Crossword 1432

Across

1 Winged messenger (7, 6) 9 No — made, but sent to my account With all my imperfections on my head' (Hamlet) t9) 10 Approaches as though born to classic art (5) 11 With these endorsements you need six more to come face to face (5)

12 Renard domestically revealed (9) 13 Test is about right, it's enough to exasper- ate one (7)

15 Your canine friends, gentle reader! (7)

17 Rather a stingy garland, but good enough for cook! (7) 19 Dear Pa's totally addicted to shows (7) 21 One must just slog it on these minor eleva- tions (9) 23 India's strand? (5)

24 Rooted politician upset the French oil (5) 25 One voter's got his musical components right (9)- 26 Weakling unlikely to get the best of it as a commuter (13)

Down

2 Countenancer of crime who might be quite

decorative (9)

3 Of radical importance, grass-wise? (5) 4 Fastidious diner who likes to start with something poetic (7)

S The trio who cried 'wolf!' (7) 6 Daddy! (9)

7 Roach served with its own kind of spinach (5)

8 Confidential activities on stage (6)

9 The motor-cycling parson all ready to take off? (3, 2) 14 Not quite the hospitality in some stately homes that it sounds! (4, 5)

16 `The reason firm, the temperate will, foresight, strength, and skill' (Wordsworth) (9) 17 It's the end of the line! (6) 18 Distinguished men of Wells? (7) 19 A purest inoculater (7) 20 'Whenas in — my Julia goes' (Herrick) (5) 22 Head might reduce one to tears! (5) 23 Deeply afflicted when criticised (3, 2) Solution next week.

Solution to Crossword 1431. Across: 1 Materia

5 Abates 9 Goldfish 10 Arabia 12 Elector 13 Tiddler 14 Isochromatic 17 Wolf whistles 22 Gordian 23 Legatee 24 Ignite 25 Pediment 26 Greens 27 Asphodel Down: I Mugged 2 Tolled 3 Refutes 4 Abstractions 6 Boredom 7 Tabulate 8 Shamrock 11 Story-tellers 15 Swig- ging 16 Clarence 18 Written 19 English 20 Attend 21 Vestal