COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 185, 6 August 1932, Page 7 (Supplement)

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

6—Russian musical instrument. ; 7—A bit of vegetable growth suggests puss with her relatives. B—Only a temporary substitute, s 9—Tree of possibilities. 14—That angle on the golf-club. 17—A war-time harbourage. 18—Not the wheelwright's assistant, as you might think, but a speaker of Borts. 19—Stands for what interests yon now. 20—A toy—not just part of it, as it t might seem. 23—Title. 25—An American creature. 27—Spin. 28 —Kind of fastener. 29 —Dialect. i. 30 —Almost an insult., but obviously not i a severe one. 33—An attracting sort of vessel. (b) THURSDAY'S SOLUTION. r ACROSS. —Area, Idiotically, Pump. Phraseology, Aided, Ass, Balliol, Tedious, Macadam, Harrier, Ado, Negro. Redhotpoker, Boar, Rodinpickle. Ends. DOWN.—ldaho, Tokay, Pike, Pall, Clog, Roundrobin, Aspidistra, Oral, Oust, Yardarm, Abominable, Blackguard, Windsor, Maid, Hobo, Touch, Cello. Eros, Hail - , Tope. (a)

ACROSS. I—Ail eel in France is ail independent person. 9—Wine. 10—A learned person with a would-be funny head. 11—Precious stone. 12—"Aye, Ken." (Anag.) 13—Material. 15—One of the deer family. 16—Vessel or its beginning. 19—Part of 7 down. 21—Part of 19 across, obviously, but not really deserving of blame. 22—Worn still sometimes on May 29. 24—A bit of an explosion. 2(3—Head-gear of our ancestors. 29—Sands for some leading savant. 31—Sounds of someone passing, perhaps. 32 —Of the nature of an idol, perhaps, but many of us have one. 34—This trooper was a border freebooter. 35—On this man we depend for our daily bread. 30—Expenditure. 37 —Hugeness. DOWN. 2—Describes the Socialist party after the election. 3 Often an ingredient in the salad. 4 —Clever. 5—A broken car with a hole in it becomes a terrible plaguS.