"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 193, 15 August 1936, Page 10 (Supplement)

"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

1 • Tests for Our Readers. i

NOTE.—The figures in parentheses denote the number of letters in the words required.

ACROSS. 2—A shy creature in the limelight (two words) "(6, 5). t 9—A royal name should be to our good in France (7). 10—Inventor of the steam hammer (7). 11—That's all (5). 12—Make a splash at a resort in better surroundings (0). 13 —There is a short cut for him (4).

14—Rambling (10). > 18—Got in a hole (anag?.) (10). poet after execu tion and before (4). l 22—It sounds as though the labour of a pacifist is not paid for by the hour (9). 25—A hole in this (5). 26—Wealthy; but it is mostly a loan (7). ■ 27—A mischievous fellow as creditor is profane (7). 28—Sprite let go in the house (11).

DOWN. I—Sort of apple that weights heavily on one's chest? (7). 2 —This may be waxy without losing its hair (0). 3—Ship stone (6). 4 —There is a good return, according to the French, on heather (9). s—Just a line to say I'm up before the sun is (5). 6—Where one perhaps puts on airs (8). 7—There was corn here (5). B—Use horn to dismount (7L 15 —Pork on fire? (9), 16—Furthest in (9). 17—Sad woodland beauty? (8). 18—I coat pa with pudding (7). 20—Diana was of its people (7). 21—A place I'd help (6). 23—A fine carriage was a feature of this age (5). 24—A circuitous route in the extreme. (323) THURSDAY'S SOLUTION (322). \