Crossword Puzzle
Across I—Clean down. (5) 4—Naming a price—in inverted commas? (7) 8— The attendant’s not responsible for it (7) 9 I shut up about the demand. (5) 10— Killed—and swing for it! (4) 11— Spare men. (8) 13— Dog—or part of one. (4) 14— Shipping service used by fishermen. (4) 15— Something that is natural hard to play for a dance. (8) 17— Become engaged in some shady business. (4) 20— In dire need of a name. (5) 21— Reduce the charge. (7) 22 Give one the right to call. (7) 23 Only about five to do this puzzle? (5) Down 1— Acts spiritedly, but courts disaster. (5, 4,4) 2 Happen to come later. (5) 3 Women in retreat. (4) 4 After a quick start it’s simple to be unsettled. (6) 5 One way to obtain goods without paying. (2,6) 6 Fancy one taking a drink in the Middle East. (7) 7 You’ll be lucky to win one of them. (5, 2,6) 12— Word that might be mis-spelt, though the easiest. (8) 13— It’s wrong to take chaps in to torture. (7) 15—Red Indian dancer? (6) 18 — Turn out a bad scholar? (5) 19— The French ship is smaller. (4) (Solution Tomorrow) Yesterday’s Solution Across: 3, Ordinance: 8. Eats: 9. Interpose; 10, So-long: 11, Using; 14, Get-up; 15, Deaf: 16, Trams: 18. Nick; 20, Tithe; 21, Snipe; 24, Anklet; 25, Timepiece: 26, Otto: 27. Red setter. Down: 1, Newsagent: 2, Athletics: 4, Rung; 5, Ideas; 6, Append: 7, Cast: 9, Inapt; 11, Usage; 12, Gentility; 13, Affection: 17, Stone; 19, Kneels; 22, Paint; 23, Side; 24, Ache.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32274, 17 April 1970, Page 22
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268Crossword Puzzle Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32274, 17 April 1970, Page 22
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