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(Solution to No. 840)
Clues Across 1. Draws back to find the lawn (5). 4. He may have been bonnie, but he rt the cleaner tell an untruth (7). 8. A slight hitch which nevertheless yields most per cent (11). 9. You might find him in the cathedral _tower, but probably not during the service (4). 10. These ran and got all mixed up, but os result is definitely encouraging (8). 12. As a whole, rather distant, but when broken up, piscine (6). 14. It is frequently weighed, but this doesn’t reveal its weight! (6). :
17. An arrangement of 18 across and 20 down resulting in bird-noises (8). 18. "Fame is the that the clear spirit doth raise" (Milton) (4). 21. With the piano, Mum and Ned raise a scene of confusion and din (11). 22. Tide’s in! (anag.) (7). 23. So she waters the garden (5).
Clues Down 1. Such a singer could provide us with 16 down and nothing more (7). 2. Turncoats at a famous race-meeting (5). 3. He may come from Aden, but his native land is farther North (4). 4. Care is needed to produce it, and care is taken to avoid it! (6). 5. Neat girl undergoing a change (8). 6. The lamb goes for a walk (7). 7. Slackens (5). 11. Re-unites (anag.) (8). 13. Ag ers feeding? 15. Rose-red a ment in church (7).
. If Ron’s Par wears these, his Ma probably wears the trousers (6). This island is in the Tropic of Capricorn, although it’s in the Northera Hemisphere (5). . Useful footwear for a motorist? 8." . "And passing with forty pounds a year" (Goldsmith) (4).
No. 841
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 919, 22 March 1957, Page 8
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