SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1160

ACROSS 1. Complementary to a bit of scholastic headgear? (6)

4. So colours are presented through a glass brightly (8)

10. Smelly puss at one end of the earth (7) 11. Ecclesiastical backcloth (7) 12. On, on, it's midday (4) 13. Twenty thousand of them asked, 'And shall Trelawny die?' (10) 16. Friends for the duration (6)

17. A right raven for Henry's place (7)

20. Outsiders gone to the dogs (7) 21. Spirit with a touch of iron? (6) 24. Oriental blows (10) 25. Colourful messenger, she's divine! (4) 27. It comes of moderation (7) 29. Like Orlando, roughly (7) 30. Are they behind the scenes in the kitchen? (8) 31. If they are forward at Twicken- ham (ay should get whistled at (6) DOWN The gay bird with another on his tail (8) Places where poachers make a gall? (6, 5) It's essential for taking the plunge in the pools (4) The sort of fleas that teased Miranda? (8) Cod sure, cat, and how it gut- WWI (10) A pole or perch (3) 'And -- there an hour alone, 1 dreamed that Greece might still be free (Byron) (6) A shock for the harvesters (5) Worthy of an OM no doubt (I1) Putting it bluntly, they are houses! (10) I.

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18. Pale hands were loved beside it (8) 19. How one carries on (8) 22. The Scottish river and the southern sea, together they arc judged (6) 23. Low China-town (5) 26. An Italian air (4) 28. 22's river (3)

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