COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 102, 2 May 1931, Page 17

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

TESTS FOR OUR READERS.

ACROSS. I—lnstruments for making linked sweetness long drawn out B—although to some persons their this 9—is a cause of this; 10—especially if, when they are trying to this, 11—the performer begins to this the overture to "Tannhauser." 14—One did this to the Sultan's scabbard with jewels 19—with this dazzling result. .21—We are advised not to do this to Princes. 22 —"The long array of helmets bright, the long array of s." 25—rNo other word must be put in this. 27—One does this to a departed Sultan. 30—Some hotelkeepers practise this. 35—Brown. 36—The man who sold you fifteen lefthand gloves must have beeu this. 37—This is said to be pretty as representing what those hotelkeepers charge. 38—You cannot possibly compete in the three-legged race without this. DOWN.

I—This is of some 38 when you are tried for burglary. 2—Weight of which 150 equal 20 of 37 ac. weight. 3—Some mechanically propelled vessels are fitted with this. 4—This course may be conversational. s—Too much after this (two words) is apt to weaken your interest in dinner. 6 —This instrumentalist is not called on to play lullabies. 7 —nor are these used for that purpose. 12—Australian fauna.

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 some brain-testing difficulties which each may smooth out to his satisfaction-

s—lt is waste of time to do this to the tortoise, your kindness is not appreciated. 15—The article referred to in 14 ae. was a kind of this 16—which was this (as 14 tells you) 17—by the Grand this 18— Un chevalier avec peur et reproche (bidden). 19 —This is the best thing to do to your house in case of earthquake. 20—To feel Bertha bite madly renewed Sal's old inexorability (hidden). 23—What the winner does after the Marathon. 24—To 13 down the tortoise is this. 26—Excessively. 28—This comes before each clue. 29—The Seven Seas. . 31—A valedictory composer. 32—Lamb loved this pig. 33—The subject of the Iliad. 34—A man mustn't espouse this.

LAST SATURDAY'S SOLUTION.