"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 284, 29 November 1940, Page 9

"STAR" CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

ACROSS. I—This should take one back a few years! (12). 9—Too much of this may have a poor result lor one (7). 10—A source of stimulation for the troops (7). 11—Old party hardly suitable to celebrate victory (4). 13—He is out of his element in his work (5). 13—This fish beheaded has one spot only (4). 16—A loyal toast (two words —3, 4). 17—Too much of a good thing! (7). 18—Only a small bit of the work (7). 21 —Fare on safari perhaps, but a bit dry (7). 23—Not a topping conceit (4). 24—The sailor who owns it must like a blow (5). 25—A bit of bad Italian (4). 28—A gusher perhaps (7). 29—Town in U.S. (7). 30 —National song (four words—3. 2. 3, 4).

DOWN. I—A decided break (7). 2—Vessel hardly worth giving away (4). 3—A steady breeze isn't this (7). 4—Uncle and ourselves make something to txxlld on (7). s—The array would call It an AJ.V. (4). 6—Act with heart of age (7). 7—This may follow the cry *'I spy strangers" (two words—6, 7). B—Looking into things, but place capital first (13). 14—May be above a bishop (8). 15—Fish not found in itself beheaded, probably (5). 18—A squiggly literary appendix (7). 20—Not a little building but a cutting gauge (7). 21—One must supply the sole pressure that makes this po (7). 22—One of the veterans (two words—3, 4). 26—A mere nothing (4). 27—Not a silent star (4). (FN29)