20 SEPTEMBER 1968, Page 36

Crossword no.1344

Across 1 Knocked downhill (6)

4 Autumnal scapegoats (4, 4)

9 Oh rest becomes the rest (6) 10 Study session (4-4) 12 Society saint (8) 13 Imperative to make a marginal move (6) 15 This plot's a triangle (4) 16 The Creep? (5-5) 19 Turn handiwork to good advantage (10) 20 An eager city giant (4) 23 Secrets of the chest (6) 25 Real pets found among lofty ecclesiastics (8) 27 Combined with the vital 8 (8) 28 Cupid's apple? (6) 29 Keep a close watch on the screen? (8) 30 'For now we see through a glass (St Paul) (6) Down 1 Legato as in water music (7) 2 Cheerful Wagnerian hero? (9) 3 Those classic mistakes (6) 5 Race for maple (4) 6 Demon ale replaced by milder stuff as a result of the squeeze (8) 7 Make a singular arrangement (5) 8 Replace the blade (7)

11 Makes underground movement (7) 14 Slippery customers in sport1(7) 17 Does he take over when the dove has had its day? (9)

18 Encompassing in nine inches (8) 19 trim with daisies pied, shallow brooks and river wide' (Milton) (7) 21 A region to boast about? (7) 22 A tonal change produces dramatic French stronghold (6) 24 Tea and teacup (5) 26 Encountered the final character here (4) Solution next week Solution to Crossword no. 1343. Across: 1 Facial 4 Smarting 10 Exilian 11 Tendons 12 Speculator 13 Digs 15 Open air 17 Oversea .19 Eminent 21 Epithet 23 Cave 24 Simplified 27 Absolve 28 Meanest 29 Distress 30 Jesses. Down: 1 Free- stone 2 Chinese 3 Acidulated 5 Metropole 6 Ring 7 Ironies 8 Gasps 9 Anna 14 Legitimate 16 Re- tainers 18 Antidotes 20 Invests 22 Heiress 23 Chard 25 Pomp 26 Alar.