CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28198, 9 February 1957, Page 6

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

[BY

SIMON]

ACROSS I—The place—or method—for breaking in a raw recruit. (4-4) 6— What Methuselah was long in. (5) 10— Could this noise be made to end in a toot? (10) 11— Less this, Brighton would be unequalled, apparently. (4> 13— The funny-bone comes down to earth without a sign of hesitation. (5) 14 — This may be the quality of a snore though it’s nice without me at the end. (9) 15— A sea term for a modern vessel. (7) 16— Apparently this business depends on sex. (6) 20— A brand of oil that should reach the top. (6) 21— Hardy heroine pursues an American writer for another one. (7) 24—The main clue is found disaranged around the north point—possibly from the Pole star. (9) 26 — The kingdom of a real monarchy. <5) 27 It is found in one tiny atom initially. (4» 28 — The place for a prison dispute? (10)

29 A visitor who has apparently been the subject of speculation. (5) 30— In this place nervous movements betray recusants. (8) DOWN: 2 The last word—or else! •8* 3 A suitable epithet for a veteran guardsman. (4-8) 4 Doctors who work in shifts? (8) 5 Ornithological complaint? <6> 7 The cause of many a star’s tears. (5) 8— A description of a hacK speaker who has gone on too long? (8) 9 A state where apparently I once owned a garden implement. (5) 12—Sir Lancelot out on the tiles? (6-6) 17— A losing act may engender this feeling. (9) 18— Not a leisure period in school by any means. (8) 19— Does he take the bull by the horns in learning to read or write? (8) 22 The equivalent of a feast. 23 If this showed for ever, traffic would be in a tangle. <5) 25—A joint crown in the church’ (5)

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