Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32977, 25 July 1972, Page 22

Crossword puzzle

I—Every one can be found in six. (4) 3— Message issued in haste? (8) 9—Written proof when a number express pain and hesitation. (7) 10— Ordain when activity is partly necessary. (5) 11 — Preconception? Certainly not! More of a postscript! (12) 13— Put to sea and provide a meal outside. (6) 15— Scanty poles, note. (6) 17— Making lengthy mistakes with 11 German sums. (12) 20 — It may be painful if it falls from tree on one’s foot! (5) 21— Agitation fancied by . . . (7) 22 — .. . dishevelled master, for example. (8) 23 — Boast loudly of famous vicarage? (4) Down 1— Leave bin to become something to be coveted. (8) 2— Taken by unsuccessful pugilistic nobleman? (5) 4— Unrefined, with your old listener in front. (6) 5— Wilful and formerly magnificent, it appears. (12) 6— His pet is unpopular in form ... (7) 7— . . . leads to this, in fact, with a terrible result! (4) 8— Dutiful omissions, perhaps, but certainly not lengthy departures. (12) 12 — Mean to have something for breakfast in barely pointless surroundings. (8) 14— Even battledress can be! (7) 16— Hoodwink with a lot of noise in the package. (6) 18— Bury part of the interest. (5) 19— Smell of a backward insect. (4) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 6, Express; 7, Repel; 9, Beats: 10, Plaster; 12, Predominate; 14, Constituent; 18, Reactor; 19, Miner; 21, Steer; 22, Release. Down: 1, Expel; 2, Crater; 3, Ass; 4, Reason; 5, Beneath; 8, Clamour; 11, Advisor; 13, Molests; 15, Sachet; 16, Noised; 17, Feast; 20, Yen.