CROSSWORD No. 1261
ACROSS 'A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born--' (Byron) (7) 5 Like a sore-headed guardsman? (7) 9 Rain's very good for producing wild outcries (7)
to Listening-in to underground activ- i1Y (7)
ix A truly bookish thing (to) 12 Has eighth letter to become ruler (4)
13 Theatrical lace is a bit of retaliation (3)
14 The dusky roundsman of the pole (II) 17 Occidentally transformed (II) 19 Co-existence in France? (3)
20 Sporting call in WI (4) 22 Help from a French audience (to)
26 Thoroughly baptise (7) 27 Cut capers causing confusion at the public relations dance (7)
28 'It is a melancholy of mine own, ... wraps me in a most humorous (Shakespeare) (7)
29 A chief with a handle (7) DOWN I Dock the chestnut (5) Makes a horizontal take-off (9)
3 Kingdom without flora or fauna (7) 4 Hemp is as fifty (5) 5 Unnecessary adjunct for sea-bathing (4-5)
6 Devious friends in the mountains (4) 7 The green guards? (5) 8 The superiority of the Greeks at Troy? (4, 5) 13 Vessels for citizens? (9) 15 Tends to the clergy (9) 16 Basically arty (9) 18 Take away from the land (7) 21 Cigars are right in this atmosphere (5) 23 A contribution comes out of the universal pint (5) 24 Ancestral tree (5) 25 Listen to gain an eagle (4) Solution next week
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