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SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No. 1124 ACROSS.-1 Hippodrome. 6 Gaff. 10

Maria. 11 Silk purse. 12 Runagates. '13 Rover. 14 Apparition, 16- Elan. 18 Clap. 20 Fire-engine. 23 Ivrea. 24 Obstacles. 27 Front door. 28 Idyll. 29 X-ray. 30 Dragon tree.

DOWN.-1 Homer. 2 Parsnip. 3 Orangery. 4 Reset. 5 Millstone. 7 Arrival. 8 Free-range. 9 Spurs. 14 Arctic Vox. 15 Tricolour. 17 Invasion. 19 Aureola. 21 Inlayer. 22 Canto. 25 Scrag. '26 Sake.