"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 156, 3 July 1937, Page 14 (Supplement)

"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

TESTS FOR OUR READERS.

NOTE.—Thfe, figures In parentheses denote the number of letters in the words required.

12—A flower suggests that birds imitate cats (8). 14 —What a good judge must often be (6). 15 —Thoroughly examines an afterthought about dress (6). 19-—Smitten with four.cards inside (8). .21 —Wash with it, but don't drink it afterwards! (4). 23—Sausage, possibly, though it sounds like a part (4). 24 —Antony said it should be made of sterner stuff (8).

across! I—Bigl—Big lying in taunting style (8). s—Too big? Turn it round and'make a small one (4). ■ " - B—Wouldn't8 —Wouldn't the captain allot this place to the most popular guest? (hyphen, 4 and 4). 9 —There's something wrong when Mother goes in front of this woman (4). llt—Xliifl jriver_ is better then a jduck (4). - ,

25 —If yon hit your nail, you haven t got on to the right one (4). 26 —Though unknown to you, he is a murderer about fifty, but he is odder as he is (8). DOWN. I—lf1 —If a girl may have buoyant spirits, surely a boy may have this kind of courage (7). 2 —This town is not in the "Land of Cakes" (7). 3—The place to hold spectacles (41. 4 —Made of half double nothing and useful in the bath (6). B—A long walk is a necessity if you cram a thousand inside a vehicle (5). 7 —This functionary seems to offer an alternative to June (5). 10 —Go along the edge (5). 13 —Busy man's lunch (51. 16—Don't rail if this office doesn't issue library tickets (7). 17 —Turns the heads of the nuts (7). 18 —He certainly keeps himself to himself 19 —Misplaced trust (5). 20—What the U.S.A. became without a pub in it (5). 22—Assist a stage opera with an appropriate overture (4). (a 21)

THURCDAY'S SOLUTION—(a 26).

ACROSS. —Anchorite, Neap, Fancy Fair, Bull, Trill, Anthem, Ealing, Intern, Chores, Sabre, Holio, Arkwright, Nine, Awe-struck. " '.DOWN. —Noah, Hack, Reform, Trifle, Pecuniary, Apologise, Famishing, Stitching, Tears, Lathe, Narrow, Crowds, Liar, Chic.