"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 33, 9 February 1939, Page 26

"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

ACROSS. I—Advice1 —Advice not to be so calm ie really to muddle (8). s—lt becomes serious if thie wine runs •hort (6).

TESTS FOR OUR READERS.

9— Coverings, for human beings perhaps 10 ~ fv) attraction to a stalker perhape 12—Given a second drink yet went away

14—Vessels in 6 down (5). 15—This ie often obeerved in the middle of a berry (3). 16—Flower of late summer (6). 18—To be observed in a green terraced lawn (o). 21—This is a help to the cabinetmaker though it might atop his work (5). 22-One essential of life (6). **— One of the farmer's flock (3). hounds hke a certain European to think fit (5). 2&-Find out beyond all doubt (9). 2a~*£ ls fuggests exchange (6). The altruistic get this by giving it (8). •»—One muet take care at first to do this to a boat (6). 34—The quantity determined is certain in an old drink (8). DOWN. 1_ v r j*!? CTe arbour s »n this part of New xork? (6). 2—Ghost (6). 3—Passage of time (5). eZsufi o£ , the heron fama y < 5 )- of the boxer not of the jeweller I~Si encn Pbfloeoplrical writer (8). B—These guarantors make certain attachments (8). 11 —Tl" 8 thought needs half a century to reach perfection (4). 13—Tree (3). 17—The addition that would annoy an old i<l m^? d in * ceneu » form (9). 18-lhesort of point is of interest to the scholarly only (8). 20—You will find this container is in a noree'e pace (8). 22— English river that sounds like part of many another (4). 23—This is more found in poetrv (3). of the cat tribe (6). " ■n>— Ihe friend here may not be poor (two words—2, 4). " 29—Prima donna (5). 30—An anchorage though also found on land (o). (HF9)

There are 10.000.000 families in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Last year the jrross earnings were £3.530.000 : 000. The average net income was £250 per family.