"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 223, 20 September 1938, Page 19

"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

TESTS FOR OUR READERS.

ACROSS. I—lce dangers are apparently becoming less. ft—lg twice repeated for an Egyptian goddess. o—lf they lout their pen they would find work on the road. 10 —Level space. 12—May be peered—Thi* is comparatively hard to fathom. 13—Silent, in a way, to join wp. 16—One who ie paid to be dictated to. 19—Wine an election, it seems, for an Old Master. 24—Range—Part of it ie here. 25—Out of this you may be stumped. 28—Still part of 1907. 29—One tell* it, for a change, to the tot* 30—Mixed salt will suffice here. 31—Frequently mixed by a type dealer. DOWN. I—One fish in an English river—Decipher this! 2—Opera for driven? 3 —Component part. 4—Famous fiddler. 7—The reverse of ekill in vision is * direct clue here. B—Talks superficially of subject in a steamship. 11—Feminine coin. ' 14—Curtailing a tin-god reveals the makeup of this gold mass. 15—Red-hot. 17—Iβ removed from poaching. 18—If curtailed, these boats would not be so heavy. 20—Certain complication of a trick 21—Article of dress. 22—What is prohibited Bounds like a company of melody-makers. 23—Contemptible. live differeßt lT i« bad. of. course. 27—Prevent* one from seeing dearly. (830)

MONDAY'S SOLUTION. (810)

Sir Walter Raleigh was responsible for introducing the potato into England. Before the thirteenth century forks were unknown in Europe.