CROSSWORD No. 1252
ACROSS I. Literary gents? (7) 5. Intoxicated by illicit spirits? (7) 9. Dizzy we ! (7) to. Hairdo for the stony? (7) it. Brave princess (to) 12. 'Oh never - Was lost here but it rose afar !' (Browning) (4) 13. Bird providing equipment for 1 across (3) 14. Novel revolutionary form of challenge? (ii) 17. Amateur footballers? They seem inclined to be rovers (u) 19. Old Queen of the theatre (3) 20. Fairy of the ice-rink (4)
22. To break the record is no ambition of this person- alitY ! (4-6)
26. He was flourishing then (7) 27. Phoenix-land? (7) 28. 'Why, as a woodcock to mine own - ' (Shake- speare) (7) 29. He provides transports for poets (7)
DOWN
i. Guinea postage for rank, according to Burns? (5)
2. There's no telling 1 (9)
3. Monastic soup-maker? (7) 4. The girl with a black eye (5) 5. Obviously no rolling stone, this (4-5) 6. Nothing to see of this poet (4) 7. 'The violets and the lily-cups, Those flowers made of - ' (Hood) (5) 8. It's just not practical (9) 13. Blurb over pastries for small travellers (4-5) 15. Eliza-who certainly came to stay ! (9) i6. Intricate but decorative symbols of problems of the heart (4-5) t8. Good man is in debt and so is packing I (7) 21 No doubt membership of it is compulsory at Sing- Sing ! (5) 23. There's a heap of potatoes here (5)
24. Timely locust food? (5)
25. How to get hot water in Scotland (4)
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