Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32587, 22 April 1971, Page 32

Crossword puzzle

Across 4 Teaches one way to confiscate. (7) 8— Made sure your slip wasn’t showing? (6) 9 I’d note a friend in the best possible way. (7) 10— Swedish girl riding in unusual fashion? (6) 11— Yet they may be hits with the boys. (6) 12— Drink from the basin. (8) 18— If done it might be reported. (8) 20— A sailor told to go away. (6) 21— Base Shakesperian character. (6) 22 Little of the courts time is taken by this group of dissipated people. (4, 3) 23 Standard pen has a point on. (6) 24 The very opposite in the matter of poetry. (7) Down 1— She persuaded her admirer to take a short cut! (7) 2 Bounty—and a big ship too! (7) 3 Possibly deigns to draw. (6) 5 Sent about ten cents as a deposit (8) 6 Its passengers are always late. (6) 7 Slumbering, please disturb! (6) 13— They secure temporary occupation. (4-4) 14— Far from friendly? (7) 15— First male worker is resolute. (7) 16— A variety of bread to cause friction. (6) 17— Annoy with stinging words? (6) 19 — Did some evening work, perhaps. (6) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution

Across: 1, Dying breath; 9, Hew; 10, Signature; 11, Racks; 13, Another; 14, Strata; 16, Ararat; 18, Prairie; 19, Sugar, 20, Long after; 21, Rye; 22, Appointment. Down: 2, Yaw; 3, Noses; 4, Beggar; 5, Enamour; 6, Truth drug; 7, Short supply; 8, Secretaries; 12, Curtain up; 15, Tornado; 17, Beaten; 19, Strum; 21, Run.