Crossword no. 1365
Across 1 'In large white flakes falling on the city brown — and perpetually settling and loosely lying' (Bridges) (10) 6 The old bird (4) 10 They are well known to the proverbial adept (5) 11 Long live a hundred promises! How very lively! (9) 12 Ancient city divides joints to provide eccle- siastical garments (9) i 13 A female by the stream to get dainty em- bellishment (5) 14 Mister has a coin that's worth a cherry (10) 16 Times grows old (4) 18 A tidy beast (4) 20 Pet rescued, being got at (10) 23 To get the shrub, take twopence off a bardic convention (5) 24 Stop in at a replacement for hors d'oeuvre (9)
27 A high-speed vehicle of course (6-3)
28 Parasitic result of a pound on the river (5) 29 Cyclopean hot-spot (4) 30 'To what green altar, 0 — priest?' (Keats) (10) Down 1 Bess gets the right to Slays (5) 2 'The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by — and clown' (Keats) (7) 3 How a vessel might be more upright, yet weary? (8) 4 The cry of the dogs of war? (5)
5 They are just made to be sung con amore (4-5)
7 Searching for truffles? That's encouraging! (7) 8 Hell shut, it is revealed (9) 9 'And fools who came to —, remain'd to pray'- (Goldsmith) (5) 14 Chaps get older, right, that is, in the zoo (9) 15 Holy order? (9) 17 Straight from the shoulder! (8) 19 Darkly continental (7) 21 The tortoise as defence (7) 22 The colour of a Rhode Island Red, perhaps? (5)
25 Art to transform the pack (5)
26 Love of males seen in these futuristic signs? (5). _ Solution next week Solution to Crossword no. 1364. Across: I Caro- line 5 Action 9 Chartist 10 Orates 12 Eremic 13 Barbaric 15 Antediluvian 18 Goblin Market 23 Ping-pong 24 Stated 26 Ironic 27 Downside 28 Nasute 29 Settlers. Down: 1 Cocker 2 Reaper 3 Lothian 4 Nest 6 Caribou 7 Intertie 8 Nose- cone 11 Calibre 14 Seeming 16 Egyptian 17 Abandons 19 Imprint 20 Extinct 21 Strike 22 Adders 25 Bone.
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