Crossword no.1337
Across
1 Brainy type? What a joke, says Francois (6)
4 Tree of the theatre? (8) 9 Tight, but not on bottled beer presumably (6) 10 Try a bit of exercise with this when the alarm doesn't go off! (4-4) 12 Not that they are behind in their screen appearances! (8) 13 Deb? (6) 15 Beautiful but toothless at the Tate! (4) 16 Canoe presumably (6-4) 19 Colours of a leading Spectator clubman? (5, 5) 20 Measure to get nominal relationship (4) 23 Fieldsman's novel opportunity (6)
25 Venue of a Welsh lovers' meeting reached by cinder-path, no doubt (3, 5) 27 What does the fop do between I and K? (8)
28 Expressed in vox populi perhaps (6) 29 One must get to the root of these troubles (8) 30 The trumpets sounded like that Vicar! (6) Down
1 Handy Ethelberta's sister in the pink (7)
2 A unique type (9) 3 Leda is heavily involved in such conceptions! (6) 5 A strange spirit, Lily (4)
6 Used a nib to get the direct kind of approach (8)
7 Requirements that are a 'must' when Nick's driving (5) 8 Honey, I take a lot when it's the clover kind (7) II 'Moderation . . . is a sort of —' (Burke) (7) 14 In the place opposite it's hostile (7) 17 A right Shakespearian mistress in the view of the establishment (9) 18 'Thy — hair, thy classic face' (Poe) (8) 19 There's such a lot in the pool (7) 21 Urged to get things smoothed out (7) 22 Incidentally, where Ida might be involved in a rag (6) 24 John is best when old! (5) 26 Transport for Charles is brilliantly lit (4) Solution next week
Solution to Crossword no. 1336. Across: I Sym- pathy 5 Smiles 9 Uttering 10 Onager 12 Barrack 13 Air-wise 14 Ferris wheels 17 Top of the pops 22 Pork-pie 23 Roughly 24 Aylmer 25 Longeron 26 Essays 27 Students. Down: 1 Stubbs 2 Mature 3 Aureate 4 Handkerchief 6 Monarch 7 Log-lines 8 Surcease 11 Passepartout 15 Stoppage 16 Sparkles 18 Foppery 19 Plugged 20 Charon 21 Hyenas.
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