23 MAY 1969, Page 32

Crossword no.1379

Across 1 He's in love with company and that's sticking together! (8) 5 In this way I prohibit the pressure-line (6) 9 Gets aboard and carries along (8) 10 Woolly beast met with in a mountain account (6) 12 Heads turn round company at the sign of a pilgrim (7) 13 A post that is created from the sleep makers (7) 14 Short right English saint with the little donkey was discovered to be reinforced (12) 17 Member of Parliament runs into hot water at length for an indication of speed (5. 3, 4) 22 Instant riches relative to the Saktas (7) 23 Invest again for compensation (7) 24 Make an outcry from a sea-potato? (6) 25 Was this the food of Wordsworth's intima- tions? (8) 26 Principle holdings (6) 27 Ladybird's last remaining child and the cat join up to give notice (8) Down 1 Hellish dark, and smells of —1' (R. S. Surtees) (6) 2 A rolled-up feverish dachshund? (3-3) 3 Being so, one might seem to have caught some of the limelight! (4-3) 4 Hundred men and person that is really all over the place (12) 6 Carry on like Miss Malone, by the sound of it, which is being egocentric (7) 7 Going explosively into print like a true Vorticist? (8) 8 Does raid, reviewed, seem to be on the verge? (8) 11 Those tall landlubbers (12) 15 A gem of sobriety (8) .

16 Mr Macintosh, for example? (8) 18 'The dragon-green, the luminous, the dark, the — haunted sea'.(7) 19 Pass beneath and endure (7) 20 In which to learn to take more off! (6) 21 All trembling like the fish (6) Solution next week

Solution to Crossword no. 1378. Across 1 Broker 4 Clippers 10 Wild cat 11 Relates 12 Lute 13 Archaicism 16 Enrage 17 Anatomy 20 Attract 21 Sorrow 24 Asseverate 25 Rain 27 Lighted 29 Pep pill 30 Post-date 31 Stayer. Down: 1 Bewilder 2 Obliterates 3 Each 5 Lurching 6 Palliation 7 Eat 8 Sesame 9 Stars 14 Immortality 15 Aggravated 18 Accredit 19 Swindler 22 Wallop 23 Sums 26 Spot 28 Gas.