COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 267, 10 November 1932, Page 18

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

TESTS FOR OUR READERS.

ACROSS. I—Not a pleasant thing to have cast at you, by Jove! B—Spotless.B—Spotless. 11—Part of a trinket. , - 12—Animal. 1C —The servant who turned the head of Pygmalion. 15—This was responsible for some of the big noises in the war. 17 —You might find the cause of this with your eyes shut. 18 —Your late neighbour may be in this. 19—Foreign coin of old; curtail to get a weapon. 20—This, in a bar, might make demands of you. 21—A backward point that is hollow. 22 —Very wicked. 24—Girl's name. 25 —This serves the turner's turn.

26—More than you and me, but less than a week. 28—A sunless start to the week. 30—Trim. ■ ••••••••-••• 32—A standard position. 33—Much the same as 20 across. £ 35 —Book of the O.T. E DOWN. 2 —Quantity of wool, perhaps. 3 3—Girl's name. 4—Tree. • s—The end of this sailor is shiny, i , o—Curtail this- vegetable, or reverse it, and 5 down will know it. 3 7—This tends to obscure the natural features in a play. s—You will not care for this task. 9—"ls paid to sin" (anag.). 10—The penultimate green. 13—An opening.

—■ 14—The hobby of one's parents' generation, obviously: 15—Double. 16 —An article provided by-Southend. 22 —Chop. 23—Not altogether frank. , , 27 —Brilliance. 29 —W. London encouragement _for"~ the user of 7 down. 31—A bit of building material. ~ 32 —Clo?e-fisted people hide this. 34 —It's rather a blow to upset thi3.; (w),