Crossword no. 1323
Across 1 Dad's turned waxy over a letter (8) 5 Brief bag full of wine? (6) 9 Put one up in games in brackets (8) 10 Hardy shrub (6) 12 'He knew Himself to sing and build the lofty —' (Milton) (5) 13 Dwarf sage might grow anyhow! (9) 14 I don't resist a change in debate (12)
18 How a sated monster shows his feelings (- 12)
21 Money back, please (9) 23 The mark of the beast on the trail? (5) 24 A name in which George III gloried (6) 25 Saint on his own in Scotland among sailors doesn't drink (8) 26 He sounds of dramatic importance (6) 27 Quarterly appearance of merman with a pound? (8) Down 1 Sailor with an irrational number? Stupid! (6) 2 Sailor with a flair for what's groovey? (6) 3 In a tizzy Nora hides him (9) 4 Totes at length (12) 6 Expect a chorister (5) 7 Its inhabitants should be expert packers! (8) 8 The Colonel at fifty seen to be upset; it's all those girls! (8) 11 Nubile (12) 15 Irritates Emma's garrulous spinster under a maple-tree (9) 16 Abroad riotously with the French? Delight- ful! (8) 17 `-- should be made of sterner stuff' (Shakespeare) (8) 19 Red-nosed Maid (6) 20 Pop character from City Road purlieus (6) 22 Is there any advantage for foot-sloggers? (5) Solution next week
Solution to Crossword no. 1322. Across: 1 People 4 Shielded 10 Stemmed 11 Novices 12 Percussion 13 Iris 15 Ranting 17 Caveman 19 Sand-eel 21 Boracic 23 Bath 24 Water-wings 27 Sell-out 28 Adel* 29 Nosegays 30 Kersey. Down: 1 Pass- ports 2 Overrun 3 Limousines 5 Hansom cab 6 Envy 7 Decorum 8 -Discs 9 Odds 14 Everywhere 16 Gallantry 18 Necessity 20 Nettles 22 Canopus
23 Bosun 25 Exam 26 Gong.
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