"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 458

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ACROSS

1. Father takes in a mixed number. (8.)

5. " We are laid - In body, and become a living soul " (Wordsworth). (6.) 9. Aren't all the six balls bowled yet (a.) 10. This page was Fenimore Cooper's pseudonym. (6.) 11. Who can be this when 5 ? (8.) 12. Changes for angels. (6.)

14. A right alteration in a gun will clarify matters. (10.) 18. The right alms-giver to raise the circulation. (5, 5.)

22. The fruit is in rain. (6.) 23. Very old indeed geologically. (8.) 24. Italian advance. (6.)

25. It may become absolute in Latin construction. .(8.)

26. Tendencies. (6.)

27. Footfalls in the glass. (8.)

DOWN

1. Two gundogs or two-dogs gun ? (6.) 2. The Severn seems to be suffering from a slight agitation. (6.)

3. Would one expect a red cow to do this when tied up ? (6.)

4. Leo in Crete (anag.). (10.)

6. Quiet period for support. (8.) 7. Performance between the acts. (8.) 8. The sort of engagement one has with the grapes. (8.)

13. Propitious. (10.) 15. Sailor behaving like a knight ? (8.)

16. Mine host seems to have been to the beauty parlour. (8.) 17. Given up. (8.) 19. " La Belle Dame sans Merci Hath thee in -" (Keats). (6.)

20. It flows round me and I. (6.)

21. Deduces that this is the sound way to dress in cold weather ? (6.)