COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 137, 11 June 1932, Page 11

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

TESTS FOR OUR READERS.

ACROSS. I—Seditious, but quite acceptable if beheaded. B—This implement, if beheaded, becomes a bully skipper. 11 —Not to be found in a dry boat. 12—The lowest thing in the Navy. 13 —"Red pits" (anag.). 17 —Not nice, especially the end. IS —An item in the ledger. 19 —But for this opening you might not be in full possession of your senses. 20 —This conveys, sometimes, an election message of disapproval. 21 —A material contributor to frugality. 22—"1 rob lan" (anag.). 2.'!—ln good time. 24—Chemical prefix, or metal reversed. 25—Animal and fruit provide authority. 2S —Needless advice to a gossip. 30—This is broken into by the most law-abiding and cheerful of people. 31—This makes your assets fluid. 33—Tin's implies growth and advancement. DOWN. 2 —lnquisitorial railway fixture. | 3—By no means somnolent. 4—Getting on in years, but not within a century of being chilly. Since you are doing this puzzle, you mint be this. (I—The opposite of 12 across. 7 —Material. B—Why did this ? Because it saw the apple turnover.

9 —Pause before speech, and recovery t is sure. - 10—Has he a liberal allowance of followers ? 13—A common type of clue in ' these puzzles. - 14—A national adjective. 15 A feature of your garden, perhaps. 10—Material. 1 1 " 20 —Sharp. , 27 — T1)is ma .V figure in Indian worship. 20—Animals. *50—Much the same as 23 across. 32—A decoration. (<-.) THURSDAY'S SOLUTION. ACROSS. — Improvement, Snow. -Magnacharta, Burn. -Aqueous, Crofter, Shark, Tack, Fist, Knife. Current, Traduce, Toil, Hilariously, Orgy, Aggregation. DOWN.—Moat, Rank, Vicious, Meat, Network, Industrious, Twin brother, Mastication, Guncarriage, Shunt, Craft, Knowing, Eroding, Fair, Curt, Alto. (>) FREE—POSTAGE PAID. an™ wm o ™ceive°'a or •always. sliaves iui m I Wl]y patronise rorei«rnci». (• ■