"The Spectator" Crossword No. 219

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ACROSS 2. A fair lady gives name to this deadly plant.

10. Paged author is what a signature-hunter uses when he wants his album this !

14. Plant that is bony on the outside. 15. " Each window like a pilTry appears, With heads thrust thro' by the ears." 16. Makes it give out. 17. This kind of egg is not necessarily obtained by unfair means ! 18. My first is unchecked in 9, my second in 1. 19. Vowels. 20. Unit of electrical resistance.

21. rev. The kind of image thou shalt not make. 24; Increased a bit to about 18 in.

25. Mid-day. 28. My first and second are unchecked in 2 across.

29. rev. " An increase of our possessions is but an . . . to new disquietudes." --Goldsmith. 32. rev. The thoughts of one suffering from insomnia are this, I suppose !

33. A large volume that mostly contains anger. 35. " That ever I was . . . to set it right." 36. Represent as real.

DOWN

1. Fate has something to do about this way to invent. 2. Office in a bedroom ?

3. Primary word giving rise to another.

4. The inside of a noose its what a condemned convict would welcome ! 5. Indo-European.

6. " Midnight shout and re- velry, Tipsy . . . and jollity." 7. Moon-fish. 8. Makes a lemon or an orange drinkable. 9. Not above one twelfth of an inch ! 11. Rod, pin, of sun-dial. 12. How to tell a poet to go quickly.

13. Old ago of a poet. 18. Rig one (anag.).

22. " Woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme and the gadding . . .o'ergrown."

23. rev. This is at an end. 26. rev. " No sooner .. . but they looked ; no sooner looked, but they loved."

27. rev. You will find this, in short, in the same book. 29. Piece of information that generally leaves you out of pocket ! 30. My being about makes this full of fun.

31. rev. Take me-abroad. 34. Tin makes this feel acute pain.

SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD NO. 218