CROSSWORD No. 1233
ACROSS
1. What t7 might do in sparkling fashion for a common sailor? (4-4) 5. A Phrygian one no doubt to aristocrats (3-3) 9. Soup that might be announced by sirens? (8) to. Mode of address, of course (6) 12. Talk in a big way (7) 13. Not that it's worn in the ship's galley on special occasions! (7)
14. (, 4) Gas8inter alia may be expected from these levellers (32)
17. There's no end to the jewels in this love-token!
22. The French painter though blue is comparatively dapper (7) 23. Gain a poetic victory? (7) 24. Irruption of a Hun, sir (6) 25. The faithful athlete, paradoxically guaranteed not to run! (4, 4) 26. The function of the lobe can be very appealing (6) 27. One drunk goes to a Channel Island for a line on temperature (8) DOWN
1. 'Myself when young did eagerly frequent and Saint' (Omar Khayyam) (6) 2. Isn't a sailor able to get a degree? (6)
3. It's very eye-catching at Rugby! (7)
4. Terminologically, nature holds a warning to 15o (i2)
6. What the sword does to its sheath according to Byron (7) 7. Record breezy farewells in choral works? (8) 8. No match for an empty Upper Chamber? (8)
ii. Academic wear for hodmen (i2)
35. Certainly not the present one at Greenwich! (4, 4) 16. How Lovelace was attached to his Althea's eye (8) 18. Somerset town that might be picked up in a sale (7) 19. Neither is he Albert! (7) 20. Doggie shows the OC the position of the ball (6) 21. How do you get back from Uncle's? (6) Solution next week
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