Crossword no. 1276
Across 1 A glass to lessen the shock of collision? (6) 4 Mine's a shandy, says he (8) -eponymous hero of the bench (4, 4) 11) The refreshment bar's quite a hit (6) 12 Madame Turncoats? 5) 13 Flowery advice from the driving school? (9) 14 Urgent plea to employ this method with a glim (5)
16 Miss Gwen Sods males dear en masse (9)
17 Hide creak in the seat (4-5) 19 Already TheFrench turn south for poor horses (5) 21 Vicars-General are all for face-savers! (9) 22 Is Edward qualified to he whacked? (5) 24 Spoil the Ineakfast eggs? (6) 25 Mercury demonstrably remains the same all along the line (8) 26 Marginal comment from military drummer? (4-4) 27 Justice is not, by inference, for the brunette (6) Down 1 Blown up? It's damnable (7)
2 Test for names? (5) ...3.!Ami with, a stronger faith — A sword,
horse, p,shield' (Lovelace) (7)
.5 A deep-sea diver should thus go below (7)
6 Got one's spirit renfwed? (9)
7.A dreadful liar. but a tireless waltzer! (7)
9 So Pad peers about for tough guys (10) 11 Me followed by dishevelled mistress, fascinat- ing! (10) 1,5 Alice's brow (9) 17 Describes poem produced in a fit of Dl's (7) 18 '--, thy prison is a holy place' (Byron) ('7) 19 My twin at home? as Esau might have in- quired in a revolutionary spirit (7) 20 French noble in the arms of a soothsayer be- comes a tempter (7)
13 It's the turn of a Roman matron (5)
Solution next week
Solution to Crossword no. 1275. Across. 1 Capers 4 Upstream 9 Tarmac 10 Pacifist 12 Apostles 13 Fleets 15 Sons 16 Stay-at-home 19 Red herring 20 Stag 23 Lepton 25 Alhambra 27 Claymore 28 Marian 29 Stimulus 30 Better, Down 1 Cutlass 2 Purloined 3 Reacts S Play 6 Triolets 7 Exile Matisse 11 Century 14 Hymnata 17 Octobrist 18 Reformer 19 Relicts 21 Grainer 22 Palate 24 Prays 26 Peas
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