SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1,008 Solution on September 19

ACROSS

1 Rout high-born in a minor oath? (6, 6)

9 As Kipling might have remarked when choosing a title? (6, 3)

10 So dear of Colette! (5)

it That sailor's eye that can take in everything (6) 12 All hell's broken loose round the ocean, producing this (3-5) 13 It's a base fabrication in reverse; hide it (3, 3)

15 Sort of struggle that once went well? (4-4) 18 Cromwell was charged to fling it away (8) 19 Home of Noah's elderly son (6)

11 One should remember about the reins (8)

:3 . the author of Hymn to David

26 There's a catch in it! (5) 17 Came the dawn? (9) G8 He had a ravenous pet, so to speak! (7, 5) DOWN 1 The wrestler's baggage? (4-3)

2 Drink fit for a king (5)

3 Filibusters succeed in reaching the limit (9) 4 'The merits of a spotless shirt- A dapper -, a little hand' (Tennyson) (4)

5 I printed-and be damned to it! (8)

6 Horses still work in Fleet Street (5)

7 ''Twas - and the slithy loves' (Carroll) (7) 8 The rustic lepidopterist obviously can't decide the sex or the kind! (8)

14 Add a touch of Angostura? (8) 16 Gin, me lord? he inquires (4-5) 17 To be reduced to appearing at

breakfast ? (4-4)

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18 A chorus from bos? (7)

20 A little bit of inspiration for the bagpipe? (7) 22 Unfurl a sail in northern waters (5) 24 Keeps her shape, however blown out! (5)

25 . . rue, sour - of grace' (Shakespeare) (4)

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