" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 106 [A . prize of

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ACROSS t. Even on a fine wedding-day one must expect a shower of this (8).

5. The sexton's suit (6).

9. Shot, not in the locker, but the chest (8).

to. Fiddler's bit of trouble (6).

12. " Homely phrases, but each Full of hope and yet of heart-break" (Longfellow) (6).

13. Turn a sheep about and then about again (8).

15. Bury and bring the parties together (r2).

r8. Not precisely what Shake- speare meant by " this royal throne of kings " (3 words) (5, 2, 5).

23. Mid expletive of the exas- perated roof-spotter, expect- ing a crisis (2 words) (4, 4). 24. Caress t"e oarsman (6).

26. S'gned for a change (6).

27. With the help of which the Oriental takes himself off (8).

28. The chemist's whopper con- versely (6).

29. " We are the -, master ; we shall go Always' a little further " (Flecker) (8).

DOWN 1. "By his - hat and staff And his sandal shoon " (Shakespeare) (6).

2. Now, says the batsman. I must hit a six and a four (6).

3. " And not by - windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light " (Clough) (7). 4. Golfers' river (4).

6. Bird which appears to give a recipe for cooking eggs (7).

7. Mother swallowed by a fah- . Ions monster (8).

8. The ghosts of lookers-on? (8). r. Probably a single berth (7).

14. He's full of fire, though rater mixed, and a little cowed, so to speak (7).

Lad's hope in flower (8). 17. It does not necessarily imply an increase in lunacy (8). 19. FND (7).

zo. " They are as sick that surret, with too much, as they that starve with -" (Shakes- peare) (7).

21. Western characters in Japan (6).

22. Stir 'em up (6).

25. Eastern language of a friend and I (4).