27 JANUARY 1967, Page 28

SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No. 1257

ACROSS.—x Caporal 5 Bashful 9 Sacks to Rationale x 00100S 12 Beam ends 54 Ashen 15 Redresses x8 Yesterday 20 Talon 22 Theorist 24 Grooms 26 Nightmare 27 Evoke 28 Settled so Minutes.

DOWN.—x Cassowary 2 Peckish 3 Resonance 4 Lark 5 Better days 6 Storm 7 Flaunts 8 Leeks 13 Bridesmaid 16 Euterpean gat menus 19 Sleight 21 Lookout 22 Tones 23 Ratel 25