10 JANUARY 1969, Page 27

Crossword no.1360

Across 1 Devonian direction to the proverbial young man (8) 5 Mother at sea gets pent up (6) 9 Reform gained a right for discharge system (8) 10 Rub up the wrong way half the horse and show the flag (6) 12 It's rough, we hear, on this hen (5) 13 Let a hundred risks become punctilious workers (9) 14 The standing of the travelling salesman? (12) 18 The study of hangers-on (12) 21 Audible evidence of stuff on the cheap for yachtsmen (9) 23 Ain't a name for her forthcoming? (5)

24 'Come not between the — and his wrath' (King Lear) (6)

25 He's groggy for a start, this national (8) 26 Lettuce plant to cherish (6) 27 Baptismal stuff for the flock (5-3) Down 1 Ornithological waterproofs (6)

2 Cut away to show additional bob so saved (6)

3 The nomadic eleven (9) 4 Clearly a way of putting one in the picture (12) 6 What a mess, it's enough to drive one crazy (5) 7 Time can take seventh letter to become so attractive (8) 8 Clothing time at the hippodrome? (8) 11 The bird of the golden bough (6-6) 15 1 get no tea, so make alteration to bargain for agreement (9) 16 .Rich in happenings? (8) 17 Newcomers seen as contestants for the rising sun-god (8) 19 The winter wind is not so (6) 20 Pussy's herb tipple? (6)

22 Divided the spice (5)

Solution next week Solution* to Crossword no. 1359. Across: 1 De- fender 5 Hiccup 9 Parsnips 10 Simmer 12 Elihu 13 Solicitor 14 Voluminously 18 Withstanding 21 Barcelona 23 Paris 24 Ironic 25 Liniment 26 Gotham 27 Agisters. Down: 1 Dipper 2 Firkin 3 Non-jurors 4 Expostulator 6 Iliac 7 Comatose s- 8 Portrays 11- Plain Dealing 15 Oenephils 16 Swabbing 17 Stormont 19 Grieve 20 Isatis 22 Erica.