14 MARCH 1969, Page 28

Crossword no.1369

Across 1 Printer's measure softly bound to be deprived of content (7) 5 He isn't half holy! Or is he? (4-3) 9 Occupy in a way that might be described as something more than a walk-over (4-3) 10 I've sun and love, it's enough to make it turn snowy! (7) 11 Rooted out (10) 12 Theatrical Gus played the fiend of the place (4) 13 What's that in the sky? Who knows? (3) 14 It is almost invariably a clue, said Sherlock Holmes (11) 17 Expert history-teachers? (4, 7) 19 Do go back softly for the shell (3) 20 They were more equal than others (4) 22 She achieved stardom through her beauty (10) 26 Constable's equestrian action (7) 27 )-I6w the model, rested, is put into a different stance (7) 28 Round at the roundhouse (7) 29 A couple of long lines in this foot (7) Down 1 Escape east with long strides (5)

. 2. Ports dare become plunderers (9)

3 Is run in and turns out to be completely ,dilapidated (2, 5)

41'And on a lady, too! (5) 5 Cue ten and find a minuet, for example (5, 4) 6 Go from house to house (4)

7 'Wandering in many a coral , Fair Nine forsaking Poetry' (Blake) (5) 8 Showed off in an unsportsmanlike way? (9) 13 Not in with the people (9) 15 A lost gain, in turn it's that Proustian feeling (9) 16 Deeply affected by the printed word? (9) 18 A sign of sting! (7) 21 General allowance (5) 23 It is not well to be out of them (5) 24 Plus the French—how rotten! (5)

25 Link broken—rediscovered in the oven (4) Solution next week So ution to Crossword no. 1368. Across: I Cinque- foil 6 Disc 10 Apple 11 Athenaeum 12 House- flag 13 All in 14 Spellbound 16 Ayah 18 Fido 20 Catamarans 23 Panel 24 Geraldine 27 Dairy- maid 28 Alibi 29 Lute 30 Belladonna. Down: 1 Clash 2 Neptune 3 Unevenly 4 Frail 5 lphigenia 7 Ideally 8 Comanches 9 Sneak 14 Soft pedal 15 Orangeade 17 Gaillard 19 Dentist 21 Apician

22 Plays 25 Rydal 26 Erica.