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ACROSS
t. Hush or a broken gate. (8.) 5. Where Caeser's will was found. (6.) Which maketh -, Orion, and Pleiades and the chambers of the south." (Book of Job.) (8.) 10. Dish enjoyed by those on 13. (6.) 11. In South America and oil may be found there. (6.)
13. Sec 10- (4, 4.)
15. Rations built them. (is.) t8. Call it a day. (12.) 23. Drier round the ear. (8.) 24. This aspect of the sirocco signifies nothing. (3, 3.) 26. Possible antidote for 24. (3, 3.)
17. What does one see when dummy is tabled at bridge? (8.) 28. "Darkling I -." (Keats.) (6.)
29. A ruling racehorse. (8.)
DOWN
• 11 s. Ocean offspring. (6.)
2. Alternatively scolded. (6.) 3. "And threatening France, placed like a painted Jove, Kept idle - in his lifted hand." (Dryden.) (7.) 4. Opposite of r ac. (4.) 6. Sparing of the rod. (7.)
7. Henchman. (8.)
I. One might make it Easter. (8.) is. Fed round the brook. (7.)
14. Surrey hammer. (7.)
16. Its sails are set though its canvas is not spread. (8.) 17. Byronic hours. (8.) 19. The cellarman should know all about this carrying. (7.)
20. Often a clammy sort of dish. (7.) al. "Who would true - see, Let him come hither." (Bunyan.) (6.) 22. Creator Of Kai Lung. (6.) 25. Fanfare far away. GO
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