22 NOVEMBER 1968, Page 28

Crossword no.1353

Across 1 Honey soft is ripe (6) 4 Disguised as ss 'Argo' in the weed (8) 9 'Unmov'd tho' witlings sneer and — rail' (Johnson) (6) 10 The bane of Mrs Mopp at Jodrell Bank? (4-4) 12 Get a bean to renounce (8) • 13 A triumphal curtailed entrance (6) 15 Drive around (4)

16 Like a classical loud-speaker (10)

19 Gratis omnibus for general scrap (4-3-3) 20 Put back plug for quick intake (4) 23 Take soft pulse to become lithe (6)

25 Groups of men under general headings (6

27 What a demoted superintendent does? (8) 28 What's for tea, fish? (6)

29 Having a right to a- handle (8)

30 Undertones of the fringe theatre? (6) Down 1 `— that would follow me, Love virtue. she alone is free' (Milton) (7) 2 Middle Earth oriental (9) 3 Rank so imposes monsieur (6) 5 Star degree (4) 6 Movement of dervishes (8) 7 Fiscal defences in old Italy (5) 8 The seat of empire (7) 11 Formal representation gets right for height 14 Staggering array of armaments! (7) 17 One sister, somewhat old-fashioned, gets water logged (9) 18 A very loud, long confused tune, rich in mean- ing (8) 19 Iry involved in fees mix-up is still gay! (7) 21 Let pass the soft shades (7)

22 Formidable female appears among progres- sives (6)

24 It is stated that pot is involved (5)

26 'And Frensh she spak ful faire and fetisH After the scole of Stratford — Roue (Chaucer) (4)

Solution next week Solution to Crossword no. 1352. Across: 1 Trendy

4 Blankets 10 Lord Jim 11 Mocking 12 Unrecorded 13 Orts 15 Dombeys 17 Islamic 19 Equally 21 Gambler 23 Jill 24 Chimborazo 27 Cynthia 2 Charade 29 Basilisk 30 Street. Down: I Tolpticld'e 2 Ear-drum 3 Dejectedly 5 Lumbering 6 NI,: 7 Epigram 8 Sighs 9 Omar 14 Flamboyant 16 Scythians 18 Corrodent 20 Uplands 22 Leafage

23 Jacob 25 Mice 26 Rhyl.