24 SEPTEMBER 1965, Page 28

SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1189

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1, 5 Their lordships, join forces with Mrs. Mopp, it's a must (8, 6)

9. Bluemantle's new route for to- morrow? (8)

10. Outsize teetotum? It's a put-up - job (3, 3) 12. She instructed her royal pupil in the law (6)

13. What the drain is making the US? (8) 15. Attorneys who prefer something a little less thick than pea-soup? (12)

18. Jolly they are, in spite of in- herent restrictions (12)

23. Songs of the sea (8) 24. She preferred the nephew to the uncle (6) 26. Is about to get up for the flags (6)

27. Occasions for wearing short jackets? (8)

28. Palm-oil perhaps (6) 29. Decorator with great rep poten- tial (8) DOWN

I. Napoleon Premier, General (6)

2. The low hound! (6) 3. Like the flower of Blakeney 4. Does he look right for the long view? (4) 6. Broadway Boys put away a whole rib, using a bit of 28 (7) 7. Strung up apparently (8)

8. One flower that should give a sparkle to those in 26 (8) 11. Puddings that should be 'light as air' (7)

14. 'The - wizards haste with odours sweet' (Milton) (4.3)

16. But the Broadway Boys now haven't so much inside, what a relief! (8) 17. It's absolute heaven in dear Pisa (8)

19. They provided nests for the rats of Hamelin (7) 20. '- don't last: cookery do!' (Meredith) (7) 21. Eponym of chain bridge? (6) 22. Reset a tantalising clue (7) 25. Goodbye and thank-you (2-2) Solution next week

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