SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1163
ACROSS
1. It's a responsibility to make it for anything (6) 4. It's a knotty affair! (4, 4) 9. His mother became a myrtle and , he was a handsome chap (6) 41. Mark this bird; it's a pigeon , (8) .
Q. The French back a bank in verse, of a sort (8)
11. Liquor on the level? (6) IS- Gas light (4) 16. A Hollywood astrologer, per- , haps (10) .,.„1. The, pick of the ships? (10) .,u. A page on plants (4) `3. Mr. Micawber's was £20 an- nually (6) 25• The land of opportunity-that's fishy! (2, 6)
Tiny tide shows its individuality (8) 28. Inclined to give hugs? (6) 29. Gigadihs was such a man, said Browning (8) 30. Tipple that may get you the sack? (6) DOWN 1. Take leave of a ship, especially when she's going down (7) 2. A chilly, silly bird? (9) 3. Out of place, as it were, like Ovid among the Goths (6)
5. It makes a colourful bow (4) 6. This can be a racy utensil (8) 7. '. .. like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets. Stealing and giving -!' (Shakespeare) (5) 8. He has the right to cross for a representative (7)
11. Ten gain a flower so blue (7) 14. Not the sort of house that Mis- tress Quickly kept (7) 17. The incomparable British one! (9) 18. Helper in the corner becomes more punctual (8)
19. Make a brief sign for the be- ginning (7)
21. Is 'a rose is a rose is a rose' typical of such verse? (7) 22. Tho' with fur, it's ordinal! (6) 24, The topper is the badge of a gentleman! (5)
26. It's right to mix (4)
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