SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1187

ACROSS 25,

I. Most unusual for an ambas- sador (13) 9. I get leg in with an explosive result (9)

10. The golden ass (5) 11. Imagines in the making (5) 12. Damocles sat beneath one (9) 13. Bishop to move here (7)

15. With which the engineer gets 5. engaged (7) 17. They are tailored for the records (7) 19. Curse like Kate (7) 21. What a true maquisard should be (9)

23. The house that Charles built (5) 14.

24. What's his name, the revolution- 16. ary (5)

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3. 2. DOWN Listen to this: it's the music of the wood (9)

'0, what a - and peasant slave am I' (Hamlet) (5)

The stone of peace? (7) Being one, Jacob saw the lad- der (7) Puts up wills a name (9) His kiss is of stone (5)

There's space to a T for such a view (6)

Page with a penny might well have looked so aghast (5) Overhear a leaking gutter? (9)

The end of the old grey mare? (5-4)

Wordsworth's lucid moments (9)

Consolation for a retired sea- captain? (4-2-1-6)

17.. Maigret's organisation provides a safeguard, by the sound of it (6) 18. King of the ocean? (3-4) 19. Where to have a thumping good wash? (4-3) 20. Sleepless nights (5) 22. Airy-fairy? (5) 23. Your hat, Monsieur (5) Solution next week

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