CROSSWORD PUZZLES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 77, 31 March 1928, Page 20

CROSSWORD PUZZLES.

ACROSS. 2. Kind of pen. 7. Indian vehiclps. 8. Gardeners' accessory. H\ Star. 11. "Poor Ref." (anag.). 11'. Cheese. IS. Kind of pipe. 15. Proverbially yet to be known l>y the novice. IS. Non-professional. 1!». A northern race. 22. Mountain of Armenia. 24. What shopkeepers do. Essential in a melodrama. -•>. Mythical feminine warrior. 20. Latin word well known in connection with dntos. 32. This is made from nectar and mead is made from it. 33. "The timid fear imaginary evils" (hidden). 35. Adhesive substance. 30. Part of a bicycle. 3S. Family famed in Shakespeare. 30. "Or store" (aniig.). 40. A Royal coin. 41. Plant that is food for sheep. 42. An adverb that suggests a miss. 43. Volatile liquid.

A NEW SERIES FOR THE NIMBLE WITTED.

DOWN. 1. "Rare gin" (anag.). A result of war. o. The kind of purchases that cannot be called extravagance. 4. Epithet for port or the old gentleman who drinks it, perhaps. Fast. fi. IMstress 7. Of interest to seismologists. !». \V. Indian rodent. 14. Tiiis suggests a little dose. ir>. Knstrrn ruler. 1»>. I'unce. 17. Take one letter from a herb and find a part of France, 1!». From a language of Europe make a man further south. -0. "A marvel happened at Jericho, as is recounted in the book of Joshua" (hidden). 21. These are the casualites of a battle. Slung money. -4. This must he in the heart of every bride. -7. Kind of decoration. -•*. One of the twelve. :!i>. Our ancestors used to tread this. ::i. Fxnctness. ;;3. Chemical apparatus. :'.4. Branch of insurance. :ifi. Volcano. What a bookmaker seldom is.