"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 428
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ACROSS
1. An appealing cry. (4, 4, 6.) •
9. Dial Y for the lady. (5.) 10. All go back with the girl at the fair. (9.) 11. Meal for a philosopher. (9.) 12. A general donation. (5.) 13. Where to find spirits under restraint. (8.) 16. Oil that changes to corn. (6.)
17. A character found in" And so to Bed." (3.)
19. She has a way with her, giving Alfred a turn. (6.) 21. In the choice of a profession, they seem to have settled on. the law. (8.) 24. Julia's piece. (5.) 25. He seems the right author to double the money. (4, 5.) 27. Suitor goes round the bed. (9.) 28. Meets a culinary need when re- arranged. (5.) 29. Thorny campaign for the budding strategist. (4, 2, 3, 5.)
DOWN
1. As the goat might say after an en- counter with Henry. (7.) 2. Wine god (anag.). (7.) 3. " T- whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul" (Henley). (5.) 4. It's divine! (8.) 5. The tailor shouldn't be to out of sorts. (5.) 6. Panic about Grey. (9.) 7. Confident. (7.) S. In possession of X. (6.) 14. Ilujol docked him. (9.) 15. "And twenty times made pause to - and weep " (Shakespeare). (3.) 18. Provincial racehorse. (8.) 19. Perfect ending. (6.) 20. Not the kind of calculation for the unlettered. (7.)
22. Birds surround the vizier. (7.)
23. " Through caverns measureless to man Down to a - sea" (Coleridge). (7.) 25. Word and another in which there is much virtue. (5.) 26. Fish gone scholastic. (5.)
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