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Across 7. Carved buttonlike ornament worn by Japanese 8. Science of cookery 10. South African high plateau waterless in dry season 12. Wholesale trade in tea &c. 13. Turkish sweets, esp. Turkish delight 14. Road vehicle plying on fixed route and open to all comers 18. Gentle & easy death 23. Infectious disease with membranous growth in throat &c. 25. Fashionable society 26. Model of chastity 27. Nymph living & dying with the tree she inhabited (Gk. myth.)

Down 1. (of woman) run away from husband or home (with lover) 2. Watch kept at night over dead body 3. Clock-making 4. An Indian perfurme 5. Polish coin 6. Prediction-monger 9. Born fool 11. Hot desert sandwind 13. What accounts for or justifies or has caused a things existence 15. Reading or singing desk in church 16. Belief in more than one god 17. Subordinate or incidental thing, accompaniment (to or of other) 19. Wickedness 20. Kind of lock or its key 21. Hindustani 22. Ragout esp. oft game-birds 23. Sprinkle with flour &c. 24. Keep out of sight, be hidden