4 AUGUST 1967, Page 25

Crossword no.1285

Across 1 Where a landlubber might feel more at home? (13) 9 Assuming that's like the models in the Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (9) 10 Bounder for example back to sponge (5) 11 Such a word is this! (5) 12 Red soul with a sign of copper is easy to persuade (9) 13 Every nice girl loves one of these (7) 15 Unpopular member? (7) 17 This remedy takes a licking! (7) 19 Miss D'Urberville's time for a token (7) 21 Los Angeles comes back to signify this metal (9) 23 Motet for symbol (5) 24 Knight's lot drawn for the weapon (5) 25 Port of London Authority with a bond for assignation (9)

26 Thoughts of things to come (13)

Down

2 It sounds Ile a report (9)

3 Solid are the holy images (5) 4 Gives proof positive (7) 5 Do they fix events at Cowes? (7) 6 Music at night (9) 7 Goodbye to the gondoliers (5)

8 Not so much gold for the landlord (6)

9 Lays waste the wines (5) 14 Horsemen who weather the storm? (9) 16 Prescriptive practice? (9) 17 Obliged, I label (6)

18 In which the flock are all at sea? (7)

19 Drums that could go to pot? (7) 20 Let in to confess (5) 22 Forearmed? (5) 23 Me the subject (5) Solution next week

Solution to Crossword no. 1284. Across. 1 S urgeon 5 Damped 9 Wig-maker 10 Stints 12 Ennoble 13 Eng ace 14 Fritillaries 17 Coster-monger 22 Lambent 23 Prevent 24 Dennis 25 Lavengro 26 Ducats 27 Reptiles. Down. 1 Sawyer 2 Urgent 3 Grabber 4 Over-estimate 6 Antigua 7 Pindaric S Disperse 11 Selling-plate 15 Occluded 16 Isomeric 18 Elegist 19 Element 20 Bengal 21 Stoops.