SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1122

ACROSS 1. Opposition to the music is illegal (l0)

6. Scoundrel shows a sign of im- provement (4)

10. Adjusted with a fork, perhaps (5) 11. High wind on the bank? (9) 12. Pass a bit, that's fine! (8) 13. Still standing (6)

15. Where beaded bubbles wink (4) 16. Little ones back the steer (4) 17. Venice was its nursling, accord- to Shelley (5) 20. The family has rice (5)

21. It's pitched and broken (4) 22. Here ends hare (4) 24. Knocks back a penny before the icy places (6)

26. They are coming down to earth 29. A sweet nursery, though grubby! (9)

30. Being free at this is great (5) 31. Gold in the north-east sand- bank (4)

32. Could be a queen for the King and I (7, 3)

18. DOWN A snag for the batsman (5) It is not (9) Red hot root (6) The object of Swift's meditation (10) Want for a friend indeed! (4) Roll along the seashore (5) A spreading sort of tree? (9) It's best first for the bibliophile (7) An impressive volume for col- lection (5-5)

Cooped up with a lot on her mind, perhaps (6, 3)

It's peculiar away from the centre (9)

'19. Some of the footmen are miss- ing! (7)

23. A twopenny sale goes bad (6) 25. The bull's in this ring (5) 27. Dispatched in the company of a hundred, it leads to flowers (5)

28. Just the hat for mad dogs! (4)

Solution next week

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