Crossword no.1372

1 First and greatest, having got the call of the fairway (8)

5 Love Bomba in the grass (6) 9 Being like the Woodlanders? (8)

10 Peter, brother to Flopsy (6)

12 dlislcoevrened ( Hindu, in which an escapist may be

13 It belongs to the one most likely to succeed (7) 14 The — are singing near

The Convent of the Sacred Heart' (T. S. Eliot) (12)

17 Essential study of the Air Force, no doubt (12)

22 She promised Ulysses a new lease of life (7) 23 Run true out of true upbringing (7)

24 'The isle is full of —,

Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not' (The Tempest) (6) 15 How the Houyhnhnms must have communicated among themselves? (8)

26 Rough fellows and fit for the gallery (6) 27 Push G-man around in the moss (8) Down

1 Ostentatious, in an illuminating sort of way (6)

2 Erase by erosion (3. 3) 3 The ballistic cocktail? (7)

4 A cause of Iberian tears? (7, 5)

6 How stupifying things can be at Hampton Court? (7)

7 Tennessee's little girl (4, 4)

8 Dr Pangloss's philosophy (8)

11 The state of Mao (12) ,15 One for whose alluring voice Juliet longed (8)

16 Training for bores? (7) 18 Let deep alteration diminish (7)

19 Where Sir John was left alone with his glory (7) 20 Such a coalition is the result of heated activity (6)

21 The old girl's not far off from the mad-house (6)

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Solution next week Solution to Crossword no. 1371. Across: I Butter- cups 6 Epic 10 Limit II Rose-water 12 Aftermath 13 Equal 14 Middle East 16 Skye 18 Lobe 20 Water-proof 23 Pulse 24 Occurrent 27 Novitiate

28 Inner 29 Hyde 30 References. Down: Balsa

2 Tempted 3 Entirely 4 Curia 5 Posthaste 7 Pot- luck 8 Coral reef 9 Sweet 14 Milk-punch 15 Elaborate 17 Sportive 19 Beloved 21 Oceanic 22 Feats 25 Crete. 26 Tires. - - —