COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 307, 29 December 1931, Page 11

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

ACROSS. I—A1 —A religious sect of Mohammedan origin inhabiting the region round Mount Lebanon, Syria. C —Musical composer whose masterpiece was "The Messiah." 12—June blossoms. 14—The way. 15—Burden. IC—The creator of "The Prisoner of Zcnda." 18—Retiring. 19—Doctor of Divinity (initials). 20— The iirst in order of the twelve minor prophets. 21—Spread hay. 22—See at a distance. 25—Superlative suffix. 27 —Concerning. 28—Ever (noetic). 30—A species of whale. 32—Legendary abode of the dragon killed by Siegfried ("Nibelungen"). 34—Pronoun. 35—A couple. 37 —From. 39—Girl's name (abbrev.). 41—Name of two Flemish painters reputed to have been the first to use oil colours. 43—Disease (abbrev.). 45—Franco-Belgian river on which Liege stands. 46 —Royal Engineers (initials). 47 —Animal's coat. 4S—Small quantity. 49—Deer. 51—Province in the extreme north-east of British India. 53—Proceeding. 54—Island which forms the north-east corncr of Kent. 55—French watering-place where Napoleon landed on his return from Elba.

DOWN. I—Poet, dramatist and satirist wlio lived during the Great Plague. 2—Church screens. 3 —Monmouthshire river noted for the high quality of its salmon. 4—Perceive. s—Early Saxon (initials). 7 —Expanse. B—Negative.B—Negative. 9—Pollen. 10—Anaesthetic. 11—Dutch town with a university founded by tlio Prince of Orange in 1 576. 13—The home town of the Prime Minister of Britain. 16—Weed. 17—Cosset. 23—Persian fairy excluded from heaven but who lives in immortal pleasure and beauty. 24—Modern poet, author of "The Wind Among the Reeds." 26 —The great railway town of Cheshire. 29—Royal College of Surgeons (initials). 3.0 —Frequently. 31—Satiate. 33—African missionary who was the father-in-law of David Livingstone. 36—In "Vicar of Wakefield," a vulgar woman boastful of her aristrocratic 'connections. 38—Abounding. 39—Constellation. 40—America. 42—Bird. 44—One of two Northern constellations —Major and Minor. 45—Actor. 49—Offspring. 50 —Metal. 52—Indefinite article. 53—General Assembly (abbrev.). (a)