Crossword 1445

Across 1 No doubt cook was in the pink when she produced this! (7) 5 Used extensively in ship's galley? (7) 9 The French in essence get the wind up in these (5) 10 Please, teacher (9) 11 Three by the way from Logan Pearsall Smith (6)

17 What was Pusey tip to magnet-wise at Oxford? (8)

14 Eliotland? (5) 15 Shelley met one in a sonnet (9) 18 Not quite the criterion for the metric system (9)

20 Dusty change of heart (5)

22 Our arboreal ancestor does masculine exer- cises (8)

74 Girl with Aurelian touch? (6)

26 Meet Scottish nurse (9)

77 It's cut about in the interests of rhythm (5)

28 To see miserable pens makes one unhappy (7) 29 This bar will take a pound off 22 ac.! (7) Down 1 Immediate result of leaving it all to the left? (5-4) 2 They're more likely nowadays to be seen at the launderette than the wash-tub! (7) 3 Nine gifted girls (9) 4 One of Rose's vital statistics? jf)

5 In ways they are very divertin (10)

6 C,estor keen? (5)

7 Wonderous transformation of a calm GI (7)

8 'What was he doing, the great god Pan, Down in the by the river?' (E. B, Browning) (5) 13 Young heather in long narrow pieces (10) 16 Does it raise the architect's spirits? (9) 17 Audition Sarah again before final appearance (9)

19 Bitterness ensued when table of precedence was followed (7)

21 The performer who brings his book with him (7)

22 Not that they're worn. exclusively with the kilt (5) 23 Bit of cartridge found between the furrows (5)

25 'Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and ' (Milton) (4) Solution next week Solution to Crossword 1444. Across: 1 Ocelot 4 Honoured 8 Dahchick 10 Gaelic 12 Rowel 13 Reanimate 14 Yahoo 16 Hedgehogs 17 Midday sun 19 Bated 21 Speculate 22 Storm 24 Awning 25 Addition 26 Enlisted 27 Blenny. Down: 1 Orderly 2 Elbow 3 Othello 5 Opaline 6 Roll- about 7 Dockers 9 Carthusian 11 Maidenhead 15 Hodiernal 17 Message 18 Alumnus 19 Bestial 20 Demonry 23 Onion.