CROSSWORD No. 1247
ACROSS z. Plaintive childish cry for fruit? (6) 4. That vein King ! (8)
9. What's a kiss among the boys to our ancestors? (6) to. His harp was carried by an orphan boy (8)
12. Pa turns to shine up the stern ornament (8) 13. 'I sighed as a lover, I - as a son' (Gibbon) (6) 15. With a preliminary degree the playwright would become a tyrant (4) 16. Flowers of pantomime (to)
19. Cheap travel tip for a gadabout (3-2-5) to. Child's boat (4)
23. A reluctant one preferred a quiet life (6) 25. The man of the year? (8) .27. 'Lap me in soft Lydian airs' perhaps ! (8) 28. Trimming for a gentle (6)
19. The overseer is very sour and upset (8) 30. Toss it back to the painter (6)
DOWN 1. It's the mouse chasing the pussies for grapes ! (7)
2. How the classical student might describe a jawing .(9)
3. Shandy's creator is in a severe mood, we hear (6)
5. A couple of artists might get this bird I (4) 6. The Victorian gooseberry type? (4-4)
7. 'This is a - the bird clung to' (Browning) (5)
8. Money that is real to us (7) The Breton language (7) 14. Hurrying to gather Yuma? (7)
17. The flower of reflection (9) z8. 'Where perhaps some beauty lies, the - of neighbouring eyes' (Milton) (8)
59. Do they. provide music in the dining4alon? (7) 2L Wifely joke is inherent in the French sailor ! (7) 22. Sausage for Sarah and friend (6)
24. King David followed his bier to the grave (5) 26. Capital in the grip of a go-slow demonstration (4) Solution next meek
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