Prize Crossword
No. 1486 DAEDALUS
A prize of £3 will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 28 June. Address solutions: Crossword 1486, The Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London WCIE 6AE.
Across 1 Took a count, having had a short back and sides (6) 4 Is he ahe be-all and end-all of on'? (8) 9 `Could I — within me Her symphony and song' (Coleridge) (6) 10 How sweet and green she is, the little heavenly one (8) 12 Way out refreshment place that's just a dactylographic device, really (5-3) 13 That sleepy old gasteropod (6) 15 Overtakes circuitously, taking a feline drink (4) 16 A key African country, no doubt (5, 5) 19 Ropy cures are right to be running on ahead (10) 20 Jacob's brother who could surely star in a certain current musical (4) 23 First person to be next a bit of boscage providing cover for surprise attack (6) 25 One male to take a meal of protein from Amygdalus (8) 27 German gentleman, in Gilbert and Sullivan initially, exposes red diversions (8)
28 Co-worker from A Tale -of Two Cities, perhaps? (2, 4)
29 Toady pigs? (4, 4) 30 Engaging mechanical device; brood on it (6) Down 1 Andean country taken with a pinch of salt; careful reading needed (7) 2 The tomato that keeps the doctor away? (4, 5) 3 Suffered from green passion (6)
S Ran east to get the doctor, the musical one (4)
6 Foot-note? (3-5) 7 It's won at cards, a bit of prestidigitation, perhaps? (5)
8 'To me the --- flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears' (Wordsworth) (7) 11 'I know what white, what purple fritillaries The grassy — of the river-fields' (Arnold) (7)
14 Me right about it. Reconstruct a man-o'-war (7) 17 The French saint as cover-up for attacker (9) 18 Mr Wesson's partner in craft (8)
19 He can be heard singing delightedly on a shining night (7)
21 Send into space to make an archaeological discovery? (7)
22 No rooms, says the sign, illiterately, set out so comprehensively (2, 4)
24 Put an embargo on the artist in the isle (5) 26 Samuel's royal victim returns quite dotty (4) Solution and winner on 3 July
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