Crossword 1418
Across
1 Rhinemaiden having a water-wave, of course! (6) 4 The old city turns it on in Surrey (8)
9 Immature ghosts! (6) 10 Smacks for a Liberal appearing in party rosettes? (8) 12 Here's richness! (8) 13 Family aggregate with old-fashioned custom (6) 15 The talk here is not for social occasions (4) 16 IA Bus, green, laden with purple fruit (10) 19 Collectors' pieces are bound to appear (10) 20 Food for the very young? (4) 23 Scottish watersprite emerging from elk-pie (6) 25 Fairy, cast-off, wasted away (8) 27 Stout Cortez's men did it wildly! (8) 28 'A little saint best fits a little —' (Herrick) (6) 29 In great haste to get the ironing done (8) 30 Ladies with grooms in attendance (6) Down 1 It's unfeeling to make an appeal over nothing to us (7)
2 'The — haunt of flies on summer eves' (Keats) (9)
3 Takes artful measures to eastward to get saved (6) 5 What kind of a customer is a garrotter? (4) 6 Parson coming up may be in time for a drink (8) 7 Little Tom is a likely one to get a lift (5) 8 Gets cosy when there are ten less involved (7) 11 Where the apothecary may be in doubt? (7) 14 Heavenly coppers! (7) 17 George Macdonald's fairies were at the back of it! (5, 4) 18 The girl in 25 has a choice of hairstyles (8) 19 Compensates the 5 down perhaps, cosmetic- ally? (5, 2) 21 Inviting lot for lots (7)
22 'Age cannot — her' (Ant. and Cleo.) (6)
24 At this one is free in a big way (5) 26 Feast for a King on Twelfth Night (4) Solution next week
Solution to Crossword 1417. Across: 1 Stand up 5 Babbler 9 Feign 10 Sally Lunn 11 Pindar 12 Good show 14 Dance 15 Man Friday 18 Long- ships 20 Mopes 22 Chin-chin 24 Dundee 26 Violinist 27 Noted 28 Theorem 29 Caraway. Down: 1 Soft pedal 2 Avignon 3 Dungarees 4 Post 5 Balloonist 6 Bayed 7 Laughed 8 Renew 13 Empiricism 16 Rum-runner 17 Yesterday 19 Noisome 21 Padstow 22 Covet 23 Crier 25 Otic.
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