SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1124

ACROSS 1. In which to see horse-play, perhaps? (10) 6. The rig's a mistake (4) 10. Sir Toby Belch's metal of India'

V) 11. 0 the pig it would sound an impossible thing (4, 5) 12. Vagabonds who make quick exits (9)

13. Sea dog? (5) 14. Spirit in view (10) 16. Dash for Neal (4) 18. Show thanks (4)

20. It rings a bell when things light

up (4-6)

23. I rave about this Italian town 24. They stand in the way of the race (9)

27. 'And I polished up the handle of the big '- -' (Gilbert) (5, 4)

28. Siegf ried's was a birthday present (5)

29. The sort of picture that gets under your skin (1-3) 30. Under its shade, perhaps, Cadmus picked his men! (6, 4) DOWN 1. 'Have not I made blind sing to me?' (Marlowe) (5) 2. Standard short-cut to the root (7) 3. Where to find the Ulstermen among the trees (8) 4. Put old jewellery' in its place again (5) 5. The neckwear that's such a drag (9) 7. Journey's end (7) 8. Hens that might well feel at home with the deer and the antelope (4-5) 9. The team that's won (5) 14. Reynard in white (6, 3)

15. It flies over France (9)

17, 'We are waiting for the long- promised -. So are the fishes' (Churchill) (8) 19. Ring round the moon (7) 21. Late-rising pieceworker? (7) 22. There is no cat involved in this part of the poem (5)

25. Holds up the sheep's head '(5) 26.. The classic greeting is the cure (5)

Solution next week

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