COMPETITIONS. CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 78, 2 April 1932, Page 14

COMPETITIONS. CORNER.

TFSTS FOR OUR READERS.

ACROSS. j I—ln the nick of time. 9—"l will a round unvarnished deliver of my whole course of love" ("Othello"). 10—A cripple would be glad to be able to walk with this sham weapon. 11—A hundred headed boy is dressed. 15 —Flower. 10 —College of Oxford or Cambridge. 17 —Famous name among cabinetmakers. 18 —You will readily be able to suggest the name of this tree. 20 —Almost cold, with a bad end. 21—To go round an equine neck. 22—Military medal. 25 —"You have too much respect upon the world; they it that do buy it with much care" ("Merchant of Venice"). 2T—One of the heroes of English history who came to a tragic end. 27 —Weapon that shows a seed or a fruit. 29 —English town found in all our homes. 33—"Vicious Shem" (anag.). 34—Early flyer who also mot a tragic end. 35 —Echo. DOWN. 2 —Though demure, always first with us. 3—Revel is rather a mild synonym. 4—Chinese monetary unit. s—Common chemical.

6—The wise motorist always takes this with him for a drive. 7 —Our servant with four letters before her may still be our servant. B—German musical composer. ( 12 —A little fish in spite of his long name. 13—Ono of the ups and downs of life. 14—Herein the cricketer has to do it. 15—Where gold and silver standards arc kept. ' 19 —Apparently the shell fish has swallowed one of the deer family. 23 —Looks of interest to your hatter, but don't do it at sea. 24 —If you do this here you arc wrong. 28 —River of N. France. 30—Part of the body. 31 —The word that sets 14 down in X motion. 32 —A relation of Little Lord Fauntleroy. (d) THURSDAY'S SOLUTION. ACROSS. —Dreadnought, Mufti, Sun, Weird, Lees, Probe, Kohl, Newquay, Spinney, Hydrant, Algebra, Lime, Snack, Kurd, Cigar, R.M.A., Latin, Thermometer. DOWN.—Defoe, Evil, Destroy, Omnibus, Gown, Trigo, Melancholic, Dollyvarden, Ducat, Midge, Wad, Nib, Tantrum, Acclaim, Might, Utter, Cree, Slit. (c)