"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 490
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ACROSS
1. It's Cecil's case they tun. inside out. (13.)
10. Centralised illicit market ? (9.) 11. Cluster. (5.) 12. Sugar may be found in them. (5.) 13. Anything but forthcoming. (9.) 14. Vertical tunr.el which "fIrs through the air with the greatest of ease." (5.) 16. It's precious painful. (9.) 18. Acid tripe (an-g.). (9.) 19. " - i' the bill, sir ; - i' the bill ! " (Shakespeare). (5.) 21. Alice let's make a change. (9.) 24. North Africans with a grouse ? (5.) 25. Taken across the Channel without permission. (5.) 26. Come to nothing, as it were. (9.) 27. Mr. and Mrs. Seaman's little boy ? (6, 7.)
DOWN
2. What to do when the company pays a high dividend ? (9.) 3. Thirst ? Evidently one could slake it here. (5.)-
4. -or here with the least rearrange- ment. (5.)
5. It seems entirely selfish, the Royal Irish Constabulary. (9.) 6. A blue tart (anag.). (9.) 7. Found in the American educational system. (5.)
8. In the Orient one must reckon with it. (6.)
9. She offered to rebuild Thebes as a personal advert .sement. (6.) 15. Nine tarts made to look as if they won't not last long. (9.) 16. "Has the motor been here ? " asks the Cockney soldier. (9.)
17. Poor mixture in the packing-case. (9.)
18. A pretty condiment. (6.) 20. Resort to this when listed. (6.) 22. What %till) hold this up ? A nail, per. aps. (5.) 23. neast, not priest. (5.) 24. Mother or myself. (5.)
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