"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 13

"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

ACROSS. I—Word1 —Word that precedes the command. s—What5 —What can't be should be the same after decapitation. o—To find the answer in a colour, this must be decided upon. 10—Story or toes? 11 —One trail might lead you in an eastward direction. 13 —An emphatic type. 14 —Put on backwards is a sign that one's sleepy. 16 —One cub shows you how to spring. 19—Never seen without a couple of flappers. 20—Fly. 21—Find an insect in the meantime. 26 —Eastern weapon, used in its last half. 27 —The short doctor's gruel is changed in composition and gives rise to complaints. 28—All that's needed to hug one. 29—Repeal. 30—Associated with artful. 31—Fidgety, but not the advice you'd give to that sort of person. DOWN. I—There's nothing Roman in this firework. 2—A country fellow. 3—This should be done on regular lines. 4 —Material in a certain colour for a surgeon's implement. ' 6—Eifort that may tire oxen. 7—House with water supply obviously inside. B—All of it is taken away, but if only one letter is, it is inferred.

Tests For Our Readers.

12—Long ill perhaps—which would account for the attitude. 15—Small, but rather more than you and I.

16—It might have been handled by the smart man -it sounds like. 17 —Ham and dates are found in a place of observation. 18 —An example of calmness. 19—Enough to take your breath away as it is, but even with one letter less, it would still be queer. 22 —More than twice as much in notes of no low denomination. 23—The label on the decanter (?) seems to declare its meaning. 24—Be agreeable! 25—Rate. 0")