CROSSWORD No. 1227
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ACROSS It's reckless, though, to assume that Old Nick may be soft-hearted! (5-3-4) Wearers of mini-skirts have no use for these cricketers! (4-5) Bloodsuckers without ire (5) Dreamy cats' concert? (6) Alick, maybe, after punishment (8) All on edge? Not quite, they assert (6) No seats available presumably for substitutes (5-3) 'Everyone suddenly - singing' (Sassoon) (5, 3) Catkins? So be it. thank you (6) Loudspeakers? (8) Resting in untidy, attics (6) 'And slips into the - of the lake' (Tennyson) (5) Painter of the National Gallery's first individual purchase (9) Miss her reply? No lovesick American would!
(6-6) DOWN Raise one's hat to Miss Woodhouse? What an embarrassment! (7) Shining example of a novel taxidermist (5) The end of the run? It's a matter of time (4, 5) 4. Keen to get the prin a donna up (4) 5. Fellow-advocate who should be bomb-proof? (8) 6. Scout's dog? (5) 7. Gives up when singers are out of harmony (7) 8. 'Well is it -known that can creep as uell as soar' (Burke) (8) 14. Charity with a capital letter? (8) 16. Greek law-giver; reformer too (9) 17. Two-seater from which to expect a hot pace? (8) 18. Vibrant one-type fish restaurant for the violinist? (4-3) 20. Charon's tangled boating equipment (7) 22. Time for music (5) 24. 'Her husband's to Aleppo gone, master o' the -' (Shakespeare) (5) 25. Not that its 'famous vicar was a donkey! (4)
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