"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 170, 20 July 1936, Page 15

"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

SATURDAY'S SOLUTION (1698).

ACROSS. I—Oldest. 36—Ledge. 7—Fly-catchers. 37 Ja."S. 13—Pipe. 12~?, Ilsse . s -, 14—Tattle. 43—Roguish. ]5 Issue 44—Consumes. 16—Entrap. 46—Rhythm. 17—Backslide. 47-lorays. 18—Grounds. 49—Stern. 19—Stand. 52—Scatter. 21 —Profound. Bod}'. 22—Gives. 55—Generous. 23—Pierce. 56—Prevalent. 26—Girdle. 57—Always. 28—Post. 58—Flat. 30—Tyrant. 59—Existed. 32—Looked up and 60—Leaves. down. 61 —Thin. 34 —Burden. DOWN. I—Bombarded. 28 —Beat. -2 Tint. 29—Prise. 3—Agrees. 31—Air. 4—Glass. 33—Bangs. o Lark. 35—Alarms. G—Walks. 37—Hung. 7 Emphasises. 38 —Writers. B—R' nd -. 39—Night light. 9—Unernng. 41—Guided. 10—Ruler. 42—Farmer, no r., 10p . e U P- 45—Blockades. 12—Trod. 48—Live. 20—Vein. 50—Split. 22 Hag. 51 —Absolute. 24—Not ever. 52—Tar. 25—Era. 53—Stitched. 27—Greet. 54 —Worry. (1699) I

Tests For Our Readers.

Lord Tennyson never made mistakes in astronomy like the error of Coleridge, f who placed a star within the crescent of the new moon. That is impossible. Although we cannot see the rest of the moon, it ic» all there, and it shuts out the view of any stars that may be behind. Tennyson kept himself right by making a point of always consulting the Astronomer Royal when h e W**P. e posing to write anything desert i skies. mk m