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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 14, 17 January 1925, Page 24

THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE. NEW POPULAR PASTIME. Tho popularity of the cross word . Vertical, puzzle has boon so great in first tbe.|J. Proved value. United States and Inter in England j2. A hunting cull, that even the cable man has boon I 3" Kind of flowers. prompted to in.-lu.lo news of its progress ' No * f ' f tllo lloriz "ntal words has five ,„ i,;_ k„j- . r ir i-.- . j r-qnares allotted to it, and, therefore, is in Ins budget ol worlds politics and five I( , (t( . rs ,„„„ The (leflnition murtlers. We propose for the next few for "Man win. gave the 'show' last weeks to print oue or two examples, week." That must have been the Lord and so that our readers may take up Ma y° r ' s Show i now about Mayor? .. ; • , . _, . ~ Write in tho letters. Then No. 1 of the this interesting pastime the follow- V( ,_ tipa| words mU9t bef , in wUh th „ M ing explanation from the "Sunday ~f MAYOR. It means "proved value." Chronicle" is given. When yew buy something of proved You will find below a simple model valuo - v ° u bu - v ou its -MERIT. L<*Uer it that will give you the principles of the m " Cross Word Puzzle. .Study it! No. 2 is a vertical word also. It is "a hunting call, - ' and begins with the THE IDEA. ,V) 0 f MAYOR. The word we want is You see a square divided into 25 YOK'K. And so you can work out the small squares, some of which are num- other words. Wed. These numbers refer to d.-fini- N<n _ __„ h _ v _ th _ idea It was lions, and appear only in white squares ~-, ~ p ' X wa -_- t it , T our first which start words Ihe black squares ori - imll prob i. m pr i ut cd here, nre blanks that only mnrk the end of a word. You will 'see. that the white DEFINITION FOR TO-DAY'S PUZZLE. I 1 __» 3 I Horizontal. Vertical. M/a |vy TjL I. Kxprossion of 1. A male being. MJT O R laughter. 2. Skill. Ewjiffl/\ "• Correlative. '~ Circular body. SaSSU Cj 7 - Unit of work ' '''" P'Tt-'iining to Bmß-3 pii__p_ 'J. Mineral sub- (abhor). I stance. 8. Ta 1 k idly £» A I I C 5. I - A label - ( slang >. r\ I &■« 12. Queen of the f). A cereal. IW-M-J_ Im£_S ' 4 - u \d oi shoe. 12. Where heather _______ Vr EsBIHB 17. Sharp instru- grow?. Higher degree. 15. Genus of scramm a tjf X 2 C 19. Part of verb pent. I f\ f\ k» W "to bo." ' IG. M i sell ievous i 1111 \ j 20. A landing child. j stage. 20. To enter into a squares run from left to right (hon- 22. Understand. very long -Olitally) and downward (vertically). j 2.1. British title. agreement, rrnm the definition you arc to find a ! 2."). Ancient. 21. Something not word with tho same number of letters 27. Prevent. true, as there are white squares allotted to it. I 29. Possessive pro- 22. Artful. When you have tilled in tiie letters of| noun. 24. Knock, all the wonts, words that cross will 30. Kind of poem. 25. Typo measure, interlock, and the puzzle will be solved. 31. River of Italy. 20. Natural power DEFINITIONS. P££* — Horizontal. 28. Negative. 1. Man who gave the "show last week. The correct solution will bo announced 4. What trains run on. next Saturday, together with another 5. Accepts. puzzle.

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