Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32778, 1 December 1971, Page 30

Crossword puzzle

\aois 1— Thought I’d get an early start. (4) 8— Expelled from the army band? (7, 3) 9 Remove a summary. (8) 10— Merit unusually near. (4) 12— Fluster and hurry at the same time? (6) 14— Even barren ground does sometimes, if one fights it hard enough! (6) 15— These creepers may be poisonous. (6) 17— Mail for a landlord. (6) 18— Like those years when you rely on others for support? (4) 19— Two girls useful in the kitchen. (8) 21— Be too tired to keep up? (4, 6) 22 Wise man in season. (4) Down 2 Yet she may be fairly talkative! (4, 6) 3 It may be seen under an old copper mine entrance. (4) 4 After a quick start it’s not difficult to be unsettled. (6) 5 In which to find a forger’s block? (6) 6 Supporter likely to maintain contact. (8) 7 Make a hit unexpectedly. (4) 11— A fishy diversion. (3, 7) 13— Don’t leave out! (8) 16— Emphasise, in a manner of speaking. (6) 17— Attend in a silent way. (6) 18— Felt confused and didn’t stay. (4) 20— For centuries they ignored America. (4) (Solution Tomorrow) (Yesterday’s Solution) Across: 7, Acute; 8, Isolate; 9, Trainer, 10, Extra; 12, Court-house; 15, Sequesters; 18, Smart; 19, Ailment; 21, Stirrup; 22, Mango. Down: 1, Mattresses; 2, Mural; 3, Tern; 4, Mirror; 5, Together, 6, Cast out; 11, Aberration; 13, Overturn; 14, Squalid; 16, Tramps: 17, Feint; 20, Limb.