"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 154, 1 July 1936, Page 16

"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

ACROSS. I—How could such a fence be expected to retain its colour? 4—This kind of heir has. not necessarily a Welsh father. 10—Fruit only for fish. 11—How Rosie is changed! 12—Pull with a jerk. 13—People who repeat themselves. 15 —The final phase of this crime might decide whether it has been committed or not. 16—Refuse a fall in price. 18—Peewit. 20—Mortal stricken in years was in control. 21—A bounder at Wimbledon (two words'). 23 —The twisted tail of 22 down. 26 —One-horse-power, apparently. 27—Surely his business is a key industry. 28—Late in the day. 29 Where the absent-minded bookkeeper posted the letter. DOWN. I—Pay about a guinea in a state of utter helplessness. 2 —lf Newton had watched a sweet like this, would he have arrived sooner at his theory of gravity? 3— — Multiplied by itself. s—An excuse, Edward, as a kilt is. 6—A charitable gift with fragrance is growing up. 7 —He is never really at home. B—Part of a foreigner known to house maid and lancer (two words). 9 —Verse from an American writer with effort. 14 —More than generous.

Tests For Our Readers.

15—A chum served up on a festive board o Pleasant to the taste. Such a toe-nail seems to be going the wrong way. 19—What the turkey did. 20—Active ill-will. Scandinavian but might easily become Spanish. At the end of one's tether. 25—Carelessly-framed lies. (b)

TUESDAY'S SOLUTION

ACROSS. Good, Fetch, Bird, Apparel, Referee Spar, Waver, Loaf, Poles, Womanly, Dower, Net, Sea, Laden, Terse, o Vl °'o ' eem > Rot. Decides, Asp, Arid, hun, Sour Tacit, Revel, Spy, Saw, Dates, Covered, Scrub, Area, Limit, Ripe, Rissole, Solaces, Date, Strew, Pert. DOWN—Gasp, Oppose, Opal, Dared, rew, Llated, Crew, Heron, Belated, Iron, Realises, Defy, Solid, Met, Wages. Refined, Sprat, Attic, Nod, Rears, Empty, Beset, Oratorio, Cur, Sales, Disease, Tar, tw S V Pau £ el \ W ells > Scrap Card, Vest, Diet, Rice, Best, Tow. ( a )