CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19050, 22 June 1925, Page 13

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

HOEIZONTAL, 1. Guards. 6. A bitter Kibe. 11. Fart of the verb to be. 12. Number. 13 To consume Rradually, as a cancer. 14. Among the Romans, the first day of each month. 17. A dirge. ' 20. Here (Latin). 21. Having teeth or co„s. 23. Bad or evil. <M. Girl's name. 26. Unrestricted. 27. The beak of a fowl. 28*. To lament. 30. Before. 81. A largo plant. 33. Pertaining to punishment. 35! Additions. To a kirni of wild cherry tree. ii i South Sea Island town. 41. To laugh contemptuously. ••3. A foreign com. * f,' a° common mode of address now used w&t consideration of rank or status. 48. A species of treo. 53" A° stone - 'or' a piece of timber on which a structure rests. 55. A fish. 56. A kern. <SO. Born. , 61. Noxious to r.eaitn. , 63 Blowing at stated times of the year. 65* The summit, top or crown. 66. Where Cain dwelt. 67. To plant. . 68. Anno and Charlotte Bronto. 69. Values.

VEETICjai. L' To fall to the State by forfeiture or lack of heirs. 2. To reduce to a friable state by the action of heat. 3. A mineral substance. 4. To grant tJio possession of. 5. Neither very good nor very bad. 0. One of Adam's sons. 7. One of a large family of plants. 8. To be able. 0. Adorned. 10. Wooden hammers. 15. Own (Scot.). 16. To put on. 18. A small Portuguese coin. 19. A beverage. ... 22. A small motratain lake or pool. 25. Pertaining to diet. 26. Christian name of a dead admiral. 2S. A Roman goddess watching over the growth of grain and other plants. 29. A stako. f 32. A quick, smart blow. 33. To set. ~ • j 34 \ place defended from the wind. 36. To demand a debt in a pressing manner from. 39. Agrees. . , 40. A type of pnnt. 42. To lease. 44 Native arsenate of copper, . 45 Particular skill in some profession. 50*. One of the signs of the zodiac. 51. A character in David Copperheld. 52. A cereal plaat. 54. A meadow. 56. To strivo. 57. Numerals. 58. To' interpret. 59 A Rnutr. comfortable residence. 62.' Officially engaged in public business. 64. The seat of an archbishop.

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