" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 412
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ACROSS
1. Keats appeared to prefer the unheard sort. (8.)
5. " They drank the red wine through the - barred " (Scott). (6.) 9. In spite of these a whole regiment appears to expire. (8.) so. No doubt he would endorse the proverb about a sow's ear. (6.) rt. So did Ena (anag.). (8.)
12. It should not cause this to sing it.
(6.) se. Lift duties (anag.). (so.) 18. He might reopen with it twice. (so.)
22. The painter is just too short to come in. (6.)
23. " What - bad John Keats? " (Browning). (8.) 24. Nothing much here. (6.) 25. One may have a brush with these in an unoriginal fashion. (8.) 26. Was the writer of " Yeast " such an author? (6.)
27. Headlong old game. (4, 4-)
DOWN
1. " The doctor found, when she was dead, Her last disorder -" (Gold- smith). (6.) 2. No need to tell him to stick it. (6.) 3. Stream of Wordsworthian sonnets. (6.) 4. One named it (snag.). so.) 6. Nobody willingly takes this chair.
(a.)
7. Deride a serious defect on oot. (8.) 8. Affirmative sign in three. (8.) 13. A fly repository of poison. (zo.) 15. He isn't seen in the long run. (8.) 16. Shepherd of Emanuel Chapel. (8.) 17. Puck failed to find one in the forest. (8.) 19. A railway pioneer. (6.) so. Freely given, rarely taken. (6.) 21. Mr. Weller objected to being called one. (6.)
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