2 AUGUST 1969, Page 28

Crossword 1389

Across 1 The wind in the willows? (7) 5 Got up like Hereward (7) 9 Look, the golden state is near at hand (5) 10 It's a bad line to take with a horseman (6, 3) 11 Latin Christmas tree? (6) 12 Before the wise man with a penny fore- told what was to come (8) 14 What Shakespeare had in small measure (5) 15 These girls are pillars of the building trade (9) 18 Keys to the cupboard? (9) 20 Margaret's a gem (5) 22 It's such a feast of culture these days (8) 24 It's the end of the music (6)

26 Two quarts and the avant-garde is orientally terminated—this can cause shocking acti- vity (9)

27 Here, take a passage from Forster (5) 28 ' "Here she comes i'faith full sail, with her fan spread and streamers out, and a shoal of fools for—".' (Congreve) (7) 29 Rig done untidily will expose the depart- ment (7) Down 1 Concealed clues follow Talpa in little bits (9) 2 Dogs get in on the act and are sworn at (7) 3 Chief occupation of the Primrose League? (9) 4 Ben, so uncommon a man (4) 5 Plant of the aquatic caper (5-5) 6 Bewails the tragedian's property, seemingly (5) 7 Ugh! Rain concealing those old Sards (7) 8 Lamb in twopenny enclosure gets nocturn- ally sprinkled (5) 13 1 love a hundred brats, which leads to a lot of tumbling about (10) 16 The current fi machine (9) 17 Time of Jupiter on earth (6, 3) 19 As a letter it's a bare fifth (7) 21 A polished source of illumination made his fortune! (7) 22 "Let's — till six, and then have dinner," said Tweedledum' (Carroll) (5) 23 'The loftiest star of unascended heaven, Pinnacled dim in the intense —' (Shelley) (5) 25 Musical mountain (4) Solution next week Solution to Crossword 1388. Across: 1 Corner 4 Llandaff 8 Abnegate 10 Staple 12 Adorn 13 Largeness 14 Scans 16 Savile Row 17 Sugar- bowl 19 Press 21 Rendering 22 Roger 24 Origin 25 Addition 26 Smashing 27 Anklet. Down: 1 Cravats 2 Rondo 3 Engines 5 Nut- meal 6 Apple-tree 7 Fretsaw 9 Telescopic 11 Privileged 15 Argentina 17 Sermons 18 Rhenish 19 Persian 20 Sarsnet 23 Grill.