Crossword no. 1355
Across 1 Sulky canine (5, 3) 5 Seizes a large number of snakes (6)
9 Rousseau in customary guise! (8)
10 No baldhead, the doctor, and perhaps a trace of goatee) (6) 12 Halifax man (6) 13 'He is dead, the sweet —' (Longfellow) (8) 15 Front line troops become very arty when French! (7, 5) 18 Our Air Correspondent's contribution? It seems distinctly military (6, 6) 23 Poem read back to the children by tsau's descendants (8) 24 'Dear God, the very houses seem —' (Wordsworth) (6) 26 Discouraging baptism (6) 27 Listen to the approving decibel count and again? (4, 4) 28 Mariana's operative adjective (6) 29 First-class in Highland dancing but displaying some faults (8) "Down 1 RAF type, for example, has one in the wine- bar (6) 2 The Boys of the Old Brigade? (6) 3 Positively had kittens when warm with pas- sion! (7) 4 Oh, Dr Grandy, you're hot! (4) 6 Appearing in round card game with a Chinese flavour (7) 7 Haunt of loved pale hands (8) 8 Music in the mews? (8) 11 Fast mistress (7) 14 Borders supply potential good wives (7)
16 Caused resentment when right side finished (8)
17 'The — of neighbouring eyes' (Milton) (8) 19 Loosely, none gets therein (7) 20 Breezy poet (7) 21 Fidus Achates to Keats (6)
22 Bright lad, the wireless operator (6)
25 Thanks be for one letter! (4) Solution next week Solution to Crossword no. 1354. Across: 1 Camera
4 Schooner 10 Truffle II Malachi 12 Liturgical 13 Stun 15 Madonna 17 Grocers 19 Nankeen 21 Syringa 23 Fuse 24 Stalactite 27 Abreast 28 Tripoli 29 Home-made 30 Inhere. Down: 1 Cattleman 1 Mounted 3 References 5 Campaigns 6 Oslo 7 Neck- tie 8 Reign 9 Yeti 14 Correction 16 Annotated 18 Spare-time 20 Nostrum 22 Noisome 23 Flash
25 Late 26 Palm. .