21 MARCH 1970, Page 35

Crossword 1422

Across:

1 In Lancashire they are eaten fat! (7) 5 Briefly incorporated and seen to give off fumes (7) 9 A wing in the MCC to get the cane (7) 10 'Then nightly sings the — owl' (Love's Labours Lost) (7) 11 They form a lofty quartet in the third divi- sion (10)

12 Bird-lover by Jove! (4) 13 It's in code, dash it! (3)

14 A plain case of the raisins (3,3,5) 17 Front wheels to provide secretive support for meteorologists (11)

19 Blackjack? (3)

20 Robs rounds (4)

22 Hilarious result of a clergyman's reversals (10) 26 Hot stuff, the poetic lower depths (7) 27 'The heart which grief hath cankered Hath on unfailing remedy—the—' (C. S. Calverley) (7) 28 Place in which it ate us may be seen (7) 29 Biblical directory? (7) Down: 1 Half a tipsy cake would lead you a fine dance! (5) 2 Lots here in France or wherein to find a lawful member of Society (9)

3 Positively old-fashioned (7) 4 Scold in the vernacular (5)

5 The sons Of Belial flown with — and wine' (Milton) (9) 6 'But they couldn't — together—they had not been introduced' (W. S. Gilbert) (4) 7 Saxon sin creates a rumpus! (5) 8 A little native is anti-imperialist (9)

13 `—. That come before the swallow dares and take The winds of March with beauty' (The Winter's Tale) (9)

15 Avenging Fury (9) 16 In crate it is seen to become entangled (9) 18 Ten rums get one in the chest (7) 21 African beagles, these! (5) 23 Frequently about the Commandments (5) 24 Companions of the Persiansl (5) 25 A square yard, perhaps? (4) Solution next week

Solution to Crossword 1421. Across: 1 Swivel 4 Revision 10 Invader 11 Ingress 12 Polar bears 13 Alas 15 Ridered 17 Numbers 19 Drovers 21 Scandal 23 Slam 24 Depression 27 Anglers 28 Old wine 29 Suspends 30 Crisps. Down: 1 Slippered 2 Invalid 3 Elder-trees 5 Emigrants 6 Iago 7 Ice-floe 8 Nests 9 Arne 14 Ambassa- dor 16 Dispensed 18 Silencers 20 Oranges 22 Dailies 23 Seams 25 Root 27 Here.