Crossword 1384
Across 1 Fence against blacklegs? (6) 4, 30 Seat of Trollope's duke (8, 6) 10 Setback for parson approaching the Irish Gaelic (7) 11 Tube gives one a minor fit of the blues! (7) 12 Eye-catching invitation to the greenwood? (4-6) 13 Old Possum's practical bookmakers (4) 15 Hastened to a show in Burma (7) 17 Flowery wreaths for Maenads (7) 19 Blake's dark mills (7) 21 Play centre (7) 23 'For who to forgetfulness a prey' (Gray) (4) 24 Picnics include puddings (10) 27 Annoyance? Tea will bring a smile (7) 28 There's nothing amateur about the returning Emir in this game (7) 29 So either will do if it's only to speculate (8) 30 See 4 (6) Down 1 Fairy grumbles over pieces of fruit (9) 2 Underground frequenters issue warning to males (7)
3 Astronauts after their last orbit? (10)
5 'She gives me cream with all her might To eat with ' (Stevenson) (5-4) 6 There's encouragement when he comes about work (4) 7 Rodentia in competition (3-4) 8 The faces of Nimes (5) 9 All the others take a break (4) 14 Composer blenches before train crash (10) 16 Whistler's kind of music? (9) 18 Sonnets he turns to, naturally enough (9) 20 Timothy gets orders to ladle out the pudding (7) 22 At which Brown (Mister) is inclined to go off? (7) 23 'How now! a rat? Dead, for a -, dead!' (Hamlet) (5) 25 Cap for a pike (4) 26 A brother for Uncle Remus (4) Solution next week Solution to Crossword 1383 Across : 1 Hearts 4 Potsherd 9 Bredon 10 Palliser 12 Ardently
13 Adhere 15 Love 16 Pigeon post 19 Dry- saltery 20 Odds 23 Gabion 25 Inspired 27 Out- lines 28 Hosier 29 Yearling 30 Prison. Down : 1 Hobnail 2 Aberdovey 3 Thorne 5 Oval 6 Salading 7 Elsie 8 Derwent 11 Plaints 14 Tear- ing 17 Orderlies 18 Manorial 19 Diggory 21 Sad-iron 22 Uproar 24 Botha 26 Venn.
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