"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 180, 1 August 1935, Page 20

"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

ACROSS. C —ls it a smoke-ring? 7 —Call of the sea. B—Certainlyß—Certainly no ladies, myself included. 9 —Should have a bit of "go" in him anyhow. 11—Who wouldn't make much of such a friend ? 12—What were you doing Jubilee week? 16 —Never the best obviously that come to the top. 17 —Thoroughly well beaten; almost stamped <yi we might say. 20—Quite plain where lies my indebtedness. 21—Nothing to the writer as it's not closed. 22—Why spoil the drink by putting on edge? DOWN. I—Quite a likely 'plane to be brought down in flames. 2—Hence these electioneering parrotcries. 3—Or shall we say a wet-blanket? 4—The doctor's paper has some point in it no doubt. s—Highests—Highest form of testimonial in the Press. 10 — I go fifty-fifty in your trouble. 13—Save, perhaps, yet never economise. 14—In mere form of costly skin, lo —All the same it's three parts silkT" 17 —Fruit possibly in the mass. 18—Certainly should be a check on the horse. 19—Oriental big-wig. (f)

Tests For Our Readers.

WEDNESDAY'S SOLUTION. ACROSS.—Havoc, Crock, Sabre, 51am, Son, Lightship, Wideawake, Pom. Yap, Heard, Plead, Ditto. DOWN. — Fatal, Cos, Are, Scoop, Cashiered, Crossword, Minim. Silky, World, Earth, Ham, Dig. ( e )