11 APRIL 1969, Page 30

Crossword no.1373

Solution next week Across Insolent. like the band? (6)

4 ThoSe British islands set in the silver sea? (8)

9 The sedentary poser (6) 10 Invariable man-getters (8) 12 Without entente? (8) 13 Overact after the dance to reach the borough (6)

15 'A fool sees not the same — that a wise man sees' (Blake) (4)

16 Like that loud-mouthed Greek (10) 19 'I like work, it — me. I can sit and look at it for hours' (Jerome K. Jerome) (10) 20 Of course this game may be discerned in a balloonist (4) 23 The divinely pastoral one returns to his family for a piece of linen (6) 25 About searches making musical demands (8) 27 Amazes as nuts do (8) 28 And a learned bachelor shall disclose the Per- sian city (6) 29 Learner takes a century to unmask a petty thief (8) 30 The Mad Hatter's little group? (3-3) Down 1 'Here's your arsenic, dear. And here's your weedkiller —' (Dylan Thomas) (7) 2 Aardvarks rate as ten needing a change (3-6) 3 Oddly, it's not (6)

5 Explosive star reflected in the river (4) 6 The Old Man who came first (8)

7 Sedulous? (5)

8 It was just the job for that fair lady's father (7

11 He's the winner in the ring, which he gives to the groom (4, 3) 14 Gallic celestial messenger, made to join the left is mighty displeased! (7) 17 The Roundhead was well defended on the flank (9) 18 Into which one falls from sublimity, presumabl!. (8) 19 He must be a cool pigeon (7) 21 A quick catch seems certain from the meteoro- logical rock (7) 22 Carry on like a cousin of 19? (6) 24 Father of Rome (5) 26 Tick over when out of work (4) Solution to Crossword no. 1372. Across: I Foremost 5 Bamboo 9 Arboreal 10 Rabbit 12 Houdini 13 Heirdom 14 Nightingales 17 Aerodynamics 22 Calypso 23 Nurture 24 Noises 25 Whinnied 26 Rogues 27 Sphagnum. Down: 1 Flashy 2 Rub out 3 Martini 4 Spanish onion 6 Amazing 7 Baby Doll 8 Optimism 11 Chairmanship 15 Falconer 16 Drilling 18 Deplete 19 Corunna 20 Fusion 21 Beldam.