1 AUGUST 1970, Page 26

Crossword 1440

Across 1 Tom goes east and is bewitched! (6)

4 Not the kind of welcome Leander got? (8) 8 Chaps agree in the upper storey (8) 10 What's the smell on the way up? (6)

12 Enclosures for pugs (5) 13 Admiral Croft's brother-in-law departed with merit (9) 14 Where to keep one's decorations when they're not on it! (5) 16 Takeover bid on the track (5, 4) 17 Dual purpose bedwear? (9) 19 Mountain marksman (5)

21 A lavish spread no doubt raises one (4. 5)

22 One was Longfellow's 'grand old Puritan anthem' (5) 24 Oarsman might turn rascal (6) 25 Not that all such addressees have knight') duties (8) 26 Pussyfoot does when Jack's turned saint (8) 27 Instruction to a stripper? (6)

DrvFnor a laugh or an occasional nod and ans. ' thing but 4 (7)

2 Music that goes with a bang (5) 3 Tin star is in the passage (7) 5 Taken out in comfort (4, 3) 6 Bowler's stint should do this to the bats- man; or should it? (9) 7 There's not the remotest possibility of m) doing it! (5, 2) 9 An awl might be so offensive (10)

1 t No recluses admitted to these precincts (10; 15 Writes in a big way (9) 17 Just the flower for a fortunate Scottish lad (7)

18 One of Galuppi's inspired Browning (7) 19 Mother comes up with- a tailless French chicken in a little glass (7) 20 The music-man in Assam is enchanting (?) 23 Bob cares about his land (5) Solution next week Solution to Crossword 1439. Across: 1 Protean

5 Demi-rep 9 Netting 10 Moments 11 Pro- testant 12 Ayah 13 Nun 14 Tarantellas 17 Task- masters 19 Foe 20 Echo 22 Blossom out 26 Inkling 27 Precede 28 Gum boot 29 Dynasts. Down: 1 Pin-up 2 Outgoings 3 Evident 4 Night 5 Dominance 6 Mome 7 Runny 8 Post-haste 13 Nattering 15 Rush-light 16 Left-overs IS Stove in 21 Hokum 23 Sapid 24 Trees 25 Dido.