COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 42, 20 February 1933, Page 12

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

TESTS FOR OUR READERS.

ACROSS. , I—Runningl—Running this is an advantage in wartime. 6—A dispeller of gloom. „ . * » . , .. 9-A spot of mu Sl c, so to speak. 10—Unaware, and no wild talk puts an end to it. 11—Reptile that inhabits banks. 12—An intimidating sound. 13—One of those shooting stars. 15—Even a happy face looks t»is when the artist has portrayed it. j

16—Cough that might be permitted to a seamstress. 17—A marine dweller. IS—Teeth observed after worry. 22—The wherewithal for a duel, perhaps. 23 _ A lofc q£ holeg U(A t a with pieces of string. 24—One of H.M.S. 28—Number. 29—Retreating animals try for the most fashionable. 30—This might save something out of the wreck.

31—Has a pleasant appeal to those without colds. 32—Gone off. 33 —A graduette may wear it over itself. of thread. 35 —This 33 across is distinctly undress uniform. DOWN. 2—Vessel that should pull well. 3 —"Cool cheat" (anag.). 4—Somewhere east of Suez. s—Course5 —Course to be followed by joint entry. 6—lis course may be cheeky, but its genesis is sad. 7—This makes you quit of anything. B—An unyielding quality. 14 —What change we sometimes sec in winter. 18 —Epithet for the sheep, as opposed to the goats. 19—Game that has several forms. 20 —"More nous" (anag.). 21—Direct senility to the lowest class. 22 —Space. 25 —Look after most of this Belgian town. 26 —"Lapped" (anag.). 27 —Behind 2 down. (f) SATURDAY'S SOLUTION. ACROSS. —Cordiality, Zinc, Anise, Cotillion, Chaldron, Crane, Carmine, Arizona, Attempt, Angelic, Melon, Incisive, Timetable, Moose, Lan», Restlessly. DOWN.—Clam, Reinhardt, Ideal, Lucerne, Titanic, Iviza, Conveyance. Blacking, Scrapmetal, Immunity, Oblivious, . Thimble, Ancient, '.Lemon, Somme, Very. (vf