14 December 2014
Crossword by Boffles
The Distaff Side
Across
1 Lombard or King? (6)
4 Epic poem about quarrels over women (5)
8 Wright, not Williams or Hood (5)
9 Duchess of Aquitaine and wife of two kings (7)
10 Women’s branch of the Army in WWII in short (3)
11 Martha- kitchen goddess and guest of Uncle Sam (7)
14 Heavenly Muse (6)
16 Famous Hepburn but not Katharine (6)
19 The Elsa cared for by Joy, for example (7)
23 ‘Do you remember an …., Miranda?’ Belloc (3)
24 Madame Butterfly and the like (7)
25 ‘ I intended an …. ; But Rose crossed the road In her latest new bonnet;’ Dobson (3)
26 Feminine Christmas? (6)
27 Can be a difficult choice between this and family (6)
Down
1 Actress who got a second chance? (5,8)
2 First lady of Manderley (7)
3 Actress who was a turner of heads (4)
4 Name means ‘peace’, not anger in the North-East (5)
5 Coastal setting of 4ac (5)
6 The authority for ‘ Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses’ (7,6)
7 Lose the end for a d’Urberville (5)
12 ‘T’were all one That I should love a bright particular star And think to … it, he is so far above me:’ Shakespeare (3)
13 Troubled lady (2)
15 Religious woman (3)
17 Famous ballerina and possibly an old flame of Prince Philip (7)
18 My Italian cousin? (7)
20 Oyl who became Popeye’s girlfriend (5)
21 Unprepared king loses colour (5)
22 Over-familiar way to address a 15dn (3)
