COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 38, 14 February 1931, Page 7

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

TESTS FOR OUR READERS.

ACROSS. I—With regard to this the soldier's business is often pressing. s—Sulendid. 9—Sometimes used, formerly, to discourage poachers. 10—Indict. ♦ \ 11 —Part of your car famous in the past. 12—French town. 14 —On this a seal may sometimes be found. 17 —"Sly ode" (anag.). 18—Our pet theorist does this. 19 —A. scuffle ended by a walk. 21—Tho defeated often take refuge in this. 24—Flexible, but may be binding. 25—A gentleman, in short, is a repref sentative. 28—Hidden in "As we started a day ahead, it eased the way." 31—Hurtful. 32—Grouse of a kind. 33—"Gets Gus" (anag.). 34 —Provides footwork. DOWN. I—Male name. 2—Being passed over is red at last. 3—A common cause of marriage. 4—Answer. s—lncludes the hardest links in the country. 6 —Carriage that may be druilk.

In this corner ,is given a problem for solution by our readers. Prizes will not be offered, the idea" being to present the reading public with acme brain-testing difficulties which each may, ismooth out to his,.satisfaction. ' • - > '

7 —Small tilings, but enough to upset little ones at the party. B—Hangsß—Hangs in tlie beginning is fishy. 13—Foul. 15—During this the visitor to Switzerland risks this beheaded. 10 —Upset in the past. 19—Make 24 across. 20—This too early may mean your being knocked up. 22—Snatch a resting-place before it is this by someone else. 23—"Raze pet" (anag.). 20—Nothing niggling about this. 27—The darkest feature of the day. 29 —Reduce a book to a speck. 30—Musical instrument. TUESDAY'S SOLUTION. ACROSS.—Cross, Grief, One, Pop, Eno, Asset, Are, Issue, Boer,. Sidle, Tare, Also, Knots, Ayes, Unit, Pal, .Base, Cycles, Wag, Beg, Talent, liobe, Ore, Lane, Blob, Error Peel, Aims, Daunt, Clap, Teeth, Gid, Booth, Gee, Ene, linq, Carry, Adeem. DOWN —Poses, Onerous, Set, Fordo, Pei, Install, Essay, Cabal, Paints, Pelt, Tease, Sol, Ure, Ski, Espy, Never, Acorn, Bat, Aga, Ebb, See, Lobster, Need, Blonde, O'ercome, Abate, Art, Alpha, Lie, Omega, Page, Ruins, Elope, Eat, Her, Bid. s (e)