COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 239, 8 October 1932, Page 8 (Supplement)

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

ACROSS. I—Beheaded it shows insect as pain— altogether far-fetched! *' 9—Not ioo small to enclose a nut. 10—A ruler whose stock has risen considerably. 11—A line of action that embraces ours. 12—At once, classically speaking. 13—It's a mixed world, as you see if you behead this girl. 17 —This tree survived the forest fire. 19—-A nautical operation is this a 30 across. 20—on this at port. 21 —Part of a helmet. 23—Two cards give a combination they need not necessarily represent. 27—Englishman and French labour as "exercise. 28—A nautical guide. 29 —Evil. 30 —See 18 across. 31 —At which you may congratulate the happy couple. DOWN. 2—A preposition. 3—This 'may end a war, yet tar will make it. 4 —Pigment. s—This is not going out. 6 —Some distance abroad. 7 —This is profitable, in spite of the pest in the midst. B—As a rule a helper puts an end to it. 14 —Do not try impersonations if you are not thig. 15—A poor sort of joke, to put it bluntly.

16—An obsolescent household fixture, 8 down speaking. 17'—This, like time and tide, waits for 11a woman. 18—Not a "beefy" fellow, this O.T. character. 22 —An escape. 24—A half-frozen force. 25—A basket that lends itself to. a joke over the net. 26 —Not a mount for a quiet ride. ■ (e) THURSDAY'S SOLUTION. . ACROSS.—Tiptop, Maraschinb, Bumper, Effrontery, Clyno, Biretta, Mauve, Hausa, Row, Pro, Lance, Reval, Furious, Craft, Apparition, Trojan, Engagement, Yellow. ■ , • - DOWN.—Baffy, Cairn, Sean, Fine, Toby/ Topsyturvy, Pardonable, Throw, Rot, Cahors, Implicitly, . Guineafowl, Bereft, Poona, Rap, Stamp, Lorna, Anew, Page, Rage. (d)