15 MARCH 1968, Page 32

Crossword no.1317

Across 1 Disarrays the frills (7) 5 A gem of indecision? (7) 9 Made an aside in the library? (7) 10 She consorts with the Preserver (7) 11 Fruit of the ancestral tree (5-5) 12 'When the ivy-tod is heavy with —' (Cole- ridge) (4) 13 The Roman way (3) 14 He caps a Scottish tale (3, 1, 6) 17 I drop speeds so am favourably inclined (11) 19 In the middle of which lay part of Horace's complaint (3) 20 This was the matter with Mary Jane (4) 22 I feared not such a league (10) 26 Wrong-doing with a dry sound, that's genuine (7) 27 Running off to forge in the old days? (7) 28 Festive dispatch (4-3) 29 Prepares for life? (7) Down 1 Perfumed sort of cat (5) 2 Bird-watcher's picnic? (9) 3 Puss in its first year (7) 4 Unhappy that is, like Miss Thompson (5) 5 Head gets up and proves the opposites (9) 6 Greek victory (4) 7 Proper kind of expression for. the day after Mardi Gras (5) 8 Travel communications bringing one down to earth (4-5) 13 Gets all steamed up (9) 15 It goes on forever in Canada (5-4) 16 What Wellington's men did to him (9)

18 Love comes to the monster in the form of a horseman (7)

21 Suitable type for a list of saints (5) 23 Get the measure of the printer, finally, improve on that! (5) 24 Confusing species produces hotted-up wine (5) 25 Classical example of a burning passion for music (4) Solution to Crossword no. 1316. Across: 1 Bar- gains 5 Stream 9 Reflects 10 Beeton 12 Acetic 13 Falstaff 15 Leathemecks 18 Independence 23 Theatres 24 Antrum 26 Needle 27 Brooding 28 Titian 29 Careless. Down: 1 Burman 2 Ruffed 3 Alewife 4 Note 6 Treason 7 Entrance 8 Mani- fest 11 Wavered 14 Stunner 16 Distinct 17 Ad- herent 19 Patella 20 Console 21 Arrive 22 Images 25 Aria.