CROSSWORD No. 1239

ACROSS Charon might get his turn by a fluke! (6) To change course so is enough to make one vexed (3, 5) so. Mum's wise old man gets a good pummelling! (7) It. Prejudiced, geographically speaking (7) 12. Bird-bag? (4)

13. Haggard look of one having a wild carouse about a returning VAD (to)

16. Stew that provokes a show of temper (6) The little monkey was fibbing-as if that signified! (7) 2o. Go down with a member of the Establishment? (7)

21. Peduncular hero with no Co. (6) 24. It's a joke to be liberal among tillers (so) 25. Crystal box (4)

27. Careless little mitten-wearers (7) 29. Motor-mart catalogue with Spanish affiliations (7) 3o. 'So all my best is - old words new' (Shakespeare) (8)

Did one's menial task and apparently got a cigarette for it (6)

DOWN

1. Esquires by definition (8) 2. Privilege that puts an end to equality (7, 4) 3. The shape of Surrey (4) 5. Baby's very resistant like this! (2, 2, 4) 6. `Voila le soled d' -', Napoleon said (to)

7. Guitarist and singer (3)

8. Browning's wise bird that's always good for an encore (6)

9. Raced dishevelled into the wood (5) 54. It's a bit of a coincidence! (ix) 15. Nothing lack-lustre about their work (to) 18. Lord, it's Alfred! (8)

59. Ted Hardy upset takes it with water (8) 22. How a fish in South Dakota silenced the guns (6) 23. `I'll set a bank of rue, sour herb of - (Shakespeare) (5)

26. There's a ship in the approaches (4) 28. Bath-tester ? (3)

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