Crossword 1382
Across 1 Name-dropper not quite up to Mrs Leo's stan- dard! (4-6) 6 Barkers' advertisements for wreaths? (4) 10 He shared a common end with several Mes- dames Smith! (5) 11 A Pillar of Hercules (9) 12 Visual starry evidence of team procedures? (9) 13 The sound of table-turning (5).
14 Astronaut in the building line (10) 16 It was instrumental in a gigantic pile-up (4) 18 Major and minor star roles (4) 20 Top priority (5, 2, 3) 23 Academic female saint (5) 24 Devilish raps that indelibly leave their mark (9) 27 Rich gates leading into the assembly (9) 28 Nothing to add to the book? Nothing. How mouldy! (5) 29 Batty system! (4) 30 Feature of good-looking Met men? (7-3) Down 1 'All — when old are good' (Byron) (5)
2 Michael goes a long way in twenty-four hours (7)
3 Field skill that goes to the head winningly? (3-5) 4 Darkness conceals the thing (5) 5 Relief workers? (9) 7 Innocent air of the Philistine? (9) 8 Ali's trips helped by extra canvas? (9) 9 These horses are pretty sharp (5) 14 'Blow the wind —,' as Ferrier sang (9) 15 The first walkie-talkie expert? (9) 17 Scotsman turned to a single dreary sound (8)
19 Explaining by hypothesis can be very sooth- ing (7)
21 Is a dope necessarily fat? (7) 22 'Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her — are peace' (Proverbs) (5) 25 Secure yet unsteady! (5) 26 Musicologist among the trees (5) Solution next week.
Solution to Crossword no. 1381 Across: I Radical 5 Chassis 9 Defer 10 Grandiose 11 Eyelid 12 Platypus 14 Total 15 Manhandle
18 Relay-race 20 Molto 22 Handfast 24 Gnomic 26 Iguanodon 27 Trees 28 Saddler 29 Worsted. Down: 1 Red-letter 2 Deflect 3 Cordially 4 Lags 5 Challenger 6 Audit 7 Stooped 8 Skeps 13 Ambassador 16 Axmin- ster 17 Exorcised 19 Languid 21 Lambert 22 Hails 23 Final 25 Snow
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