Crossword no. 1350
Across 1' And served with a doily? (1, 2. 5) 5 One was issued at Nantes (6)
9 How was Ruth husbanding? (8)
10 Cornerman? That's a bit fishy! (6) 12 There's not much to be said for this! (6) 13 Uneasy seats, where one's kept on edge (8) 15 Muriatic (12) 18 Concerning relations in the eternal triangle, is it? (12) 23 Well, it's the old clavier! (8) 24 Boating songs, presumably (6) 26 Spuds are so vulgar! (6) 27 Dad, you're wearing corsets; what will people say? (8) 28 No dead wood in this tree (6) 29 Two Jacks elected in Tarascon, he says (8) Down 1 A whole month of pomp (6) 2 A snare in the sandy wastes (6)
3 As the broody hen might say, seeking pardon (7) 4 I'm in a highly explosive situation in the matter of colour (4)
6 'And kindliest creature in ould P. Graves) (7) 7 I ran wild with Lucy fluttering about in the kitchen (8) 8 Reserved for the best white-coated worker? (8) 11 Paces the boundaries (7) 14 How the best man got his charge ready? (7)
16 Laws for hiring-fairs (8)
17 Top performer makes a movie of a sailor (4-4)
19 It's ironic in a way about the East to be con- cerned with dreams (7)
20 Reinvigorate the new soldier (7) 21 'And we shall then — Unto the Bell at Ed- monton' (Cowper) (6) 22 Behind like a bird (6) 25 Did he practise spiritual withdrawal? (4) Solution next week Solution to Crossword no. 1349. Across : Poppets 5 Dallied 9 Eames 10 Lowlander 11 Storms 12 Carapace 14 Resin 15 Athenians 18 Shipshape 20 Injun 22 Haystack 24 Chasse 26 Telamones 27 Osier 28 Pickled 29 Yard-arm. Down: 1 Pleasures 2 Pompoms 3 Easements 4 Salt 5 Down at heel 6 Llama 7 Indiana 8 Dirge 13 Damascened 16 Neighbour 17 Sanhedrim 19 Idyllic 21 Jessica 22 Het up 23 Tamil 25 Ashy.
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