THIS WEEK'S PUZZLES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 211, 7 September 1927, Page 18

THIS WEEK'S PUZZLES.

No. 84 COMPETITION.

ANSWER THE DEFINITIONS. Each one of the descriptions given in the list below can be answered by one word, whose letters are to be found in "chrysanthemums." (Remember to forward a puzzle with your entry): A musical part of the church service. Another name for hypocrisy. To hurry. An organ of the human body, A city of Greece. A drink loved by sailors. Abbreviated Christian name for a man. What none wish to have, most get and few take. • . A pet name for a near relative. A technical term employed in dressmaking. What we like our critics to remember we are. What every actress aspired to be. A word meaning "to assemble together." A story no one quite believes. Something we usually blame for our bad habits. What we should display to those in our power. To clean. A gum digger's residence. Close pals. A herb. A bird. Liquid beloved by some women and few men. To punish. To provide in the sense of purveying. An ill-bred practice. Necessary to man and beast. No. 5$ COMPETITION. COUNT THE SYLLABLES. The puzzle tiiis time Is to do with "refrigerate" what has here been done with "determine." Write it down in two columns, spelling it backwards the second time, and fill in the gaps with words beginning and ending with the corresponding letters. Diaassimila t i v E , Establiaih. men tar Ia N Tarsome.tatarsl £pi scopali tsisM Radio-conductoß MetacinnabaritE 1..n texn at i q n.a-1 i ,a T Non-acquiescencE Excommunicate D