" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 339
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ACROSS
x. The shop-assistant's role. (11). Y. Weighty announcement from
mistress of the wardrobe to employer. (7.)
to. It changes into map. (7.) Solitary but disciplined deck-hand. (10.) 12. A wager from the Greek. (4.)
14. United or blown. (5.) is. Cu-operative fowl and their abodes. (8.) 17. The voice of Delphi was such an one. (8.) 19. On a bottle of Brov.-ning's. (5.) 22. Livery without the French. (4.) 23. Said to .be improved by harsh treat- ment. (6, 4.) 6. A case of keeping the tyke in sus- pense. (7.) 27. A vice very largely its own defini- tion. (7.) 8. Me and my gal. (Ia.)
DOWN
t Such tragedians might be a sequel to a novel by Meredith. (S.) 3 One does at midnight on. some occa- sions. (7.)
3. Langue d'oc was his tongue. (to.) 4. Echo enables one to. (6.) 5. The things in the papers. (8.)
6. A volume to me. (4.)
7. Does he try to sell encampments. (9.) S. Author of " Sweet Lavender." (6.) 13. You devoured a sign of stress? (to.) the her 14. A sailor, or herbs if reorganised. (9.) x6. Delivered by the loquacious French waiter of whom one ordered herring?
(8.) 18. Parson in them? More likely bishops. (6.)
20. The bird in pursuit. (7.) 21. Wherein 'writers of fiction do not deal actually. (2, 4.)
24. Found in all cricket elevens in the field. (5.) 25. " Quoted - and jewels tive-words- long." (Tennyson.) (4.)
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