" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 255

BY ZENO

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ACROSS Most speakers wouldn't con- sider an uppercut this, but it can be !

9. rev. See 12.

ix. Tumultuous cook !

13. rev. Abram ? 15. Handle roughly with 33.

16. " Let us- Expatiate free o'er all this . . . of man."

17. " Nothing is here - " 18. Ecclesiastical boiling point ?

19. This part of a car is dis- tinctive.

22. My first is unchecked in r, my second in 10. 23. His position in a European country constitutes citizen- ship.

25. See 29.

26. Greek letter i.

27. Having this sense doesn't necessarily give the faculty of discerning beauty.

29. rev. Fly high with 25.

3o. Picked out as best. 31. rev. I can give him to you.

32. Travelling boxes for the lower part of the body !

34. Those in a rage see this.

35. rev. Tufts. 36. We may relish this, but we would not let the cook give it to us !

DOWN 2. How Europe should dispose weapons ? 3. A voracious eater on Friday might do this to this !

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4. rev. Akin archaically. 5. " . . summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set."

6. Connecting.

7. Song with an edge to it ! 8. Set is got (anag.).

9. rev. Border gives music the other way round.

ro. Piece of ground partly ar- ranged according to plan. rr. Cradle ! ?

12. rev. 4 to the ancient Galli (with 9).

14. Revel noisily.

20. " My galligaskins, that have long withstood

The winter's fury, and encroaching . . . "

2r. These people have con- suming occupations.

24. Fitting transport for com- mon drudges.

28. rev. Grant.

33. rev. See 15.