THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 112

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r. Reckless aquatic sport words) (5, 3, 6). 9. Concerning coniferous trees

(7).

r. Where the spectators, no doubt, thought the games simply divine (7). 12. A bad-tempered fish (4).

13. " And be - her cloudy

trophies hung " (Keats) (5). 1.4. It seems to be my dug-out

GO.

17. Ten less for a change (7). 18. " Let us then be up and -" (Longfellow) (5). 19. Give me a dig in the middle, but disguise it (5). 21. A succulent stalk (7). 23. A vulgar blow on the foot (4). 24. " Shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, - not a rack behind " (Shakespeare) (5).

25. Hamlet said he was fooled to the top of his (4).

28. Incomplete exclamatory an- nouncement about the where- abouts of a motor (7). 29. Don Quixote did and then charged (7). 3o. Suitable motoring title for readers of sensational fiction (r4).

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2. Theirs is an in-and-out task and is constantly over (7). 3. " The times will not mend

Till the enjoys his own again " (4).

4. The doctor is possessed (7).

5. Beams (4). (3

6. " It's clever ; but is it Art? " he wrote (7). 7, Instructions with a mixture (3 words) (5, 3, 6). 8. Thus matching skill should be over the line in Rugby (2 words) (3, II). so. Morning in a signal example of the palindrome (5). 55. Enjoyed at Christmas by Pickwickians O.

16. It's fatal to take a man with us (5). 19. In the crossword convention be this would completed by

putting zero in the middle of it (2 words) (4, 3).

2o. The answer if Elia asked, " Who wrote A Farewell to Tobacco"?

21. Tears asunder (5). 22. I relate in the studio (7).

26. It's well to be in it (4). 27. The lubber's a wash-out (4).