CROSSWORD No. 1236
ACROSS I. Walks off huffily when the wicketkeeper does his stuff (6) 4. Falls that barbers may expect? (8) 9. Mrs. Bennet's bite noire (6) so. 'Comes silent, - in, the main' (Clough) (8) 12. Pluto has the characteristic of appearing mad (8)
13. Offerings from the neat-handed Phillis (6).
15. Put the party to flight (4) 16. A cat's title to a sparkling pendant (so) 59. Put a question at the finish to a returned letter that all must answer (so) zo. Emerson's high hitching-post (4) 23. Elderly relative who makes a tie for Jack (6) 25. Immigrants who like a cosy hearth? (8) 27. Does this horseman reject the jury's corollary? (8) 28. Wild goose yarns? (6) 29. Buy a foothold (8) 3o. Old-fashioned charters with built-in safety devices (6) DOWN s. Shallow cousin who needed no slimming diet (7) 2. In good condition for a sneeze (2, 2, 5) 3. Paul embraces the French king coming up in the home of the brethren (6) 5. Noise of a basic continental breakfast (4) 6. 'He play'd an ancient ditty ... In call'd "La belle dame sans mercy" (Keats) (8) 7. The result of disrupted lives (5) 8. The wisdom of 6 (7) st. Obviously in need of a drink! Will you take mixed gin? (7) 54. The saint becomes so dim near Paris! (7) 17. Splendidly fit at the meet (2, 3, 4) 18. Offer Bunny a diet with a flourish (8) 19. About the portrait subjects, arrange them dif- ferently (7)
Zr. I'm in a state of stress, so one declines (7) 22. Batman helpS to keep the fire bright! (6) 24. A star in tears? (5) 26. Humming saint! (4)
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