SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1214
ACROSS 1. Stout fellow, he takes a load in his stride (6) 4. They change with the seasons in the houses (8) 9. I vary a seedy haunt (6) 10. Has he feet of clay? (8) 12. Playboy? He was tragic (8) 13. Eve's position regarding the leaf? (6) 15. The bird comes into line (4) 16. Dad's the governor in this set-up (10) 19. They go on water (10) 20. How to get away free on one of 19 (4) 23. The editor gets a dish for cuttings (6) 25. The millionaire's first thousand? (8) 27. What's the point of mountaineering?
28. Ca) n bat for the varsity (6) 29. How Uranus was made fit for a king
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30. Needles come to a head here (6) DOWN 1. 'Why single men in barricks don't grow into - saints' (Kipling) (7) 2. Prince Rupert's tipple? (5, 4) 3. The original cow-girl? (6) 5. In pain he follows a current (4) 6. Turner was somewhat distant with this hero (8) 7. Hear here the sea (5) 8. He should be happiest in the desert (4-3) 11. Pride at getting a feather in one's cap (7) 14. Religiously hidden? (7) 17. The effect of cleaning theatre? (9) 18. Breaking out into a compliment (8) up in the 19. Female gets a cut in the but (7)
21. This lad's girl is a broad, no doubt (4-3)
22. A hundred go to make a division (6) 24. How 26 might lie hidden? (5) 26. One of those Pyrenean teasers (4) Solution next week
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