" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 27:

BY ZENO [A prize of .a Book Token for one guinea will be given to the sender o the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened Envelopes should be marked " Crossword Puzzle," and should be receive( not later than first post on Tuesday. No envelopes will be opened befor noon on Tuesday. Solutions should be on the form appearing below. Ths name of the winner will be published in our next issue. Envelopes con. raining solutions must bear a three-halfpenny stamp. otherwise they art surcharged on delivery. Solutions from the U.S.A. cannot be accepted.;

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I. Shoes are oppressed. Ia. Use of this is a fishy way to divert attention.

14. rev. See 20.

15. Dance given by R.A. is about perfect around a French may-pole.

17. rev. and 35. Any letter if an early alphabet.

18. rev. Fore-arm bone.

19. rev. Do elevators serve the moral improvements of a community ?

20. rev. with 14. This object of pursuit is a jest.

21. Move that ends up in a warm place.

23. You will not find this your forte.

24. You are likely to lose your head over this savage.

27. Intended for Thomas Shad- well by Dryden.

28. rev. However large this and 6's tract of ground, with 5 it's greater. - 29. Old game resembling cricket. 3o. These herbs are not water- tight.

32. Being dismal this way is mostly an old game.

35. rev. See 17.

36. Musical part of a river ?

DOWN r. Visionary escape tower.

2. No, these persons fruit vendors.

3. Patients like to be metrical in this way. from a are not

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4. " O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our . . . as boundless, and our souls as free."

5. See 28.

6. See 28.

7. A current purpose ?

8. rev. Childish leather.

9. rev. There's nothing fancy about this surface.

to. rev. Pop-gun (snag.).

II. " The reciprocal . . . of dis- cordant powers draws out the harmony of the uni- verse."

13. Ancient magicians.

16. rev. Chopin wrote three of this form for pianoforte.

19. rev. " Flung . . . from the spicy shrub."

22. rev. " On flowers that

languish'd around, In silence reposed the volup- tuous . . ."

25. rev. Tiro with a revolver. 26. Dr. J. Brown's mastiff. 31. rev. Part of a mark.

33. rev. Hectometre. 34. Unchecked letter in x down geminated.