Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32846, 21 February 1972, Page 24

Crossword puzzle

Across 1— Look round for a way to throw a fight. (4, 5) 8— Ivan has a novel need for this garden tool. (3) 9— Valiant, but still open to further suspicion? (11) 11— Unusually earnest Oriental. (7) 12— Some of what he irresponsibly looked after belonged to them. (5) 13— State of perfection. (6) 15— How to march on foot. (6) 17— Females of relative importance. (5) 18— Pray, perhaps, after the treatment. (7) 20— Frozen to the core?- (4-7) 22— It’s often curtailed. (3) 23— Their charges will be small. (9)’ Down 2— Respect for a regal method of self-expression. (3) 3— Invective for a sailor to employ. (5) 4 — Very big to incline to port. (6)' 5— He comes from man’s highest state. (7) 6— Most actors probably hope for it! (3, 4,4) 7— It’s taught by one with worldly knowledge. (9) 10— Breaks off an engagement? (11) 11— Instruction which could result in getting cautioned. (9) 14— It helps to prevent ill-feeling among diabetics. (7) / 16— He may scratch a living. (6) 19— Get rid of unwanted letters. (5) 21— As before it’s used in poetry. (3) (Solution tomorrow) Saturday’s solution Across: 7. Retort; 8. Gospel; 10. Flatter; 11, Amiss; 12, Nous; 13, Spell; 17, Amuse; 18, Main; 22, Boast; 23, Offence; 24, Desert; 25, Hearts. Down: 1. Profane: 2, Stratum; 3, Grate; 4, Notable: 5, Split; 6. Clash: 9. Grapeshot; 14. Amatory; 15. Manners: 16, Intense; 19, Abode; 20, Marsh; 21, Offer.