SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1136

ACROSS

t. Codger at the end of the line (6) 4. It's in plentiful supply (8)

9. Characteristic of a minority (6) 10. Etiquette demands an original half-column (8) 12. Does the Principal yearn to dive like this? (8) 13. Concerned with French poetry on the face of it (6)

15. 'Through the sad heart of ---' (Keats) (4) 16. Four voices have a tendency to bassi (10)

19. A thief who is. • decidedly choosey (10)

20. They provide cover for pupils (4) 23. Hook aboard? (6) 25. Energise the Thespians! (8)

27. The emaciated monarch ; it's all that meditation! (8) 28. Financial side of a Scottish prosecutor (6) 29. on deck was Dryden too, The Bacon of our Rhyming Crew' (Landor)(8)

30. Asked for 'fish in a basket (6)

DOWN 1. A Sitter of authority who might well find it hard going! (7) 2. Act fast in a word, it's amazing! (9) 3. Old friend of the capital writer (6)

5. Any drink left? (4) 6. 'His locked, -------, bray; brass collar' (Burns) (8) 7. Mother-in-law to Pearl's hus- band (5)

8. Less tin when a chap takes a shilling (7) 11. Bill should sing well. (7)

14. In the pink about a hundred? Hush! (7) 17. It's very classy in a small way 19) 18. This tooth needs a chain (8) 19. Fictile (7)

21. How words are formed as if by magic (7)

22. A grand chap! (6) 24. Ware of a bull wreaking havoc (5) 26. Marmion's last words to and about Stanley (2, 2) Solution next week

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