COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 247, 19 October 1933, Page 27

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

TESTS FOR OUR READERS

ACROSS. I—Wherein1 —Wherein stars are made up in twinkling.

10—An infliction with our heart, a 11—An entertainment that never wears out, though always in holes. „ $2r— Jpfi isl© is off ...

13—Serpentine disapproval. 1G —A lady who is usually prepared to take anybody's part, for a consideration. 17_A royal title that is becoming rare. 18 —A canine corrective. 21 —There's something boring in this vessel. 23—Well ventilated. 24—Beverage often describes those who drink it. 25—Abusive- term often heard during industrial strife. 28—Idea. 29 —A lock holder. 30 —A teller of fairy tales. DOWN. 2—Always babbles in its bed. 3—Caught by 21 across perhaps. 4 —Stamp an Irishman might think the wife of 17 across. 5 —A fuel conveyor. 6—Descriptive, in certain degrees. 7 —More than jolly. B—A8 —A savoury delicacy. 9—Three words welcome at breakfast. 14 —A bather in this classical river might well forget his clothes. 15—Fish, with animal tail. 19 —Decorate, with fish head. 20—Garden flower with favourite head. 21 —"Hot Duce" (anag.). 22 —Lea-ve. 26 —To be seen on a new half-crown. £7 —The man who caught 3 down in the river. (x)

WEDNESDAY'S SOLUTION.

ACROSS.—Tobacconist, Vest, Urgent, Amen, Dodo, Let, Autocrat, Change, Orderly, Spanner, Dotard, Linesman, You, Glib, Scat, Soviet, Moor, logyDOWN. — Open, Author, Cruelty, Nightcap, Sand, Vagabondage, Vested, Town, Pomegranate, Car, Ladylike, Ace, Number, Cluster, This, Normal, Bole, Song, &Eb*