"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No 379'

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I. Cleansing blarney. (4, 4.) • 5. It is not to say that the centre cricket has gone. (3, 3.) 9. A protege of Dogget, perhaps. (8.) to, A line of one's own. (6.) 12. With regard to which the position of 5 is determined. (6.) 13. A manner of speaking. (5.) 16. The ghost wanted Hamlet to. (6.) 17. Crop usually sown with no thought of harvest. (4, 4-) 20. A depressing story. (S.)

21. I give you my word! (6.)

23. Numerical sartorial ascendancy. (5.) 25. See next. (6.)

28. Mild gamble by which 25 is intro- duced by his creator. (6.)

29. The ship might have taken cover to start with. (8.)

30. Just 'a bit of code? (6.) 31. Let's hate them. (8.)

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1. Cutting platitudes. (4-)

2.. " - cannot harm me: I have

dined today." (S. Smith.) (4.) 3. Gas matter. (Anag.) (9.) 4. Ben Battle, said Hood, was used to war's. (6.) 6. It occurs in any twice-nightly pro- graMelle. (5.) 7. You started ill (to.)

8. The man who really does know abo. racehorses, perhaps. (4, 6.) I. 02 it's a changed place. (5.)

• 14. ' The grand - himself, with the

Title round button at top.' (Edge- worth.) (to.) 15. Parsimonious and remote. 4, 3, 3.) 18: Not very lively, and that's flat either way- (4, 5-)

x9. He nos the reputation of being no quick-du ge artist. (5.)

22. It's very trying. (6.)

24. To be found on the apothecary's mat Perhaps. (5.) z6. If in a cattle-boat, probably in the steerage. (4.) 27. Golfers' river. (4.)