"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 299, 18 December 1935, Page 27

"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Y//////M watum wmmxr. i i ACROSS. I—Fruit1 —Fruit placed before a statesman might be the cause of his downfall. 9—At last she is coming out. 10 —Statesman in 1 across confused about the voter's mark.

Tests For Our Readers.

' ' ' 1.1 i ■ 11—Prepare for sea a ship, of course, here. 12—Neck continuously •crashed. 13—Portion —or order to a fieldsman? 14 —Chatter. .I.s—junior officer on the staff.

16—Made by the festive. 21—This fish is not in aspic. 22 —I am in pursuit of a vehicle.23 —Musical mountain. 25 —A trite omen (anag.). 26 —William the Red. 27 —Roofing or flooring. 28—Joined in argument. : 29—Not the presiding nymph of Boxing Day. 30—Conflict between lovers. DOWN. I—ls the superintendent higher than the prophet? 2—Value. ' 3—Lady engaged in the mining industry. 4 —Christian reply or a.'hit back at a scholar. .s—Bridge expert. 6—Very little sounds as though it might be hired. 7—William Tell's was not fruitless. B—English statesman. 14 —Referring to poultry in. the mass, graspingly. 17 —Whitefriars' dog. 18—Repugnance. 19—That's flat. 20 —Scalp, ah! (anag.). 21 —Not the trip you would take in a "sulky." 24—Large room furnished with a screen. 25 —Sounds like a Cockney's introduction to the Muse. (151) TUESDAY'S SOLUTION.