Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32525, 8 February 1971, Page 24

Crossword puzzle

Across 1— Mother and son lead disorderly riot—that’s awkward! (9) 8— Two refineries containing raw material. (3) 9 Distortion of French structure. (11) 11 and 12 Across.—On the way to North Africa, like Webster’s dictionary! (7, 5) 12— See 11 Across. 13— The standard written by nearly everybody is quite ordinary. (6) 15— A place of assembly for service-men? (6) 17— Don’t leave any space round the right piece of decoration. (5) 18— More than one political faction that is in pieces. (7) u 20— Are such expressions made up of love-letters? (11) 22 Put a thick black coat on. (3) 23 Inconsistency in calculation that could put Paris in a tidy mess! (9) Down 2 You and I subordinated to a feeling of respectful wonderment. (3) 3 Accomplish endlessly rich kind of architecture. (5) 4 A figure of speech? (6) 5 Handy attachment for the sewer. (7) 6 The amount that is eaten produces serious disease. (11) 7 He has the place to send the hat. (4-5) 10— They don’t necessarily get a light sentence! (4-7) 11 — Declaration of intent to reveal nothing. (9) 14— Referred to lad involved with duel. (7) 16— Blow father up—causes great dismay. (6) 19— What some trippers do, coming from Burma. (5) 21— A little one can be distinguished among eight others. (3) (Solution tomorrow) Saturday’s solution Across: 7, Clever; 8, Adroit; 10, Arrange; 11, Start; 12, Chap; 13, Added; 17, Bring; 18, Mere; 22, Lines; 23, Advance; 24, Shaken; 25, Grieve. Down: 1, Scratch; 2, Hearsay; 3, Penny; 4, Odyssey; 5, Roman; 6, State; 9, Lend an ear; 14, Pressed; 15, Leander; 16, Deleted; 19, Blush; 20, On tap; 21, Every.