COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 285, 2 December 1933, Page 8 (Supplement)

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

TESTS FOR OUR READERS.

ACROSS. I—Haughty. B—Wherein horses are knocked down without cruelty. 11—Reverse a vegetable and get part of a ship. 12 —This line is a good one for divers to take. 13 —A rudiment. 15 —A hundred per cent certainty that can be eaten. 10—Wilt. 17 —A return call. 18-—Change a tool'to bewilder. 119—Brightens things up on the surface. 21—Make of car. 22 —If you decide it's a bit too thick, have it this. 23 —A direction. 26; —A way of circulation. 27 —A fine thing for the toilet. 28 —A Scotsman's study, if public. DOWN. 2—A dog that bites the back of your leg might like this meat. 3—Evidently not a nice English county for motoring. 4—Change a robo for something more flowing, and Spanish.

s—With this the motorist may find a way. 6 —Having no effect. 7 —A heavenly pet, many declare. B—Numbers liavo testified, Often, to her occasional lapses, but she kcep3 plugging away. 9 —"Pea Grist Inn" (anag.). (How ■would he portray that?) 10—Dazzling. 14 —A joy beyond the ordinary. 15—A fielder of no dimensions. 19—It's a seedy fate to bo this. 20—lie will make a cast'for you. 24 —A quality of sound. 25—A measure. 26 —This makes a thing 6 down. (d) THURSDAY'S SOLUTION. ACROSS. —Oppress, Escaped, Thebaid, Targets, Clearly, Ult, lie, Cant, Yesty, Ates, Speer, Nomad, Impact, Nabotli, Orric, Afric, Tintinnabulates, Satur, Stylo, Norward, Odyssee. DOWN.—Ostrich, , Present, Shilly Slially, Prelate, Dispose, Act), Deter, Trite, Eye, Sparta, • Detinuer, Confuted, Labial, Tintern, Sponsor, Ecrit, Marly, Doctors, Whistle, C.N.R., A.B.S. (c)