20 DECEMBER 1968, Page 28

Crossword no. 1357

Across

1 'And then the lover. sighing like ' (.ts You Like It) (7)

5 Having been once simple to elucidate (8) 9 Lads get Centigrade for heat (5) 10 Delights with theatrical goings-on (9)

11 Improving matter for an ornamental lily, per- haps? (6) 12 arose From her couch of snows In the Acroceraunian mountains' (Shelley) (8)

14 Quavery jottings (5) 15 Prefabricated (5-4) 18 The coast of many spots (9) 20 Clap sermon? That's evidence of a bit of back- sliding! (5) 22 Sounds like cattle-country down there (8)

24 Fruity old goddess (6) 26 Reconstruct a paler one for flighty device (9)

27 Points to this typefounder (5) 28 Also Fe can make a hot-dog! (7) 29 Ominous interpreter with a summery start (7) Down 1 Nothing soft need be garlanded (9) 2 Dream it gets let in again (7) 3 Iberian home of the blue-bird (9) 4 There's nothing odd about this time of day (4) 5 How an Osborne character behaves charac- teristically (10) 6 Works do garden work (5) 7 Branch usable to indicate whereabouts of blue flower (7) 8 Bird house a short-cut for Agnes (5) 13 This way mind out! (5-5) 16 Old Man Kangaroo comes first, however (6-3) 17 That eternal happy ending (4, 5) 19 Scowled and caused let-down (7) - 21 POunds and pence roped to make steady worker (7) 22 Belloc's image of the unsuccessful literary man (5) 23- Snakily rough, roughly (5) 25 Baron ate up second letter (4) Solution next week Solution to Crossword no. 1356. Across: 1 Charitable 6 Aria 10 Sated 11 Implement 12 Syphoned 13 Balsam 15 Moon 16 Star 17 Gloat

20 Layer 21 Rent 22 Stud 24 Claims 26 Roll-call 29 Offensive 30 Units 31 Saxe 32 Breathless. Down: 1 Cases 2 Antiphony 3 Indoor 4 Alimen- tary 5 Lapp 7 Reeds 8 Attempted 9 Derange 14 Grand opera 15 Malicious 18 Ostracise 19 Fram- ing 23 Plough 25 Affix 27 Lasts 28 Tier.