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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33934, 29 August 1975, Page 8

Across I—Current1 —Current reaction. (5) 4—Somebody whose head is nearer the clouds? (5-2) 8— He apparently marks his choice wrong. (7) 9— Blase about fur. (5) 10— A trifling series of acts? (4) 11— Deception admitted by pupils, presumably.- (8) 13— -Cab is provided, thanks to the team. (4) 14— Embellish part of a ship. (4) 16— A symptom of shyness that makes one see red? (8) 17— Care about a bit of land. (4) 20— An improvement — not for the first time. (5) 21— Function in the theatre, perhaps. (7) 22 — Little Diana is made to go because of disagreement. (7) 23— Negotiate terms for entertainment. (5) Down 1— Win everything by making the directors cleaner? (5, 3,5) 2— In which vocalists appear with dramatic effect. 15) 3 — Toy bird. (4; 4— Misrepresent clothes worn by the French. (6) 5 — The old boy is successfully treated, but put in a fog. (8) 6— What a writer may give to a club? (7) 7— An earlier date — before the proposal was accepted? (3-10) 12— Where swapping has currency, for example. (8) 13— Count as birds. (7) 15— Couldn’t be more intimate when contained by the majority. (6) 18— Stop egghead in suit. (5) 19— Where to go to die? (4) (solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 3, Simpleton; 8, Mass: 9, Designers; 10, Loaded; 11, Dress: 14. Tiers; 15, Tide; 16. Exact; 18, Lead; 20, Reeve; 21, Right; 24, Sashes, 25, Fire-drill; 26, Swan; 27, Statesmen. Down: 1, Small-talk: 2. Estate-car: 4. Iced: 5, Prior; 6. Ernest; 7, Oars: 9. Dense: 11. Draft; 12, Sideshows: 13. Releasing; 17, Trial; 19, Direct; 22, Harts; 23, Gist; 24, Sloe.