Crossword Puzzle

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32396, 8 September 1970, Page 24

Crossword Puzzle

Across 1— Skilled craftsmen? (11) 9—Game, and how to score in it (7) 10— People act foolishly in it (5) 11— Stone used to make an attack. (5) 12— Birds I hide in a ship. (7) 13— Attacked and bombed perhaps. (6) 15— A colourless individual. (6) 18— Take pains to produce inconvenience. (7) 20— Vessel carrying fuel from Loire. (5) 22 All right, a sanctimonious creature. (5) 23 Terminated the sitting, presumably. (5, 2) 24 Discerning writer and French sailor. (11) Down 2 Dislikes haste, perhaps. (5) 3 Money from pirates. (7) 4 Enjoy a flavour. (6) 5 Presents one’s natural talents. (5) 6 Ends of routes vary in merit (7) 7 News being made? (11) 8— It records world-shaking events. (11) 14— Rich fabric with an outstanding design. (7) 16— The prospect for a guardsman. (4, 3) 17— Woolworker is something of a problem. (6) 19— She’s a new member of a union. (5) 21— Like a ship taking a number to port. (5) (Solution Tomorrow) Yesterday’s Solution Across: 1, Penelope; 5, Spar; 9, Tsar; 10, Distinct; 11, Cache; 12, Hlicit; 13, Dentist’s chair; 18, Sea-fever; 19, Toss; 20, Animate; 21, Chair; 22, Nigh; 23, Skittles. Down: 2, Enslave: 3, Earshot; 4, Pain in the neck; 6. Panacea: 7, Rotator: 8, Italic; 13, Disdain; 14, Nearing; 15, Ice-man; 16, Hatchet; 17, Inspire.