Crossword no.1292
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1 A blurby lot! (10) o Golly, it's hot in the pen! (4)
10 A final word is delivered in orbit (5) 11 It costs nothing to be civil in a matter of urgency (5, 4) 12 Rule by the clock? An ambitious project! (9) 13 Th' unwieldy elephant . . . . . wreathed his —proboscis' (Milton) (5) 14 In short, undertook to do the job (10) 16 Bring her back to have a meal (4) 18 Where counsel naturally expect refreshers? (4) 20 Club for the pin-up boys? (10) 23 That flying elephant? (5) 24 Makes co-drivers tick over? (9) 27 Twain sent some of his abroad (9) 28 `In a sort of — rhyme' (Poe) (5) 29 That talkative Swiss! (4) 30 Belladonna, for one (3-7) DoWn 1 Hairdo that should please Francoise (5) 2 The winner—but not of the bride! (4, 3) 3 In need of a safety-pin? (8)
4 Invader among Thor's admirers (5) 5 Shylock's preoccupation (9) 7 It should give strength to listen to X (7)
8 Woeful natal day (9) 9 Tennyson preferred the short European to the Cathay type! (5) 14 Low hairdressing establishment? (4, 5) 15 It's a cinch! (9) 17 Biave about dawn in the old gardens (8) 19 So-called lion man in a mix-up (7) 21 Very earnest, as to grammar (7) 22 'But he saw on Palatinus the white -- of his home!' (Macaulay) (5) 25 Drink to love of the old poet (5) 26 Rewards and punishments are afoot (5)
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