Crossword Puzzle

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31986, 13 May 1969, Page 32

Crossword Puzzle

Across 1— A direct route provided immediately. (11) 9—Leave the cigar as it comes from the wrapper? (7) 10— A temple ornament? (5) 11— Material found in many London shops. (5) 12— What’s left from the rent-man. (7) 13— Let off steam and upset the editor. (6) 15— Show a drawing of the body. (6) 18— Saucy girl destined for the guard’s van. (7) 20— Just a short reconnaissance. (5) 22 Start off without a meal. (5) 23 I and a friend take it in to copy. (7) 24 Admit a hundred need information. (11) Down 2 Follow but walk wearily. (5) 3 A musical term, and a type of bet. (7) 4 People who obtain information with an effort. (6) 5 Emblem of the brave. (5) 6 Very hard worker supports a mother. (7) 7 The price of cleanliness? (7, 4) 8— Go on indefinitely, but always behind. (4, 3,4) 14— Fundamental shifting in cargo. (7) 16— Dynasty of pilots? (3-4) 17— Take another look at a critical report? (6) 19— Like a layer of wood. (5) 21— Sound as a bell? (5) (Solution Tomorrow) Yesterday’s Solution Across: 1, Estimate: 5, Ahem; 9, Auks; 10, Rebuilds; 11, Abbey; 12, Venison; 13, Dead certainty; 18, Marriage; 19, Ease; 20, Nostrum; 21, Staid; 22, Sash; 23, In Down: 2, Stumble: 3, Instead; 4, The average man; 6, Holds on; 7, Masonry: 8, Duenna: 13, Demands; 14, Arrests; 15, Criers; 16, Inertia; 17, Tossing.