12 AUGUST 1966, Page 24

CROSSWORD No. 1234

ACROSS

s. It's a fair way to get taken for a ride, on this (so) 6. Sign of the blues in the desert? (4) so. Met to become tribal symbol (5) IL The burning bright flower (5-4)

12. No, I mind nothing for the maple-leaf territory (8) 13. Things to be done (6) 15. A lot higher than the bass (4) 16. Might one hear it discussed at a hen-party? (4) 57. 'Rolling down the Ratcliffe Road-and raising Cain' (Kipling) (5) 20. They were Penyeach from Mr Joyce (5) 21. And so, good bye ! (4) 22. Literary activity turns the tide (4) 24. Gin den is closing (6) 26. Inner quality (8) 29. Going on like this must be uplifting (9) 30. A singular absence (2-3) 31. Playboys' trifles? (4) 32. Car driver who had real horse-power ! (to) DOWN z. Trade is sorted out to be classified (5)

2. we the last word in diplomacy (9)

3. There's a game piece hidden in this cloak (6)

4. Get hold of a nosegay (6-4) 5.Rouge. loses love getting drive (4)

7. It's a point affair (5) 8. Transport for seamen's wages? (3-6) 9. Melpomene's art (7)

54. With which the baker might make a wages-freeze? (5-5)

15. An upsetting piece of Shaw, perhaps (5,4) 18. It's rare for a good cook to produce a dish like this (9) 19. With a capacity for donkey-work? (7) 23. Got in south? No, it's a Northern brew (6) 25. An alluring bird (5) 27. 'And I made a rural pen, And I stain'd the water -' (Blake) (5) 28. Man Friday's food? (4)

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