Complete Clue List
Across
1. Courted; timid Robin (Baronet of Ruddigore) wished he had ____ Rose before Richard's proposal (5)
4. Intentionally disregard; Robin prefers to ____ evil crimes for minor non-criminal actions (9)
9. Forbears; in "Ruddigore", ____ come back to life, stepping out of their paintings (9)
10. Punctuation mark preceding a subtitle such as "The Witch's Curse" for "Ruddigore" (5)
11. The ____ gallery in Ruddigore Castle contains paintings of the 9A (8)
12. More dejected; fretful feeling of professional bridesmaids because of the lack of weddings (6)
14. Title of Rose's aunt Hannah (4)
16. TRANSMIT IN place, person serving or aiding, able to marry engaged couple in "Ruddigore" (anag., 10)
19. Oppressed; the first Baronet of Ruddigore ____ witches, leading to the family curse (10)
20. Story, such as that told in "Ruddigore" (4)
22. The Twelfth Baronet of Ruddigore: Sir ____ Murgatroyd (6)
23. Most loquacious (colloq., 8)
26. Maestro's wand; Sullivan's ____ was invisible in ghost scene so a glass one with light created (5)
27. Polite society rules; Rose's ideas of Right and Wrong come from her book of ____ (9)
28. Shot DERRINGER, producing Cornish town locale in "Ruddigore" (sounds like a distraction) (anag., 9)
29. "Ruddigore" was the ____ of 14 Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas (ordinal, 5)
Down
1. Completely engrossed, as in the performance of a Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera (inf., 7,2)
2. Happen; like Richard's initial proposal to Rose (she said "Yes") (5)
3. Hanker for; Ruddigore's Chorus of Professional Bridesmaids ____ eligible young men to marry (6)
4. Advantageous, timely; such as the way Robin uses logic to free himself from the witch's curse (10)
5. The 9A in "Ruddigore" may be based on the Murgatroyd family of ____ Riddlesden Hall, YKS (dir., 4)
6. Critical response (1887): "charming melodies, fresh and delightful as ever"; "Ruddigore" ____ (8)
7. Performance characterised by extravagant action and emotion, typified in "Ruddigore" (8)
8. Recommended voice for Richard Dauntless, Robin's foster brother (5)
13. Highly-militant; the swagger of ____ patriotism is one theme in "Ruddigore" (4-6)
15. Softened up, in a way (9)
17. Sir Mervyn Murgatroyd is the ____ Baronet of Ruddigore (ordinal, 9)
18. Faithful and trusted servant; Old Adam Goodheart in "Ruddigore" (8)
21. Kidnap; Robin sends Old Adam to the village to ____ a lady: "Any lady!" (6)
22. Highlander's fling? (5)
24. Dine at home (3,2)
25. Actress Moore of "Ghost" who would feel at home with all the ghosts in "Ruddigore" (4)