COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 172, 23 July 1930, Page 13

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

ACROSS. 1. The loss in coal continues to be enormous, as we know. 5. Prevent floods (sometimes) when it this beheaded. 9. A conceited person flippantly invites a bird to enter. 10. Not the sort of'thing to throw away. 11. Title that may be half at sea. 13. One blemish that dry manuscripts seldom acquire. ' 14. In Sparta this had health-giving surroundings. 16 Gambol Id. University award containing a constellatiou. 20. "If our Thomas queries it, Terence, a;?e^MWdTen) WCll ' " 21. The more it is sat on, the more 29. Mother is after every article we Possess. 30. Insect that must have expressed the 31. A bfeak Channel island fits a wild 1. Architectural feature that resembles its head inverted. 2. These once carried warning bells. e! Two'ladies of evergreen memory. 7. "Idle fins" (anag.).

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