"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 306, 28 December 1939, Page 10

"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

ACROSS. I—Surely no one should get a cold reception at this entertainment (12) B—An artist backward in a failing makes another (7) to the point of rudeness (7) 12—With which May is associated in the nursery (4) 13—The Bame as the last (5) 14—This musical composer was the end of another (4) There e often some meaning in it when i Bee this bird flying (7) 18— The school-boy with his and ?hm.ng morning face" ("As You Like It ) (7) Distinctly an unsociable sort of person (7) He has strange powers of finding out the number in a dining-car apparently 24—One of the U.S. (4) 25—Applause for a villain (5) 26—Taunt (4) 29—Which R.A. made the place (7) 31—Artful bit of artist's work (7) 32—Would a joiner be good at making this, a matter of economical management? (three 4, 4) DOWN. I—Listen to a number to give encouragement (7) 2—Just a single bit of ammunition (4) 3—A levelling process in English-speaking countries and even in Germany (7) 4 —All an evergreen but the middle (7) s—One would expect "this kind of hammer to damage (4)

TESTS FOR OUR READERS.

6—Was originally quite snug, then was decapitated and at last upset (3) 7—What artist's name suggests an election result? (12) 10—Make Void (5) 11—Raising the spirits (12) 15—Ill-feeling permissible in a card game (5) 16—Term known to musicians and coopers (5) 20 —Those men used to carry my lady but now carry proposals f5) 21—Anagram of 1 down (7) 22—Tricky part of heraldic work perhaps (7) • 23—Town of England, Scotland and the Isle of Wight or the U.S. (7) 27—"Blistered be thy tongue for such " ("Romeo and Juliet") (4) 28—Name well known in the theatrical world (4) 30—You are not likely to see a flying this at Ross in Scotland (3) (HUB)