"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1936, Page 14 (Supplement)

"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

ACROSS. I—How one put one's foot down on the letter. s—Complimentary to right in (two words). 9—Light liquid (two words). 10—It would probably buck you up. 11 —An earthly colour. 12—They mark the limits of the score (two words). 13—Are they the parents of the fleet? 16—Useful pins in a row. 17 —Nut that suggests leguminous ability. 18 —However lowly placed, no bungalow has such a floor. 20 —The inhabitants of this place no doubt have to be as careful as if they lived in glass houses. 22—Cricketing ciphers. 23—Poetically pied. 24—This is evidently sold at no more than cost price. 25 —He who tries steamship does for a change. 26 —Do these vehicles ever stop? (hyphen). DOWN. I—South African boors, not Boers. 2—Are they judges of upholstery or of parlour tricks'? (two words). 3—Liable to lie flatly. 4 —Was Moses so pleased when the candle went out? s—Found5 —Found in Tripoli by an Italian. 6—Hikers' ways. 7—Not regularly sat on, because, of course, it isn't easy (two words). g—The bride gets the greater part of her outfit in a surgical case. 14 —You'd expect them to be officials in 20. 15—The needlewoman's kill? (two words). 17—He makes a bullfight.

19—He who does finds his gifts beheaded. 21—O, a half-sister in the desert. '22—The C.I.D. get uppish about the gold. (x)

WEDNESDAY'S SOLUTION.

ACROSS.—Prorogue,. Nutmeg, Uphill, Dwindled, Equal, Pylon, Worth, Rotifera, Guest, Rally, Emotions, Egged, Spots, Midge, Displace, Morose, Florid, Chestnut. DOWN. — Trophy, Traitors, Agile, Perdu, Anvil, Studio, Pedestal, Wavering, Quixotic, Noted, Warns, Ungainly, Asperity, Empire, Tissue, Maids, Deuce, Ember. (v)

THURSDAY'S SOLUTION.

ACROSS.—Saga. Works, Asps, Pristine, Ordeal, Errs, Deter, Mere, Deduce, Rationed, Mangers, Steep, Ran, Mists, Let, Emit, Lest, Adhered, Lashing, Even, Rags, Lea, Tired, Wan, Aster, Bondage, Sputters. Petals. Turf, Adore, Tree, Argues, Moralist, Reel, Testy, East. DOWN. —Sped, Arrested, Gird, Assume, Widen, One, Retreat, Sorts, Admonish, Seen, Parent, Sled, Earn, Capered, Grid, Slant, Ether, Message, Stilt, Sugar, Men, Lag, Eventful, Land, Needless, Ransoms, Impure, Word. Settle, Beast, Apery, Star, Urge, Aria, Sett, Rot. (w)