noyes's Forty Seamen. (7.) 28. Perhaps they haven't attempted to cope with the present or future (rt.)
DOWN
1. " Now, sleeps the crimson - now the white." (Tennyson.) (5.)
2. The characteristic one would expect in a driver. (7.) 3. No model tar should be shaky. (to.) 4. Make certain. (6.) 5. Bottled-up troubles misused. (8.) 6. The trees are just too long for the railway. (4.) 7. Problematical blossom of migration. (9.) 8. Even if uncivilised, subject to musi- cal influence. (6.) 13. He spelt one. (Anag.) (to.) 14. Do business in foreign exchange? (5, 4.) 16. Political theorists who appear to be vote spoilers. (8.) 18. " The bee has quit the - And your English summer's done." (Kipling.) (6.) 20. Medical in a manner of speaking. (7.) 21. A shocking early vehicle. (6.) 24. A gnu's gone county. (5.) 25. Part of the cow with the crumpled horn. (4.)
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