Crossword no. 1283
Across
1 Ship gets divided by nothing in the florid style (7) 5 Nancy takes cover from the-worm (7)
9 Ease off from the surface (7) 10 Come toit in the end, we all do (7) 11 It amazes one in a hostess (10) 12 Square letters, of course (4)
13 Or I discover a river (3)
14 Topaz? (11) 17 Greeting at the magic place of refreshment (7-4)
19 Erin gets off to an angry start (3) 20 Teases, enough to make them spare (4) 22 Dryden's Shaftesbury (10)
26 The letter to give one a start (7)
27 Webber is responsible for this turning-point in a cricketer's career (7) 28 Escape route for crooks? (7) 29 Upbraided by the coiffeur? (7)
Down
1 Forbid the academician the island (5) 2 They are all in the family (9)
3 Majestically feminine (7) 4 The odds are fifty-fifty with these (5) 5 A bit of contention about the foot? (5-4) 6 Trinity of trinities (4) 7 Stay a while in a branch of society (5) • 8 The city blade (9) 13 Fending off again? That's profitable (9) 15 Reasonably (9) 16 Those old pachyderms (9) 18 Show around Longleat, perhaps? (7) 21 Rib an Irish hero king (5) 23 The with-it people get put on the map (5) 24 Ruled to become tempted (5) 25 West I've turned, what a sight! (4)
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