Crossword 1391
Across 1 Border-line churchman? (6) 4 Being a bit old-hat, no doubt! (8) 9 They caused the pensive Selima's down- fall (8) 10 Nursery ones let you down gently! (6) 12 Olympian height? (5) 13 Second king is east doing manoeuvres (9) 14 Distinct kinds of faces (5) 16 Staged a come-back? (9) 17 A balanced account, it is to be hoped (9) 19 The serpent's unlikely to be nonplussed (5)
21 A chap is entitled to deal roughly with his fellows (3-6) 22 Blue due (5)
24 Lord Baltimore's bird (6) 25 '0 Attic shape! Fair —!' (Keats) (8) 26 'Democracy substitutes — by the incom- petent many for appointment by the corrupt few' (Shaw) (8) 27 The troublesome priest! (6) Down
1 Virginia and the general encounter a wanderer (7)
2 Fired again! (5) 3 Noises off have such properties (7)
5 A sticky bit of Malaysia (7)
6 Deed is top and then gets put down (9) 7 Twopenny issue is no longer current (7)
9 Sharp-witted, these members of the avant- garde! (10) 11 'It is very difficult to get up — towards persons whom one has never seen' (Cardi- nal Newman) (10)
15 'Will no one tell me what she sings? Per- haps the — numbers flow' (Wordsworth) (9) 17 See moon for a singular being (7) 18 Driving-point round little name is evoca- tive of uniform embellishment (7) 19 Wind-pipe indicative of flighty company (7) 20 Beaten to a backward move (7) 23 Luck of the operatic Orpheus (5) Solution next week
Solution to Crossword 1390. Across: 1 John Peel 5 Varlet 9 Victoria 10 Amanda 12 Abodes 13 Kangaroo 15 Invulnerable 18 Barnaby Rudge 23 Onion men 24 Allows 26 Enarms 27 Composer 28 Easing 29 Minister. Down: I Jovial 2 Hector 3 Protean 4 Evil 6 Armiger 7 Long robe 8 Tea roses 11 Painful 14 Ruby red 16 Obsolete 17 Arrivals 19 Agno- men 20 Galuppi 21 Corset 22 Usurer 25 Loti.
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