Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32848, 23 February 1972, Page 28

Crossword puzzle

Across 1— See if you can manage without one! (4) 8— Pear island process for decorative wood. (10) 9— Defence work—for farm animals? (8) 10— The emptiness that starts at five. (4) 12— Like lemons in one way—quite different in another! (6) 14— A change of credit without fuss. (6) 15— Rewrite letter in harsh fashion. (6) 17 — Grassy places in the kitchen gardens? (6) 18— A jumper from Alf Rogers. (4) 19— Break down and wreck any sails. (8) 21— Sly about editor following wrong chart in formal manner. (10) 22— Only a proportion kiss the stone. (4) Down 2— Star-spangled creature, minor version. (6, 4) 3— Story piece abridged and garbled. (4) 4— Ring has punctures round it but does not sink. (6) 5— Mount a medley of dances. (6) 6— There’s poetry at the end of the cosmos. (8) 7— Sounds like food brought up. (4) 11— Vincent, extremely short, goes on record as a fire-raiser. (10) 13— A place for growing fruit—or raising apes? (8) 16— Wastelands—and shrubs found thereon? (6) * 17— Watches those who watch. (6) 18— Speedy but unable to move! (4) 20— Toy that needs winding up to start. (2-2) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 7, Latin; 8, Procure; 9, Houdini; 10, Outer; 12, Stagnation; 15, Shape badly; 18, Short; 19, Raw hide; 21, Resists; 22, Tiara. Down: 1, Alchemists; 2, Stout; 3, Anti; 4, Spring; 5, Monorail; 6, Curtail; 11, Run like mad; 13 Treatise; 14, Papoose; 16, Afresh; 17, Vicar 20 Wits