4, THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 79

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The winner of Crossword No. 78 is R. B. Latter, 369, Fulham Road, S.W.to.

ACROSS x. Fireside demon (9).

5. Mr. Kipling's butterfly did (5).

8. Very loud after its return (5).

9. Free music (9).

x. One need not have such emo- tions annually (9).

12. Where, in 1894, Stevenson died (5).

13. The esr 4).hi(pis too short for the soldier

14. Nobody reaches it singly (9). I8. It gets spent pretty freely just now (9).

21. Affirm (4). 23. A graduate thus is funda- mental (5).

25. The cat's whiskers (9).

27. Smart return round the line (9).

28. Dishonourable hanger-on (5).

29. Pay for the bishop's hat? (5).

3o. " Here's enough of fame and pillage, Great - Jane! Now that we've been round the village, Let's go home again " (Stevenson) (9).

DOWN x. " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with - steps the dews away " (Gray) (5).

2. Full-length 13 (9).

3. Departure? (6) 4. " She is a woman, therefore may be won ; She is therefore must be loved " (Shakespeare) (7). 5. Vocalist (8).

6. It mustn't be spread (5). 7. But it is usually the servant who is paid (9).

to. It makes a contribution to Carlo's erudition (5).

13. A slice off the breast evidently is not the choice of the slan- derer (9).

15. This joke will take your breath away (3).

16. Twisted vines and old (9). 57. Tenants found for two? (8). 19. See Daniel about four on the sofa (5).

2o. Enfold (7).

22. It's very chirpy (6).

24. Little William has become a musical instrument (5). 26. The alternative to going wrong is not stated (5).