... Answer to Correspondent To L. M. B., Somerset. You ask for a first-class hotel where there is a resident orchestra, Torquay excepted. At the present time I do not believe it exists. There are few really first- class hotels open in the West Country, and those which are open are mostly full. If music is not absolutely essential I can with confidence recom mend you to the Falmouth Hotel. C. S., ...

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... THE SKETCH DIFFICULT CROSS-WORD. ACROSS. i. The poet adds value to the things that cross above (10). 6. In shape for Surrev cricket (4). 10. Not the chief problem on the back of a horse (5). 11. Pirate's ensign rather than the negro's (two words 5, 4). 12. Despicable bounder with parts reversed in a sort of victory (7). 13. The warmth of tfie west is obviously necessary for this cereal (5). ...

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... THE SKETCn CROSS -WORD. (A LB. No clues are given to two-letter spaces.) ACROSS, t. Cam and net tangled round a centre of knowledge (15). 9. Your French friend (3). 10. Craving for drink (7). 11. Suggestive of sorcery (7}. 12. What Americans decided to do to President Roosevelt (7). 4 Trade is said to follow (2 words 3 and 4). 15. Half mad (4 hyphen 5) 16. College window (5). 19. Where ...

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... OUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION-- AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. AV7HEN we were compelled to bring to an end our last series of amusing colour plates we received so many expressions of regret and such numerous requests that we should start once more such a series that we cannot resist the pressure. In our issue of January 1, 1941, the first of a series of plates will be included, and every fortnight The ...

... ACROSS. 1. It depends on you as to how many of these are left (two words 5, 6). 7. Traps for an impudent minx (7). 8. Unceremonious, like the glove you don't wear (7). 10. Utterly exhausted (4). 11. Even the strictest close their eyes to this (5). 12. An actor might define it as hard work (4). 15. A friend at a buried city, receiving no fee (7). 16. Omit many hundreds of pounds in this ...

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