Crossword no. 1266
Across 1 Attractive as a round of music (6)
4 They might be apt to sneeze at these aids to brightness (8) 9 Shorts from the courts? (6) 10 That resourceful Swiss family (8)
12 One who is not quite up to the ref in observation (6-2) 13 Stonecutter with a reputation for cheating (6)
15 Wagner s pledge (4)
16 Chief accountant? Only nominally! (6-4) 19 Give the directors what-for ; that's the ticket! (10) 20 Old Admiral Vernon, rum sort (4) 23 'To think we buy gowns lined with
for dolts (Browning) (6) 25 Dream-daughters? (3-5)
27 Weapons for one errant GI among donkeys (8) 28 Financial aid to one university publication (6) 29 Wishful of disclaiming paternity? (8) 30 Hair of the butterfly? (6) Down 1 Snob's drink? (7) 2 De Falla found inspiration in one of these headpieces (9) 3 Took offence when removed from the board? (6)
5 'All in a hot and
bloody Sun at
6 It'4) s enough to scare one when totally buried in the marsh (8) 7 Sees a change when one relaxes (5)
8 Chosen like Wordsworth's Highland lass? (7) 11 The watchful lizard (7) 14 Warren's Dwellings (7) 17 For him Carton stood proxy (9) 18 Youth offers well-stirred green tea (8) 19 No frill on the pastry and it is patchy (7) copper sky The (Coleridge) 21 Formerly sent on a wild-goose chase (7) 22 Bold and erect the Caledonian stood, Old was his mutton and his (6) good' (Home)
24 The little basket! (5) 26 Erin means nothing to a Frenchman (4)
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