" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 323 .

BY ERIO

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Is John under cross-exam- ination because of firework ? I1. Suitable material for the artist to use for the portrait of an actor ?

14. It's self-evident in this condi- ment why you use only a bit.

16. Is the smoker averse to this if he is a confirmed bachelor ?

17. rev. " Save the cricket on the . . "

21. Of the hip. 22. and 6. Bear in America.

23. See 32.

24. Expounder of sacred mys- teries in ancient Greece. 27, Of use if you have to chase.

28. Come up again.

29. M. 27 Across and this walking is necessary in that kind of a race.

3o. rev. Headstrong.

32. with 23. Musical part alto- gether. 33. I mint career (anag.).

DOWN I. Gentleman very much at- tached to chestnuts ? (Two words.) 2. Terrified.

3. What makes a musician whimsical.

4. Head-covering you need not hand to a poet for the face. 5. Vowels.

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rev. " Let's talk of graves, of worms, and . . . s."

8. See 13.

9. rev. See 18.

1o. Where a screen-star makes an impetuous beginning ?

12. rev. Trim sage (anag.).

13. rev. with 8. Can this course at a race be held in winter ? x5. " I have a soul that, like an ample . . . ,

Can take in all."

17. rev. " As good eat the devil as the . . . he is boiled in." x8. ?WV. and 9. All right for the

child but not the schoolboy. 19. Begone.

20. No doubt, this sandwich pants ?

25. rev. Vault for the cunning ?

26. rev. Obtain.

27. Weed.

31. This ode can be shocking..