CROSSWORD No. 1258
ACROSS Hairdressers to Medusa? (5-8) 9 She should be safe enough in troubled waters!
(3-6) ro Pinched around the shoulders (5)
11 A cockney wife in the country (5)
12 How the Musketeers were divided? (9) 13 He keeps track of his station (7) 15 Sounds rowdy, and is most unsightly (7) 17 The merely learned are out of step and confused (7) 19 Moodily inactive (7)
21 Standard of conduct among the Red Indians? (5-4)
23 'St. Agnes' Eve—Ah, bitter it was' ( Keats) (5) 24 Sail to fish (5) 25 Current controllers (9) 26 Shades of Vulcan? (8, 5) DOWN 2 Set at nought ? (9) 3 This marsupial's a knock-out on the wing (5) 4 It could take the prize for a walk (4, 3) 5 The academician I rang turns to make an accusation (7) 6 Strange products of stage-craft? (9) 7 Chanticleer's domain (5) 8 Hawk on a bike? (6) 9 Prize for great wit? (5) 14 'Not marble, nor the gilded — Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme' (Shakespeare) (9) 16 Make a beginning (9) /7 Oh past is the alkali! (6) 18 Change place over the kilt (7) 19 Here's a gift! (7) 20 A measure of stuff is found in the old immigrants' island (5) 22 A bit of natural red (5)
23 Julius hailed in Gaul? (5)
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