CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28524, 1 March 1958, Page 10

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

(BY SIMON I

ACROSS

I—Lights that would not illumininate Hillary at present. (6, 8). 9 —Would a mixture of.balm suit this performer if he had too much fun beforehand? (11). 10— The doctor might include in a prescription of a safe exercise. * (3). 11— A monkey cross would reach the top. (4). 12— Even if disguised I can’t allay the suspicions of this type of mind. (10). 14—You could put a hundred or five hundred on the job of maintaining this enclosure. (6) 16—Too many mixed gins here might produce this look. (8). 19— Little Diana’s marriage if discordant might end up in the opposite. (8). 20— Would you say the gong for it would be sounded by one? (6) 22 Not even a brew of ale ties him. (10). 23 A tight bargain? (4). 26 Vichy water? (3). 27 A boxer who is this can fight on nevertheless. (11). 28— Those wishing to do it may square up on the day of reckoning. (6, 8).

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1— One who is this can fade if entangled in other directions. (9) 2 Cook . would mark its outstanding feature. (5) 3 One would hear us following when Cromwell got rid of it. (4) 4 According to liamlet there was one rub connected with it. (6) 5 Would a cross-grained liar rely on it for chaff? (8) 6 This is neat as a disguised figure of speech. (10) 7 If not nice complications may be serious. (9) *B—This up in a boat shows Welsh influence in the ascendant. (4) 13—A traffic circular? (10) 15—-If a hotel lacks patrons It should be converted to some other use of a different character (e.g. this). (9) 17 — Four people naturally would expect eight ears to be these. (9) 18— Permit en route may be a chancy affair. (8) 21 — The effect of attics on life is scarcely this. (6) 22 This is a goat that could be among nine. (4) 24 One from abroad that has a legal hold. (5) 25 — If a dog should sound often, don’t soften, but rather this. (4)