SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1182

ACROSS

1. A hit of an old nanny with plenty to offer (10)

6. 'Oh, lift me as a wave, a -, a cloud!' (Shelley) (4)

10. lock says no and Robert be- comes a magnate (5) 11. Exciting stuff, this hormone (9) 12. Political agents have bags of it (9)

13. Something in the city (5)

14. Hardy girl, one must hand it to her! (10)

16. A duck for the blue (4) 18. Shortly in the same place is the holy bird (4) 20. He gets blisters to get what glisters (4-6)

23. She's a speckled hen (5) 24. True. Dave, with the interven- tion of Napoleon's letter an escapade should occur (9)

27. This devil is a marsupial (9) 28. A tenth of a mile at sea-level. or more below (5)

29. Wh at's the point of the moon? (4) 30. Betrothal in the field? (10) DOWN 'It's a dog's life' he might sneer (5) 2. The English renaissance (7) 3. The unjust steals the just's, it is said (8) 4. I am to become a Mexican (5) 5. Qtnalised? (9) 7. To make things brighter, give a new lease? (7) 8, Peak hour transport? (9) 9. Caused by a vorpal sword. per- haps (5) 14. Like Elgar's friends (9) 15. The call-up? (9) 17. It is encompassed, in a way (8) 19. Gives an order, with profit in mind (7)

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21. Make a thunderous complaint? (7) 22. He's tops in Hollywood (5) 25. The little evergreen discovered in vacation (5) 26. So to choose is the start of something shocking (5)

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