Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32568, 30 March 1971, Page 28

Crossword puzzle

Across * I—The value that cosmetics have? (4) 3 Sedan porters of importance at formal meetings. (8) 9—Superlatively endowed. (7) 10— This kind of ship is not necessarily unladen. (5) 11— Timid to the core. (5-7) 13— Branch of philosophy that could be his etc. (6) 15— Father gets the part—it offers a certain amount of freedom. (6) 17— They are made by organisers for organists, maybe. (12) 20— Article of the month in Gazette. (5) 21 — Forgetfulness is a mean disorder. (7) 22 A priest is disturbed about a hanger-on. (8) 23 Sort the letters in the press. (4) Down 1— They help to support the animal, and are more than a yard long, we hear. (8) 2 Some of the dramatic action seen in the desert. (5) 4 He provides suitable cover for your capital. (6) 5 If I suffer from this, I will shortly need medical attention. (3-9) 6 The engine component is an attractive piece and nothing more. (7) 7 It’s used in piano teaching. (4) 8— They’re likely to go up alarmingly, but they’re not the prices demanded by a plumber! (5-7) 12— Manage to alter someone’s conviction. (8) 14— One who constantly annoys the long-distance runner. (7) 16— Open-mouthed at shocking gash inside. (6) 18— Unpleasant street can be seen in the negative. (5) 19— Shoots up to prevent progress. (4) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 6, Inherit; 7, Norma; 9, First; 10, Cabinet; 12, Information; 14, Saintliness; 18, Flogged; 19. Brief; 21, Quits; 22, Goliath. Down: 1, Snail; 2, Gets on; 3, Tip; 4, Soviet; 5. Emperor; 8, Raiment; 11, Coalmen; 13, Fall out; 15, Nights; 16, Sortie; 17, Delta; 20, Top.