" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 273

BY ZENO

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ACROSS

I. What the deceased gardener leaves to his wife ? (Two words.)

9. This fellow gives a Greek order.

13. The kind of trouble Hamlet had.

16. rev. See it.

17. The place to hold a sewing- bee ? (Two words.) 19. It takes a good deal to catch this whale.

21. Famous opera.

22. Mammal that goes off at a good pace.

26. rev. Saddle-girth that has an advantage.

27. rev. See 12.

28. The papal office.

29. " Let thy true lovers more admire by far Thy naked beauties-Give me a . . . ! "

3o. Cheap novel constructed in a cowardly fashion.

34. Kinds of plant symbolic of a hasty lover.

DOWN 1. No, this animal can't throw logs.

2. The kind of houses Euro- pean statesmen should move into.

3. Game victories.

4. and 31. Humiliate.

5. My first and second are unchecked in 8.

6. " And the Devil did grin, for his . . sin Is pride that apes humility." 7. These letters are a trap.

8. Persons who make a good land investment !

9. This plant grows continu- ously below.

to. Plant in a hurry.

and 16 across. Doctrine that all thought is addressed to a second person.

12 and 27. Amount gained.

14. Administrative body.

15. Locust tree.

16. Soft mute.

18. Not all right. 20. rev. Spoken.

23. rev. This kind of person has to be clever in stratagem.

24. " Is there no . . . in Gilead ? Is there no physician there ? "

25. This marble is worthless if it gets dry.

26. My first and second are unchecked in I down. 3r. rev. See 4.

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33. Another would make a famous American organisa- tion.