2 SEPTEMBER 1966, Page 24

CROSSWORD No. 1237

ACROSS

i. Trollope's estate is for an accoutred earl presu-

mably (6)

4. Where Cook's hot temper should be contained?

(5-3) to. The Kildare manner (7) One in funds might have a nice terrine (7) r2. 'Love rules the -, the court, the grove' (Byron) (4) 13. Let Tory dog go by Underground? (to) i

i6. Her cue s indicated in the game (6) 17. &OM beard, of course! (7) 20. Antipodean school for outsize steed (7) 21. Expresses disapproval when there is no peck for Mercy and Charity! (6)

24. Shapely quality of the all-rounder? (to) 25. Agile little song-maker (4) 27. Converse result of invitation to boys and girls (7) 29. Aconite, maybe, as a masculine symbol? (7) 30. Making a flower arrangement with plenty of hay (8) 31. Kitty, we hear, has a gun! (6) DOWN

i. Absolute rival has a shilling estate (3, 5)

2. Dramatic somnambulator (4, 7) 3. Regretful canceller of a luncheon engagement (4) 5. Modish cap? (8) 6. Agreeable in the Cruden manner? (to) 7. Guardian of criterions in an obsidian setting (3) 8. Victor at Thermopylae gives two kisses to a seer (6) 9. The thought of a bird is cheering! (5) 14. `- in arms, Let us to France' (Shakespeare)

(4-7)

15. Lunch or work places for G-men? (5, 5) 18. One measure of land beyond for a convivial poet (8) 19. I defame an insular type (8)

22. Should suit well if the donkey gets a left-over (6)

23. Doing the Boston step? (5)

26. A Scot may be so guid! (4)

28. A letter in the restaurant (3) Solution next week