COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 88, 15 April 1933, Page 10 (Supplement)

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

ACROSS. I—This affords a glimmer of assurance to the nervous child. 9 —Scottish isle. 10 —Description that would fit many an inhabitant of the Zoo (two words). 11—A marginal note. 12—Feminine name. 15—With which slim people are singularly content. 18—Conscious. 19—A shapely example. 20—A moving aid to modern progress 21—Heavier than one need be, so to speak. 22—Hidden in: "Provided progress, though gradual, is made positive, no meddler can make the palaver tedious." 23—Bird. 24—Meditefranean island La no prone fashion. • 25—Remove a, number, and there's a nasty look about this contrivance. 28 —Metallic advice to the ambitious. 31—Reading is easier if this is good. 32—Inoperative. 33—This wipes out completely, but inclines little inside. DOWN. 2—A pupil's blooming surrounding. 3—A fugitive may this to save his skin. 4—Remove an article from a vessel and leave something edible. 6—Musical term.

TESTS , FOR OUR REA D.ERS,

1 6—Count; if headless the confederate . appears. ' r , , , 7—lnfringe. " B—A8 —A fortification. 13—This penalty is simply killing. > - ; 14 —This can produce the tear. 15—Part of N. England that does not seem to"want a "clear"field. 16—Shut up your confederate on tlic inside. ■ 17—A fish of.parts. . 18—"O Dean!" (an'ag.). • 25—Flower. - 26 —Not very definite. 27—This feathered one has no rib disordered. 29—A word the motorist may look down on, but should obey. 30—An eyesore. (b)