SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1215

ACROSS 1. Revolutionary road-blocks (10) 6. When pots turn red it's a signal 10. Acts ts taken in alternation? (5) 11. End as a matter of course? (9) 12. Beg, with a settlement in view (8) 13. Spanish is seen roughly to be one of a fraternity (6) 15. Does it signal icy weather? (4)

16. One right back in Nevada (4)

17. 'Strange how potent cheap is' (Noel Coward) (5) 20. Is permission in France unlaw- ful too? (5) 21. Patron saint of English painters? (4)

22. Solutions for the islands (4) 24. An explosive colour (6)

26. Left in great mix-up, unimpaired (8)

29. I place Tim in a mess and involve him (9)

30. Rum little editor returns to object (5)

31. This is no way to go, young man (4)

32. They show whether you can bank on your credit or not (10) DOWN 1. What Bonnard's wife seemed to like to do # lot (5) 2. The country country? (9) 3. It's developed in musicians, and. doubtless bandsmen keep it (6) 4. How one might be against a student's work? Quite the oppo- site! (10) 5. The golden touch could lead to long ones (4) 7. A serviceman discovered in Neath (5) 8. Absent friends? (9) 9. Gain a bit by being so seduc- tive (7)

14. A necessary evil at best, accord- ing to Thombs Paine (10) 15. Harlequin's birdlike flower (9) It Man at the wheel on a cattle boat? (9)

19. Put it on the account! (7) 23. There's some beauty in this hag (6) 25. Poser unravelled as lines for learning (5) 27. 'Two Owls and a Hen, Four - and a Wren' (Edward Lear) (5) 28. Dash, a point for the board (4)

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