SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1181

ACROSS 1. Fido offers two handshakes and is rewarded with fruit (6)

4. Relish for a taxidermist? (8)

9. Catches Burns's girl, who's a hit hefty (6) 10. Telephone conversation. of course (8) 12. Did Hood anticipate this drink when he wrote 'My spirit flew in feathers''? (8) 13. Writer in a stupid's embrace among the trees (6) 15. Fell in the hills (4) 16. Insult Trod? Well, it's pretty harsh! (10) 19. How Hood's pathetic heroine might have temporary employ- ment? (10) 20. Nothing can spoil the poet (4) 23, The old bird approaches Edward in a protective way (6) 25. Lets! (8) DOWN 1. Where to find the best among friends (7) 2. Extract from the Book of Pro- verbs? (9) 3, A taste 1 have for guinea-nig (6) 5, Don't do (his on the firm's out- ing! (4)

6. It so happens one is quarrelling (5, 3)

7. A cosy nook in Elgin (5) 8. Have a stab (5, 2) 11, A duck of a game for an even- ing at the Pooters (7) 14. Clutters up the place with juveniles (7) 17. Cut off the head of the church? That'll get you on the carpet! (9) 27. How Madam Butterfly might identify the drink? (8) 28. A roll for the typist (6) 29. He hopes to got into Crock- ford's membership! (8) 30, Drummer's entanglements (6) 26,

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22, 24. Teacher's arrived and is con- ducting (6, 2)

That reminds mel (7)

The scene of Mr. Darcy's epistolary composition (7) Naval circle is disturbed by the discovery of the legendary isle (6) at points exactly, cap-a-pie' (Shakespeare) (5) Like in a kind of family (4) Solution next week

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