3 JANUARY 1969, Page 29

Crossword no. 1359

Across 1 Challenged title-holder (8)

5 Here, classically, is a drink good for spasms (6)

9 'Fine words butter no ' (8) 10 Gently' does it, cook ! (6) 12 Job's disputant has upset the oil for the French dressing (5) 13 Cool it, sir, he might advise a client (9) 14 Booked in a big way (12)

18 Is resistance engendered by being on one's feet? (12)

21 City is contained in a noble arc (9) 23 Place of a judge in a beauty competition (5) 24 Mocked by fate (6) 25 Ay, there's the rub! (8) 26 Are all its residents adept at bringing home the bacon? (6)

27 Their paying-guests are four-footed (8)

Down 1 The Great Bear believes in bathing (6) 2 Small barrel of conifers in variety? (6) 3 Clergymen shouldn't swear, anyhow—so what? (3-6)

4 One involved in the Grand Remonstrance per- haps (12) 6 Relating to the flank in a Roubiliac statue (5)

7 Comes to a state of lethargy (8) 8 Pictures harbour lights (8)

11 Candour of Wycherfey's eponymous hero? (5, 7)

15 One with polish upset among wine-lovers (9) 16 Mopping-up operation? (8) 17 Saint with Aminta's lord is in the Castle (8) 19 'Nor joy nor — too much for things beyond our care' (Dryden) (6) 20 I'm at Miss Havisham's House for woad (6) 22 The girl I care for (5)