" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD SECOND SERIES-No. 4

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ACROSS

t. Five hundred pound pull (12).

9. The son of the Bethuel out of the elements of anti- climax (5).

to. Look out ! (12).

ix. Declares (5).

12. Thus Ned gets left (7).

13. A man, beware ! (4).

14. It checks versifiers effec- tively (5).

15. Beasts before their bound- ing gaits (9).

22. " . . . our life's Star, Hath had - its setting" (9).

23. Not enough, quite, of this place to tie it up '(5).

25. Weed of goods transport

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26. Guildford (7).

27. A bit of Japan 22 (5).

28. A place that should, per- haps, be attacked from the South (12). (Two words.) 29. " This noble soul, Worth thousand prudish - of barren clay " (5). 3o. They conceal sharpers' hues (r2).

DOWN 1. Meeting of a Royal Academician and a Scots donkey (8).

2. Not the clothes for yes- men (8). 3. Architrave (8).

4. The humorist gets the editor down - though apparently they made a fight of it (5).

5. The outcome is their strong suit (9). 6. A hundred on vacation (6). 7. " The --- time of Love is there " (7).

8. A deadly urge to con- tinue (7).

16. He should feel at home in Sing-Sing (9).

17. Vessel within within (8). 18. Washington migl2t have failed at golf as he couldn't (8). (Three words.) 19. It is particularly disastrous for them to lose their grip (8).

20. Like rashers ? (7).

21. Means (7).

24. See in the incision (6, 26. If you want somethal; simply fabulous bribe Russell (5).