SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1217
ACROSS
1. Arrangements on the stage? (3, 3) 4. My, 1 groan-it's that bitter plant (8) Ilk Nothing l can do in Latin, it's a beast! (7)
II. Put off about circulation check- point (7) 12. Poor reward for dealing with the little people (5, 5)
13. Nautical centre? (4)
(5. 'We -, Ma'am' (Disraeli) (7) 17. Of Darwinian descent? (7)
19. Thus chosen, one gets one's due (7)
21. 'Will take from both a deep, autumnal tone, Sweet though in -' (Shelley) (7)
:3 A Greek might not care even this much (4) 24. Free drink in the saddle (7-3) 27. Flowery expression of native strength? (7)
28. Most violent end (7) 29. What the carpet-layer gets down to? (8) 30. Vulcan's cup? (6) DOWN 1. Frozen flower (9) 2. He might seem a little familiar with Aquinas (7) 3 Feline waggoners? (5, 5) 5. 'Law, say the -, is the sun' (Auden) (9) 6. These, in the orchard, might make mischief (4) 7. He gave his name to a novel sickness! (7) 8. Deliver the product (5)
9. A mob around the desk (4) 14. Artist with %n axe? (4-6)
16. A red herring on the Blu.:hell line? (9)
18. Command a vision of the Under- world paradoxically (9)
20. How a boarding party might set about reaching the boat? (7) 22. Replace the case to confiscate (7) 23. With-it lot get put on the map in a small way (5) 25. Drum dance (4) 26. Capital beans (4) Solution next week
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