Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32430, 17 October 1970, Page 48

Crossword puzzle

Across I—lt’s more easily made by a pop-singer than an athlete. (6) 4 Do come back after a journey on three legs! (6) 9 Reply a comment makes fitting. (13) 10— In favour of mixed sets of woods. (7) 11— Language used in telling one off? (5) 12— Employing a piece of dubious ingenuity. (5) 14— Fit girl given body-building exercises. (5) 18— Best part of a mediocre amethyst. (5) 19— Not only artists draw in this way! (7) 21— String reasons together somehow for breaking the law. (13) 22 Where Sylvia holds a belief to the contrary. (6) 23 Formed an industrial union? (6) Down 1— Fierce commotion on the Brazilian coast. (6) 2 Condensed tune, possibly piped. (10, 3) 3 Baker’s lists? (5) 5 Was the first to go after a row becomes embittered. (7) 6 Good diction maybe, but it can cause offence. (5, 8) 7 Doctor, with conservative backing, is damaging. (3, 3) 8— Accumulate a great amount. (5) 13— It’s just retribution. (7) 15— Caledonian spirit (6) 16— Couples from Paris. (5) 17— Made up for having the date wrong on the inside. (6) 20— Discrimination cannibals appreciate in people. (5) (Solution on Monday) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Abbreviation; 7, Hoard; 8, Awash; 9, Rue; 10, Aggressor; 11, Health; 12, Emetic; 15, Uncertain; 17, Air; 18, Henna; 19, Masks; 21, Love interest. Down: 1, Afterthought; 2, Era; 3, Indigo; 4, Tradesmen; 5, Opals; 6, Short circuit; 7, Hyena; 10,

Alternate; 13, Tears; 14, Layman; 16, Congo; 20, See.