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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 38, 14 February 1945, Page 9

ACROSS s—What Is this is not known. (6) B—A sound painter, evidently. (8) 9—Some seers consider there are grounds whs this should be looked into. (6) 10 —It Is not what it seemed. (8) 11—There's an opening for the use of this word if one puts nothing In its place. (6) 12—The men In this habitation are fixed In opinion. (8) 15—An additional proposition that mounts up. (5) 16—Any schoolboy will tell you that this kind oi book is not about games. (8) 19—The fall sees it strung up and beaten. (8) 24—a deed so vile it is not easy to find a match for It. (5) 27—Abrogated, and again given resounding eflect. (8) 28—Not as bad as It was. (6) 29—Even, so slow a speed is a distinct tax In, a way. (Two words—4. 4) 30—This seems to suggest that in prei - Christian times people minded their own business. (6) 31—The Egyptian worship of the sacred bull, lor example. (8) 3a— Uncannily serpentine. (6) .._, 17—A bit thin, and might be cooked a bit more. DOWN (q\ I—Retreat started by one of the fair sex. (7) 18—The this in 31 across might be the middle 4lTwiu*«sSS»lW* :>r some outstanding bit* 22-The whoa-of ww ™"<" « m » let « «- AST* of %e.cr**in*. (7, li"«h. entertainment 6—Aβ 11 across ezl» be: (7) ™ r£r~ n r*,,r,li iriiiw for some poor sap! (7) £&&?£ SaWi. & "Turned out coming women cln make a hash of it. (4) 26-Where the bee sucks. (7)

TUESDAY'S (FEBKUAKT IS) SOLUTION ■ Across —1 Vademecum, 6 Crowd, 9 Wolfram, 10 Short of, 11 Left, 12 Novel, 13 Fair. 16 AH square, 18 Often. 19 Polka. 21 Porbeagle. 23 Ramp, 24 Creep. 28 Calf. 30 Turning, 31 Bunting, 32 Sheik, 33 Scrap-iron. Down—l Vowel, 2 Dolelul, 3 Mark, 4 Cameo, 5 Musketeer, 6 Chop, 7 Outlast, 8 Deference, 14 Squat, 15 Doyen, Iβ Apparatus, 17 Asparagus. 20 Lamerie, 22 Glazier, 29 Ember, 27 Fagin, 28 Link, 23 Snip.