Crossword 1401
Across
1 Weighty saleslady's aplomb? (12)
9 Abundance of heavenly bodies (9)
10 Girl at the traffic lights is booked (5) 11 Talking bird? (6)
12 Aerial horns (8) 13 Among them life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (6)
15 'She is a fen of - waters' (Wordsworth) (8)
18 Drinks too much and goes over the edge (it)
19 Tie rod for the chairman? (6) 21 Lighters for bridges (8) 23 Pip gets sound encouragement (6) 26 Bob cares about his land (5) 27 They are found lengthwise in aircraft (9) 28 Trombonist's musical range? (7,5) Down I Teeth speak for themselves (7) 2 Brainy story? (5) 3 Like Neptune ready for lunch? (9) 4 Party in defeat (4) 5 Instructions to the musician to deal with incoming correspondence? (4,4) 6 Digger gets a card (5) 7 Old wind instrument for Cleopatra? (7) 8 A German league with industrious typo displaying 9 (8) 14 Millet, of course, for these humble harvesters (8) 16 Affection of some kippers (9) 17 'And - heavens, a shining frame. Their great Original proclaim' (Addison) (8) 18 No harps for these children (7) 20 Parry gets a sharp reply (7)
22 'The - cock so black of hue with orange-tawny bill' (A.M.N.D.) (5)
24 A fool rises ready for a good scrub-up (5) 25 A negative is given immediately (4) Solution next week.
Solution to Crossword 1400. Across: 1 Sub- missive 6 Toad 10 Aries II Nollekens 12 Temperate 13 Salve 14 Auditioned 16 Myra 18 Laps 20 Penny-piece 23 Gross 24 Recollect 27 Reprobate 28 Preen 29 Cord 30 Chesterton. Down: 1 Start 2 Brimmed 3 Inspects 4 Santa 5 Velveteen 7 Overlay 8 Desperate 9 Beast 14 Allegoric 15 Overreach 17 Apple-pie 19 Prosper 21 Everest 22 Aston 25 Chess 26 Tenon.
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