Crossword Puzzle

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31830, 7 November 1968, Page 22

Crossword Puzzle

Across 3 It’s rash to trifle with writer about Tess. (9) 8— Weapons which may be thrown out in disgust. (4) 9 Without a game because can’t be beaten? (9) 10— Supreme happiness would result if he lost his head in the harbour! (6) 11— Jeer at loud bumpkin. (5) 14— United Nations take charge of association. (5) 15— As you were once called in the Orient (4) 16— Parts cannot be taken impartially. (5) 18— Fast on loan. (4) 20— Prig is soft and uncultured. (5) 21— Vagabond catches many in snare. (5) 24 Does she treat men patients as brothers’ (6) 25 Giving top quality when in debt. (9) 26 Cain could be a native of South America. (4) 27 Leave the witness-box: the platform has collapsed! (5, 4) Down 1— Beat completely while lacking confidence. (9) 2 lam undergoing treatment for being unable to wait. (9) 4 Nothing went quickly in North African port. (4) 5 Odd call about nothing and peculiar to one place. (5) 6 Innings ended at full speed. (3, 3) 7 Mark of punctuation signifying verve? (4) 9—lntends to provide resources. (5) 11— Given plenty of food, but still bored. (3, 2) 12— Forcing corrosion into object. (9) 13— Listens in actual practice. (9) 17— Grips small shoot (5) 19— Sea-god weighing 67201 b? (6) 22 Cut the grass while doctor got married. (5) 23 A tendency to being crooked? (4) 24 The south at present is getting wintry weather. (4) (Solution Tomorrow) Yesterday’s Solution Across: 1, Muff; 3, Defences; 8, Rout; 9, Compared; 11, Intermission; 13, Adrift; 14, Stroll; 17, Contemporary; 20, Drawback; 21, Dido; 22, Suspense; 23, Onus. Down: 1, Marginal; 2, Flutter; 4, Exotic; 5, Exposition; 6, Cargo; 7, Side; 10, Profitable; 12, Playboys; 15, Oration; 16, Smacks; 18, Opals; 19, Odds.