Crossword no.1366
Across 1 The dancer's dodge (4-4) 5 'Dear God! the very houses seem —' (Words- worth) (6) 9 Wine-casks taking musical forms, quite audibly (4-4) 10 'You common — of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?' (Sir Henry Wotton) (6) 12 It is uninspired to go against her will (7) 13 Jargon follows the easterner for wine (7) 14 Singable hits to be reformed for making good (12) 17 Polygonal (5-7) 22' Model foot in disorderly French company is capable of stretching (7) 23 Lancastrian colour of Petra? (4-3) 24 The peerless Queen (6) 25 One sister a day to overwhelm in a watery way (8)
26 'And Phoebus 'gins arise, His — to water at those springs' (Shakespeare) (6) 27 Like the finest bone, it can take it when the heat's on (8)
Down 1 The opening seed (6)
2 A dotty form of gambling! (6)o
3 Setting for Russell's diabolical novel (7) 4 The taxi-driver's bit on the side is the start of lavish expenditure (12) 6 Forms of Darwinian origin (7) 7 Act, that is, round speed measurement pro- ducing great stress (8)
8 This is what the Joneses have! (8)
11 Spheres within wheels (4-8) 15 Replace Rome's representative for her rulers (8) 16 A wound sustained at the circus? What a trifle! (4-4) 18 Noted in a way for having chanted (7) 19 Heart-ache remedy? (7) 20 'With monstrous head and sickening cry And
ears like — wings' (G. K. Chesterton) (6) 2r Lazy contributors to an old literary magazine
(6) Solution next week Solution to Crossword no. 1365. Across: Stealthily 6 Brid 10 Ropes 11 Vivacious 12 Sur plices 13 Frill 14 Maraschino 16 Ages 18 Nea 20 Persecuted 23 Gorse 24 Antipasto 27 Racine car 28 Louse 29 Etna 30 Mysterious. Down: Serbs 2 Emperor 3 Listless 4 Havoc 5 Love-song 7 Rooting 8 Disclosed 9 Scoff 14 Menagerie 1_ Hierarchy 17 Scapular 19 African 21 Testudo 22 Henna 25 Tarot 26 Omens.
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