Crossword no. 1361

Across

1 Samplers of the products of Edgar Allan, poor

things (10) 6 Fruit of bad oarsmanship (4) 10 In the mass they're a matter for pride (5)

II 'All things bright and —' (Mrs Alexander) (9) 12 Ursine specimens exist among clippers (3-5) 13 Loud stringed instruments among the woodwind! (6) 15 Kitty, abroad, is full of easy talk (4) 16 Courteous disagreement expressed at speed? (4)

17 She returns from the East to the little island (5) 20 'The — swims around him, he is gone' (Byron) (5) 21 Chained beast? (4) 22 Where bishops must have eyes in the back of their heads! (4) 24 Mob adjective (6) 26 It's pride that makes one so animated (8)

29 Oriental source of an anonymous love-letter? (9)

30 Where Daisy might get a peep (2-3)

31 One island in four without a cow of its own? (4)

32 Claret, Bede? It's very well-known (10) Down

1 Cuts down those popularity tests! (5) 2 Acquit of what used to be a single charge (9)

3 Reduced by a jury to shillings and pence at the royal command (6)

4 Cane Albert; what, in this sacred spot? (10) 5 Quantity to be produced, about a thousand (4) 7 Ship repairers do what tailors are concerned about (5)

8 Blue stars indicate supporters (9) 9 In the manner of a high-stepper perhaps (7) 14 A farthing in the old days? (10) 15 Charlie gets the blues in canonicals! (9) 18 Confection provided by the carcase of Samson's lion? (9)

19 Schoolboy epistles (7) 23 'There is no against fate' (Shirley) (6) 25 Conrad's sea-dog? (5) 27 Dared to be awful (5) 28 'All things — and wonderful' (Mrs Alexander)

(4) • Solution next week

Solution to Crossword no. 1360. Across: 1 West- ward 5 Dammed 9 Drainage 10 Burgee 12 Reeve 13 Sticklers 14 Representing 18 Parasitology 21 Sailcloth 23 Tania 24 Dragon 25 Rumanian 26 Cosset 27 Sheep-dip. Down : 1 Waders 2 Spared 3 Wanderers 4 Registration 6 Amuck 7 Magnetic 8 Dressage II Missel-thrush 15 Negotiate 16 Episodic 17 Arrivals 19 Unkind 20 Catnip 22 Clove.