Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32788, 13 December 1971, Page 28

Crossword puzzle

Across 1— Hip seams split by stress. (8) 5 Slip of the lips, so to speak. (4) 9—Blue part of Mexican illustrative art. (4) 10— Satisfied the appetites of five hundred with sausage mash! (8) 11— Sharp, even when beheaded! (5) 12— It may mean a good deal to someone. (7) 13— Do they pour down on enemies in lightning attacks? (5-8) 18— A burglar or a horse-trainer does it (6, 2) 19— A spirit of the garden. (4) 20— Put on a finish to a subsidiary appendix. (7) 21— Booty apt to deteriorate? (5) 22 Those warned should take it (4) 23 Crimes puts one’s life in jeopardy. (8) Down 2 Feline deserving a detailed description! (4 3) 3 It’s worn with one’s arm inside. (7) 4 It’s showing a lack of respect in a junior. (13) 6 He doesn’t appreciate where .the coal goes. (7) 7 Know-alls get Dan in tempers. (7) 8— Size of a book or volume on love. (6) 13— A non-working day. (7) 14— Outstanding accounts will be. (7) 15— Compelling accomplishment? (6) 16— A little games enclosure. (7) 17— Concerning holding out in the normal course of events. (7) (Solution tomorrow) Saturday’s solution Across: 1, Scotch: 4, Causes; 9, Infant prodigy; 10, Leander; 11, Stern; 12, Adapt; 14, Idaho; 18, Hedge; 19, Treason: 21, Press one’s suit; 22, Losing; 23. Closed. Down: 1, Spills; 2, Offhandedness; 3, Caned; 5, Aroused; 6, Spikes his guns; 7, Saying; 8, Apart; 13, Press on; 15, Chapel; 16. Stand; 17, United; 20, Easel.