STAR CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 211, 6 September 1941, Page 10

STAR CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS I—What bone suggests » possible order at word drill? (13) 19—Absorb, perhaps monopolise (7) 11—Exemplary (7) 13—Soma clothing one might expect to get In Bond Street (4) 13—Motorists agree that this crossing la often optlmlatlcally named (5) 14—Sailors know that with the hands this fish is • welcome sign (4) 17—Incorrect material for a nice tax (7) 18—To be seen on a penny but not on a florin (7) 19—A s-hoolboy finds this to do in the upper forms (7) 33—An old belt sounding suggestive of the farmer's unthatched store (7) 34—An unwise symptom of illness often (4) 35—Money in the till to start the day (5) 26—River at the head ot a ravine in India (4) 3S—Some troops (or mall?) (7) 30—The favourite author of many (7) 31—Aristocratic description of many a water supply (13) DOWN 2—This tends to do away with some 111 feeling (7) 3—Complete part of a coupon (4) 4—What the noes do (7) •—There's no disgrace when the drums beat this (7)

•—ls this European specially fitted for nursery work? (4) 7—Proclaim at some customs perhaps (7) B—Someone apparently rather cocksure (two words—7, 6) 9—Were these Olrton ladles cf old the reward lor undergraduate athletic distinction? (13) 15—Theatre or vegetable (6) 16—Feminine 27 down (5) 20—Badge that might be changed to trees (7) 21 —Of black and white origin probably (7) 22—An unwanted growth in gardens or farms (7) 23—Comprehend to sell (7) 27—Animal upset in 25 across (4) 28—A story to be seen in the picture palace (4) (FSS) THURSDAY'S (SEPTEMBER 4) SOLUTION Across.—l Old-fashioned. 8 Recital. 9 Big boom. 11 Nearing. 12 Tangier. 13 Hades. 14 Treachery. 16 Not scarce. 19 Shako. 21 Oak tree. 23 Cheer up. 24 Tooting. 25 Sustain. 26 Ready to serve. Down.—l Orchard. 2 Details. 3 Alligator. 4 Habit, 5 Organic, 6 Ebonite. 7 Branching out. 10 Merry company. 15 Exercises. 17 Take one, 18 carried,, 19 Spenser, 20 Air base. 22 Eight. (HS4)