Crossword Puzzle

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32253, 23 March 1970, Page 28

Crossword Puzzle

Across 1— Stay well away from work! (8) 5 A letter is itself sent back from the continent. (4) 9—lssue a period return. (4) 10— Fit as a lithe cat might be. (8) 11— Entangle wool and express displeasure. (5) 12— Bitterly continues a row with the French. (7) 13— Paper clip, perhaps, to keep things secure. (5, 8) 18— It’s quite fair to sing about wine. (8) 19— Birds can do it with their eyes shut. (4) 20— He’s particular about his fare. (7) 21— A cleansing operation partly under water. (5) 22 Ties for position. (4) 23 Supporters of horse-riders. (8) Down 2 She gives patient advice on social problems. (7) 3 Restricts in rents perhaps. (7) 4 Go into a tent containing main ingredients for amusement (13) 6 Prepared scheme—for winning a game of tennis? (3. 4) 7 He charges a couple of hundred to the employer. (7) 8— It plays a starring role but doesn’t shine. (6) 13— Have the company of constables on a ship. (7) 14— i will be bound to feature a lot in his conversation. (7) 15— Leave to expound? (3, 3) 16— Authorise a backward Middle East nation. (7) 17— Balances used in eleven supermarkets. (5, 2) (Solution Tomorrow) Saturday’s Solution Across: 1, Repose: 4, Passed: 9, Paying tribute; 10. Ash-tray: 11, Badge; 12, March; 14, Means; 18, Leave; 19. Thimble; 21, Trysting-place; 22, Detest; 23, Blades. Down: 1, Replay; 2, Psycho-analyst: 3, Senor; o, Amiable: 6, Sounding-board: 7, Diesel; 8, Stays; 13, Creates; 15, Slated: 16, Atone; 17, Defers; 20, Impel.