66 THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 418
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ACROSS
1. The scholarly way to travel. (5, 5.) 6. A grand noise. (4.) 10. A sunset (anag.). (7.) 11. I'm a danger. (7.) 12. With Brassica, a literary talking-point. (50 13. " Children dear was it -? (M. Arnold). (9.) 14. American tugs. (5.) 16. Undesirable in art and accounts. (9.) 18. They seem to exemplify music as " the food of love." (9.)
19. Return a poor pennyworth of plums. (5.)
21. French husband surrounded by chores. (9.) 24. Lad gets direction for the battle. (5.) 25. Ripped trouble. (7.) 26. Tommy's attempt to praise French musketry? (7.)
27. It's a scream! (4.)
28. Formalize. (10.)
DOWN
1. His calves are usually worth showing. (7.) 2. It might have been snare once. (9.) 3. Vehicles to catch. (5.) 4. " And send the bells a-jangle And down the - ale " (Masefield). (5.) 5. They should take wickets in women's cricket. (8.) 7. Drawn into 3 perhaps. (5.) 8. One of the few people who feel at home in straits. (7.) 9. " There has fallen a - tear from the passion flower at the gate " (Tennyson). (8.) 15. A nicht wi' Burns. (8.)
16. It will put you on the scent for a start. (9.)
17. Collins's nominal convention. (9.)
18. The umpire seems to be caught in two minds. (7.)
20. Go before. (7.) 22. Could one transport this painting to Burlington House? (5.) 23. " But was I - when I swore?" (Omar). (5.) 24. It takes a lot of pluck to play this. (5.)
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