COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 267, 10 November 1928, Page 20

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

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;"i c -. DOWN. 2. ■ You', rather, feel' this'-wheii ,'ynn -• have , r ,. nothings touch ,on.. : ".~ ;'•'. ;'.;'*■>': :''.;;' •; ] 3...ln';these;l precede . 4Vlt.'is painful" ' f ' 'poor' performer "gives -morethan one: 5= Related. * "''" . "' ■■:. 6. Change -a former king. into, what .-follows him. . ~-.;>-..' . 7. : This is marked by one of the'largest '-.-'strikes''.'of -all ;'time. ■> -ivrvi. ■'■■'■: ■ '•'■•'. / B.rA;;true. : presentiment must"!of neces--7 sity concern .this sort, of event!. -.'"';';• 10. This charming a person -'does not resent hisses from'• Jiiaf pupils: r : ";, 12. Keen, to say-the■ • 7™- -■-'■" 13. May suggest a r jiearl Of -no -great .4 s-price. ;.;■ ..-,.;.",-;,) i-v 'N .- 14.\T0 -bo ; seen,'r and heard, in Manhattan.' .!■. : ,':";: -....'.>.' -15. What might'-he expectei"' to develop 'in too :. 19. Change musical direction -to a very saltlake. 20.'Fundamental: . '."*".. V ?,l"-'.Red'.ideal, is .changed to -;material '■'" white.' '—'■""—"' ..,.-. ....... 22: Behead-this^young^manTand r "ybu ...L-..-.get!'a-wagott:"- i ";""—-'- : ''»i'----- >.- •--■ ■- 23. object it'o\being -buttonholed' ■-: . wear things that are this : : 33. Robe'inside but." " -' "'"-.;/' ". 34. Male .Christian "naine. r '~~' 7 J 37. Strokes that' find you?'nose out of -; jointij :;-:• .-: .;:•:■■•. :';:',- •.' .' 38. when..you .want, to"!give- the j girl a v .ring.. .-;.;.' ■■ ; 3.9. Alternative spelling of • an anagram .'{ \ ofvpews.. ,1 rr'T :5'.;',."S "■"'-' ' *•"' * 40.;Thfs : tpr'.us -is what > coal Jis to^the ; . i'."'.'-'.r-ji-. K- •:;."■. ■.-% 41. Survives in. place names .as meaning .' v vale;;-,..;, t-,■■';-:■'v^i:'--"- -> • - I'J X 42 v retfonsse. feature, ."■■.j.^^£. i