24 JANUARY 1969, Page 28

Crossword no. 1362

Across 1 Give Kitty a grooming in the cellar (8) 5 So one proclaims one tries (6)

9 'Oh, —, when sorrows come they come not single spies' (Hamlet) (8)

10 Tennyson's Arthur (6) 12 Dramatically set off by old lace (7) *13 The Downs, paradoxically (7) 14 Pigment of celestial purity (7. 5) 17 Cement bosses with top academic distinction (12) 22 Loiters about near Lisbon (7) 23 There's a twist in the hill before the Promised Land (7) 24 Rage, of the heavy sort, expressed by the General (6) 25 It fell fast for Lyte (8) 26 Was pleased to get enrolled (6) 27 I relapse back into a supporter! (8) Down 1 Is it possible for the very top brass coming up to get a brandy? (6) 2 'That's the wise —' (Browning) (6)

3 A place for the amateur sportsman with effrontery? (7)

4 It should provide good exercise at a Harley Street dance! (8-4) 6 Justice does not go deep (7) 7 In at last, and what a fabulous place! (8)

8 Seem perturbed over broken rest in term-time (8) II Nouns are of real importance (12) 15 What size is the royal beard? (8)

16 Squanders nice little puddings (8) .18 A breathing-space for the ice-bound (7) 19 Lion tamer adored up round the North (7) 20 'When I left Rome. . . . By the Legions' road to —' (Kipling) (6) 21 Lobe that has its own ability to charm? (6)

Solution next week Solution to Crossword no. 1361. Across: 1 Poe- tasters 6 Crab 10 Lions 11 Beautiful 12 She-bears 13 Flutes 15 Chat 16 Pace 17 Elsie 20 Arena 21 Lynx 22 Sees 24 Unruly 26 Spirited 29 Levantine 30 Ox-eye 31 Sark 32 Celebrated. Down: 1 Polls 2 Exonerate 3 Answer 4 Tabernacle 5 Ream 7 Refit 8 Balusters 9 Stilted 14 Pennypiece 15 Chasubles 18 Sweetmeat 19 Pauline 23 Armour 25 Rover 27 Dread 28 Wise.