4 DECEMBER 1953, Page 35

THE ;‘ SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 759

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10, Frequented by Omar when young. (5.) 18.

11. March order. (6.) 20. 12. It would have been a serious loss to 9. His tale may be doubted. (9.) 17. 1. The dinner guest would not find it very stimulating. (4, 8.) 6.

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Ingo. (4. 4.) 22. Nonsense in the shin. (5.) 15. Mixed crops round the hill. (8.) 25, Ran without success. (4.) 18. Mixed drink, cold for good health.

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19. Maintenance of the castle crest ? (6.) 21. What Hcep claimed to be in the spirt of a Browning so;ileguy. (8.) 23 Old soldier of the B.B.C. (6.) 26. Force. (5.) 27. Very pleased to be extinguished ? (9 ; 28. Choice of extremities. (5, 2. 5.)

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1. Puss gets on with his dinner. (7.) 2. Chaps with nothing in them are burden- some. (5.) 3. With Modestine he was 9. (9.) 4. They might go slow. (4.) 5. Old port. (8.) • 6. As divided the river flows up, (5.) 7. The night-flier beings to her. (7.) S. Performed on an apron-stage, perhaps. (8.) Trims the edges of the advertisement. The other pet has robbed 1 dn. (7.) (7.) The reporter should get his work so. and the author. (9.) Deeds can have risen. (8.) Fool embrace a Chinese stage charac- ter and politician. 8.)