Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32660, 16 July 1971, Page 22

Crossword puzzle

Across I—They need some capital to work on. (12) 7 A source of power for the southern side. (5) 8— Free fight—shelter me first. (5) 9 Almost ring for a vegetable. (3) 10— Sid backed, took part, and put on show. (9) 11— This consists of a sumptuous amount of consumer material. (6) 12— Air tension. (6) 15— He should know what’s been going on before! (9) 17— Some of the frail ladies in need of a doctor. (3) 18— Something wrong about the French is destroyed. (5) 19— Fur that comes in assorted bales. (5) 21—He measures the effect of earth-shaking events. (12) Down 1— The credit system is a more expensive transaction, we hear. (4-8) 2 Suitable fee. (3) 3 To cause an entanglement, she is involved with men. (6) 4 Not upset by unsophisticated fool. (9) 5 Recover from a series of strokes. (5) 6 No laggard this luminary. (7, 5) 7 Likely to cut a musical expression. (5) 10— Puts a lower value on percentage deductions. (9) 13— One kept in by a broken leg folding it easy to move. (5) 14— If set up like a company, it’s a failure. (6) 16— A graduated measure used for weighing. (5) 20— Show disapproval of unfinished literary work. (3) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 4, Dreamed; 8, Olives; 9, Astride; 10, Ration; 11, Desert; 12, Shortage; 18, Interest; 20, Solace; 21, Pull up; 22, Capital; 23, Seance; 24, Watered. Down: 1, Tourist; 2, Fiction; 3, Resort; 5, Resident; 6, Afresh; 7, Endure; 13, Alienate; 14, Decline; 15, Stopped: 16, Sonata; 17, Malice; 19, Etudes.