STAR CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 251, 23 October 1944, Page 7

STAR CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 6—Describes a Good Samaritan (13). B—A touch of affection mainly caused by anxiety (6). D—This used to bring prosperity to the Cornish coast: (B). 10—Time for one? Plenty! (3) 11—A puzzle for the eyes more than the brain (6). 12—Final (8). 14—Of these a month U proverbially a long time (7). 16—Process in cotton manufacture, not in distilling 20—"Idle dogs" (anag.) (then, make them shift!) (8). 23—In the soup? Vice versa (6). 24—A little sandhill perhaps 25—Describes the right way through the maze (8). 26 —The complainant at the Birds' Court? (6) 27—"Into S.E. Pacific" (anag.) (13).

DOWN I—"Canst thounot minister to a mind 1" ("Macbeth") (8). Z—The stepping stones by which one attains lame at 3 part of London that often got early motorists 4—This used to protect M.P.'s from fair distractions (6). s—The result of the A.A. battery's work (6). 6—Describes the commonplace (13). 7 —Someone not necessarily a know-all (two words —1, 6).

13—Palindrome lady (3). 15 —A single cribbase score but In put time (3). 17—Necessary to the whole (8). 18—But this won't make it unnecessary for the shepherd to "tell his tale" (8). 19—Drop (two words—3. 4). 21—Untidy odds and ends (5). 22—Indian 21 down (6).