CROSSWORD No. 1257
ACROSS
I. Tobacco for the Gallic NCO (7)
5. Shy, but a glutton for punishment? (7) 9. Fires and pillages (5) to. Restrict beer? It's a reasonable thought (9) Tear-jerkers may be in soon (6) 12. The last of the lumber? That's getting on for being destitute (4, 4)
14. Like a layer of wood (5) 15. Compensates and gets a new habit (9) 18. When jam was, according to the rule (9) 20. Part of a card-sharper's hand? (5) 22. A non-practitioner? (8) 24. Marriage makes such stable men (6)
26. The sound of a warrior's mount might trouble one's sleep (9) 27. Call up the original woman all right, but expect some confusion ! (5)
28. 'He - Hones business-let it be !') (Browning)
(7) 29. Meeting-points (7) DOWN
1. Says a crow? No, it's another bird there (9)
2. Having a bird-like appetite? (7) 3. Musical sympathy? (9) 4. Shelley's idea of a joke? (4) 5. Good times for the punter? (6, 4) 6. Pastoral uproar (5) 7. Stun Alf in such a way that he shows off (7) 8. Fluellen's revenge? (5) 13. Three times this leads to singularity (to) 16. Classical sort of music for a song (9) 17. Oscines ? (9) 19. Sliding vehicle to a T, that's cunning (7) 21. Alarm-watch? (7)
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23. The honey-eater comes out later (5)
25. 'At the - A seeming mermaid steers' (Shake- pl:aad,s in li stone (5) re,) (.)
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