CROSSWORD PUZZLE NO. 20

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23053, 22 June 1940, Page 15

CROSSWORD PUZZLE NO. 20

[Specially Prepared for “The Press.”! (By F.J.8.)

CLUES

ACROSS ■l. Quack (10). 6. Depression in mountain-chain (3). 9. Defence in suspecting again? (7). 11. Of a quality unavoidably present in a grin (7). 12. Crooked (4). 13. “And the flung spray and the blown and the sea-gulls crying”— Masefield (5). 14. Take away from a hidden traveller (4). 17. Is Ely an abode of bliss? (7). 19. Swine-like mammal (5). 20. Turn one who boldly asked for a return (5). 21. Jihad (7). 23. Smart (4). 24. Timely appearances? (5). 26. “There came to the beach a poor exile of ” —Campbell (4). 29. Make 9 across rudely intervene (7). 30. Ornamental tablets (7). 31. “ ■ pined in thought, and . . . sat. like Patience on a monument” —Twelfth Night (3). 32. Alright, hop! (anag.) (10). DOWN 2. Dry set of traditions and facts, but set out methodically (7). 3. Common sense (4). 4. It’s obvious I’m found in a coma in a taxi (9). 5. Barrels, not of small guns (4). 6. Verse too makes it an accurate reference (7). 7. Equipment of distance runners (410). The solution will aj

8. To strain one man (anag.) (14). 10. Outlet for 5 down (3). ,15. Half a semibreve (5). 16. Speaker possessed of 7 down would this (5). 18. Men turn it, the inner man uses is (9). 20. Let this give the warning. “Nem® me impune lacessit” (7). 22. For creating a vacuum (3-4). 25. “Here rests his head upon the of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown”—Gray (3). 27. Make into hot drink (4). 28. “None but the brave deserves th® ” —Dryden (4).

SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD NO. IS. ippear next Saturday.