COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 125, 28 May 1932, Page 14

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

' ACROSS. I—Herein the last four letters may 1 admire herself. • 9 —Kind of practical joke. ', 10 —A bit of material for the bodroom ' sounds suggestive of a mustard piaster. , I]— Scottish island. ; 1-J —Apparently noisy, hut may keep : the home fire burning. ' 18—Toinmv abroad. ; 10—Store. I 20—A vessel of possibilities. [ 21—Vessel that attracts attention at ■ sea.

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•22—Golfer's club. 23— Hungarian musical composer. 24—Grown in N. Europe, but always to be found on England's South Coast. 2;"i—Card game. 2ii—Feminine name. 27 —The local newspaper seems to have displaced (his town official. 2S—Agricultural implement. f 32 —Point of an antler. So—Contrary to expectation. 30 —Garment. 37—801 d.

DOWN. 2—Part of Holland that fish avoid. 3 —"The woods and desert caves with wild thyme and the gadding o'ergrown" ("Lycidas"). 4—Town of Belgium. s—Part5 —Part of a coat. 6 —Part of the body of which part is never old. 7 —The- execution of the craftsman. B—Payment.B—Payment. 12—Epithet for that which attracts the gambler. 13—Antonym of beauty. 14 —Two animals make a material. 15 —Merciful. 10—Shakespearean play. 17—Shakespearean character. 29—Saw. 30—Feature. 31—Broadcast by the 8.8.C. once a week at least. 33—Prejudice. 34 —"Sleep . . . of hurt minds . . . chief nourisher in life's feast" ("Macbeth"). (z) WEDNESDAY'S SOLUTION. ACROSS. — Daffodil, Avital, Rules, Abscess, Inlet, Clause, Kamuv, Bosun, Cyder, Zulu, Orlop Azov, Ruche, Olive, Twine, Number, Louth, Amassed, Leeds, Escort, Standard. DOWN.—Direct, Fallacy. Oasis, Tdol, Vishnu, Therm, Lustrous, Patio, Negro, Anzac, Bulge, Devon, Carthage, Print, Hobbema, Lesser, Veldt, Prised, Isaac, Uhlan, Unit. (y)