tt THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 71

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ACROSS 1. Suitable literature for reading in a double bed? (to).

to. Plant without the suggestion of the past (5).

I. It doesn't make one light- headed (9).

12. Lorry, Kate? It sounds like it (8).

13. An unpopular sort of organist (6).

15. Agreements (5).

17. Forecast (9).

19. What the suffragette hoped to become? (9).

20. Rooted American (5).

21. Concerning a sort of apple (6). 23. Since the amount of the in- sertion is vaguely stated (8).

26. King and queen in one? (9).

27. Tubby (5).

28. It should be kept open, especially in front of the barometer (2 words) (7, 3).

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2. The old fiddle on which many a good tune was played? (5).

3. Coupled by Dryden with Absalom (to). 4. Is up before morning here (4). 5. Titania slept under it (9). 6. A bright burner, according to the poet (5). 7. Decoration bestowed for skill in making sweets? (2 words) (8, 5)- 8. Not a dog-cart, though it has a dog in part (8).

9. " - - of the voice of God! 0 Duty if that name thou love " (Wordsworth) (2 words) (5, 8).

14. Rasp 0 tenor, perhaps you are somebody else! (to).

16. Alternatively The Power of Love " (9).

18. Attempts but divided (8).

22. Dramatist gone derisive (5).

24. It's told (5)-

25. Adamson (4).