THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 489
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ACROSS
1. Giant confused in pickle. (10.) 6. Porridge if it gets about. (4.) 10. " My heart - and a drowsy numbness pains my sense " (Keats). (5.) 11. One of those infernal paving- stones. (9.) 12. Boned Munster. (7.) 13. These structures take wings. (7.) 14. Bradman's and Compton's are more than these, usually. (6.) 15. That po:ished co-operative friend. (5.) 18. Friendless 19 ac. almost 15 ac. (5.) 19. See 18. (6.) 22. Silent bangs. (7.) 24. These are taken for keeps. (7.) 25. One has to re-arrange the right name for it. (9.) 26. Dig with this or get red. (5.) 27. Crome river. (4.) 28. Suggesting a purchase, and outsize at that. (2, 3, 5.)
DOWN
2. Byron's dog. (9.) 2. She almost makes UD to Belisha. (6.)
3. In the manner of Lupin ? (9.) 4. The milliner seems to have no fixed opinions. (7.)
5. They're usually stuck up. (7.)
7. Grooved tablet. (8.) 8. " Bright is the ring of words when the right man - them " (Steven- son). (5.) 9. We have to carry the burden. (4.) 15. The Voice. (8.) 16. " Put your best foot forward," seems not to apply in law-making. (9.) 17. A seasonal sort of dog. (8.) 19. Fount of poesy. (7.) 20. Kath:een Mavourncen, perhaps. (7.) 21. Ballad-maker found in a hostel fer- menting. (6.)
22. " How from the - subject of the sea These fisher, tell the infirmities of men ! " (Shakespeare). (S.)
23. A crowd on binges. (4.)
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