"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD SECOND SERIES-No. 7 • [A prize of

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ACROSS

i."Bourn, bound of land, tilth, -, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil" (8)

5. The graduate forsakes the gourd for a carriage (6). 9. A good line in rubber foot- wear (8).

to. May be found in a shop at Hanover Square (6).

12. Jackdaw town (6). 13. Would marriage cure the heart-ache ? (8).

15. Used, no doubt, for the appropriate cupboard door (12) (Two words).

x8. Contributed by "Our Aero- nautical Correspondent " ? (12) (Two words). 23. A poet's sighs (8). 24. Gray so shaped the ship (6). 26. Duty becomes the monarch next month (6). 27. Said to have a merciful quality (8). 28. The swallow was Swin- burne's (6).

29. The wrong pants ? (8).

DOWN and moths that on their feeder feed" (6).

2. Widely reported (6).

3. In some places women are no longer required to face up to it (7). 4- "One who can - and dare not lie" (4).

6. "That great Hunter" is his most famous horse (7) (Two words).

7. The cry of "no heel- taps" might have had a special significance for him (8).

8. Not Meredith's Diana (8). t. In case you upset the French bed here (7).

14. Like the time-keeper's hose ? (7).

16. Soft nose reconstructed (8). ir 7. Remember me in the garden (8).

19. It sounds like the converse of an American comment on row and is offensive (7).

2o. One of Napoleon's victories (7).

21. Seek rations, but not the diet of youth (6). 22. Pushful series (6).

25. "And the tent shook, for mighty - shuddered, And sparkles 'gan dart." (4)