Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32450, 10 November 1970, Page 34

Crossword puzzle

Across 1— Legal charges. (11) 9—Be too demonstrative, in play. (7) 10— He will have a small part in the next radio play. (5) 11— Valued trade, perhaps. (5) 12— View of spreadeagled stumps to a cricketer? (7) 13— In their own fields the French are unbeatable! (6) 15— Providing a faultless tea-service may be a problem! (6) 18— Key cricketers? (7) 20— Headless spade makes a poor shelter. (5) 22 An attic above. (5) 23 The rest of the navy used to depend on it. (7) 24 Occasion to be faced with resolution. (3, 5,3) Down 2 He may be found in a wrongful act! (5) 3 Honest comment on the cost of living? (2-3-2) 4 Battle suit. (6) 5 Nitre treated like nitrogen. (5) 6 Ideas could get son into trouble. (7) 7 Needy pupil who finds the going hard? (4, 7) 8— Heavens, it does look fishy! (8, 3) 14— One name for a transplanted flower. (7) 16— Gets out of a grave position. (7) 17 — Complaint about Ma’s hat! (6) 19— Most of the men attempt to make an entrance. (5) 21— It’s a big fiddle! (5) (Solution Tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Careless; 5, Club; 9, Free; 10, Platoons; 11, Earth; 12, Noisome; 13, Secret passage; 18, Relation; 19, Owns; 20, Embrace; 21, Stem: 22, Heel; 23, Steadily. Down: 2, Air race; 3, Erector; 4, Silent protest; 6, Leonora; 7, Besiege; 8, Stairs; 13, Screech; 14, Calibre; 15, Extras; 16, Spotted; 17, General.