Crossword Puzzle

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31857, 9 December 1968, Page 26

Crossword Puzzle

Across 6 Filch half this in secrecy. (7) 7 Dish as returned to boy. (5) 9—Note final explosive result. (5) 10— One letter brings underwear. (7) 12— Reigning—not he, not her, possibly. (2,3, 6) 14— Twice from Holland? That’s incomprehensible talk! (6-5) 18— I stared with legs apart. (7) 19— Woo in royal fashion? (5) 21— A shout returned in the passage. (5) 22 Ruler given to vice is dying. (7) Down 1— Liquor apparatus isn’t working. (5) 2 Tutor swallows a manuscript and gets a plum! (6) 3 Had a bite in that eating-house. (3) 4 Many show resentment to their peril. (6) 5 Put a call out for a worker at the show. (7) 8— South American city, as far as we’re concerned, is full of wild revelry. (7) 11— Take fibres from red hats. (7) 13— Study the only comfort (7) 15— Presumably he’s involved in many a close shave. (6) 16— Criminals held by bishops? (6) 17— Somebody is under the doctor—he won’t work! (5) 20— A row which takes half the meal. (3) (Solution Tomorrow) Saturday’s Solution Across: 1, Behindhand; 7, Eclat: 8, Minster; 10, Newsreel: 11, Kind; 13, Stitch; 15, Averse; 17, Alps; 18, Scorcher; 21, Look-out; 22, Linen; 23, Lead the way. Down: 1, Below; 2, Hat-trick; 3, Number; 4, Hand; 5. Nattier; 6, Tennis-ball; 9, Red herring; 12, Overflow; 14, Improve; 16, Scotch; 19, Handy; 20, Ford.