27 DECEMBER 1935, Page 32

"The Spectator" Crossword No. 170

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ACROSS

"The primrose way to the

. . . bonfire." Includes architrave, frieze, and cornice.

14. rev. Edge in 18. 15. It is only sure about one small insect.

17. A kiss is insincere-if it's this.

18. See 14.

20. Vowels.

21. Not quite there. 22. You will often find this does not in conversation.

23. rev. "0 then we'll wed, and then we'll bed,

But not in our. , • "

25. Grammatically indefinite. 26. rev. In 16.

28. Essential substances.

30. rev. The part of a pedagogue on the move.

32. rev. "There's husbandry in

Their candies are all out."

33. You sing for exercising ?

34. It is found in a salad veget- able.

35. rev. Effectiveness.

DOWN

1. 1 pelt pice (anag.). 2. Very much above anti a little below it.

3. Broken writing implements end up here. 1.

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4. A generous drink-nearly I

5. Get a bean (atm.).

6. Smack -

7. How to mark a • military man

8. rev. Abscond.

9. What one would expect on the beaches of the Emer- ald Isle ?

10. End of three.

12. Like time it does not wait.

13. Knobby.

16. In extremities, this dwelling is like to prove cramping.

19. rev. Distinctive practice.

24. "We'll draw thee from the mire Of this sir-reverence . wherein thou stick'st Up to the ears."

27. 1.

29. A meddler has this in every man's boat.

30. Has suffered many an auto- da-fd.

31. Kind of fish-spear.