Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32540, 25 February 1971, Page 24

Crossword puzzle

Across 3 On paper, it makes things look very black. (6, 3) 8— Advanced the time for sacrifice. (4) 9 Motorists won’t be slow to fall into it! (5-4) 10— Acts likes snakes or fawns. (6) 11— Plain net. (5) 14— Greets in chilly fashion? (5) 15— It’s only a superficial impression. (4) 16— Mohammedan lawyer in plain clothes. (5) 18— A strange tune for singing. (4) 20— Female of relative importance. (5) 21— Packs to haul on board. (5) 24 Affected by heat from the Red Sea. (6) 25 Gets control of ferries? (5, 4) 26 Mother gets in deep. (4) 27 The last opera turns out to have a rural theme. (9) Down 1— He’s stupid to obstruct the leader. (9) 2 Come in, it is not an infectious disease. (9) 4 Reel up with some drinks. (4) 5 It would be perfect if Delia came round. (5) 6 Fair comment? (3, 3) 7 Approach in fine array. (4) 9—A fit start, perhaps. (5) 11— They’re better on the wrists than on the ears. (5) 12— Trial from which the public is excluded. (9) 13— He waits for a job. (9) 17— A good shot but the winner lost a point. (5) 19— Doing nothing right in an examination (2,4) 22 He wants a hand. (5) 23 Heroic story in the news again. (4) 24 Close up of a swimmer. (4) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Gape; 3, Numbered; 8, Dais; 9, Stropped; 11, Put it bluntly; 13, Errand; 14, Trader; 17, Installation; 20, Homework; 21, Lien; 22, Hedonist; 23, Ogre. Down: 1, Godspeed; 2, Printer; 4, Untold; 5, Brown bread; 6, Repel; 7, Dodo; 10, Stand to win; 12, Ordnance; 15, Driving; 16, Alarms; 18, Nomad; 19, Shah. -