Across 4— Make off with three notes and a power unit (6) 8— Envious and solicitous. (7) 5— Turn out cellar, remember. (6) 10— Your gent’s thrown out—he’s not of age. (9) 11— Stately home could be painful in the end. (4) 13— Great terror pertaining to a Greek god. (5) 14— Hesitant sound in train gives ground. (7) 16—Quoted muddled account due to Doctor of Divinity. (7) 18— Rosie moves her head and becomes a willow. (5) 19— Barrier bond. (4) 21— By what Latin rule U.S. turns peevish. (9) 22— United States after record, an object to be thrown. (6) 23— Cast yet in a state of having left a will. (7) 24 — Minstrel might use lute as a gesture of courtesy. (6) Down 1 — No dream, ma, it’s not what it was—make notes. (9) 2— Fill net up anyhow: it’s abundant. (9) 3— Beating edible seeds? (5) 5— Always veer changeabiy. (4) 6— Flowering plant found in Baca, Ciales, and other parts of Central America. (6) 7— Nell involved with a little work produces fertilising power. (6) 9— Freer after a change to direct attention. (5) 11— Stole prey converted —he’s a convert. (9) 12— It’s a scurvy sort of drink. (4, 5) fc .. 15—Puzzle about a bus. (5) 16— Seaman arrives on March 15 and stays. (6) 17— Slide all over the place with a point for an engine. (6) 20— Window: gold one with middle of bell. (5) 21— Leave off and pay off. (4)
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Press, 28 December 1978, Page 8
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