27 OCTOBER 1967, Page 37

Crossword no. 1297

Across I Neapolitan fire-place? (8)

5 Where to build castles in the air? (6) 9 Pining, behold le bike followed by the Navy (8)

10 'On -, clerical, printless toe' (Brooke) (6) 12 Urge on northward but get disdainful rejec- tion (5)

13 I double on a blot to make a complete ending (9)

14 Guide rank? (5-7) 18 Scales for light-weights (12) 21 For revolution he took the biscuit! (9) 23 Chirpy bit of music (5) 24 Rumours, off-stage (6) 25 Men of learning (8) 26 Sear little notices for the tree-girls (6)

27 Behaves like a shining example of deception (8)

Down

I A case of one getting into the dance (6) 2 Our victory as a re-modelling of taste (6) 3 Sheik and Son (9)

4 'All progress depends on the - man' (Shaw) (12) 6 Elsewhere in Roman law? (5)

7 Do this, and you'll never save nine! (8)

8 Sal. about round a Scotsman, reveals social workers (8) 11 Singlemindedly crazy (12) 15 Side with pledges, that's funny (9)

16 I gain elementary medicine, but really it's done

in the mind (8) 17 Cars get a slight reversal before a built-up area,

creating a dearth (8) 19 I go into trade, causing a stream of invective

(6) 20 Shuts cathedral precincts (6) 22 Secondary letter on the ruill to propagate (5)