CROSSWORD PUZZLE
CLUES Across: 1 disgusting. 7 replete. 13 grumpy, sour. 14 on. 15 parcel out, serve. 16 legumes. - 19 grain. 22 packets. 24 please turn over. 25 negative reply. 26 wet earth. 27 extreme dislike. 28 a catch. 30 the morning. 31 the time after mid-day. 33 precious metal. 35 toast is best when it is like this. 37 a shortened electricity term. 38 in a certain place, preposition to show exact position. 39" —is long, life is short," Latin maxim. 41 respects. 44 hold in awe and reverence. 47 An Indian matting. 48 not any. 50 is ill or sickly. 52 a game played on horseback. 53 the study of the influence of the stars on a person's life. 54 holds back, delays. Down: 1 a poem. 2 a jot. 4 begin legal proceedings against anyone. 5 alternative conjunction. 6 at any time. 7 assembly of clergy. 8 towards. 9 incorporated (abbreviated). 10 pace. 11 battlements. 12 time, period. 15 one who manages. 16 not good. 17 one who studies atoms, 18 a small bit. 20 ages. 22 one who receives a legacy. 22 a cow chews this. 23 problem in arithmetic. 29 a division of human beings into races; an Eastern European race. 30 present tense of to be. 32 printer s measurement. 34 dismal. 36 staring, having the quality of a stare. 37 a girl's name.. 40 three players. 42 engrave. 43 part in a play. 45 half the size of 32 down. 46 "give him an inch and he'll take an (proverb). 48 jerk of head. 49 neither —; either —. 51 in this way; thus. 52 postal note (abbreviated).
SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK'S CROSSWORD PUZZLE Across: 1 pretence. 8 effusive. 14 oar. 15 all. 16 lea. 17 ore. 18 curve. 19 pullman. 20 bank. 22 ogle. 23 etui. 24 messenger. 26 sourest. 27 allegro. 32 paragraph. 37 coax. 38 able. 39 twit. 40 oerleap. 44 noun, 45 err. 46 use. 47 R.S.A. 48 gum. 49 ordained. 50 athletes. Down: 2 rouge. 3 earls. 4 trees. 5 nap. 6 clung. 7 ell. 8 elm, 9 feats 10 fan. 11 sober. 12 irate. 13 Venus. 18 compact. 21 kitchen. 25 rip. 28 lower. 29 laird. 30 extra. 31 obese. 32 roast. 34 range. <SS about. 36 plume. 40 O.U.N. 41 red. 42 era. 43 pah.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22073, 22 April 1937, Page 3 (Supplement)
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