Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33032, 27 September 1972, Page 1

Crossword puzzle

Across 1 — Was Old King Cole his father? Sounds possible. (5. 6) 9—One’s pet is unlikely to do this here! (3) 10— Looks like somebody has hidden a bomb among the meat in a Chinese restaurant! (9) 11— Point made in writing. (5) 13— Elf collapsed by the money-box and was sick. (4, 3) 14— Where traders gather using German currency. (6) 16— Uplift after quiet adulation. (6) 18— a Latin? Could be. (7) 19 — Meat that goes to pot in pleasurable place. (5) 20— The very place to demand light on stage. (5, 4) 21— Outlaw from Copacabana. (3) 22 — No longer lively as a bird. (4, 2,1, 4) Down 2— Facial feature—cheek, perhaps? (3) 3— Clown takes a drink. (5) 4— Arguments amounting to nothing among learned men. (6) 5— Lady half in ruins, broken and isolated. (7) 6— Almost cries about a spasm and I find fault (9) 7— Extortianate tailor to 1 across? (11) 8— Dexterous extremity of a craftsman. (7, 4) 12— Schoolmistress takes a boy east for something sweet. (9) 15— Turned out device designed to incorporate tiger’s head. (7) 17— Surreptitiously shoots at birds:. (6) 19—Destined to be almost as fed up as the well-known calf? (5) 21—Offer forbidden shows. (3) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1. Opal; 3. Fireside; 9, Expound; 10, Taste; 11, Free of charge: 13, Obtuse; 15, Battle; 17. Radio station; 20, Alibi; 21, Incense; 22, Register; 23, Eros. Down: 1, Overflow; 2. Ample; 4, Induct; 5, Extravagance; 6. Insight; 7, Even; 8, Out of spirits; 12, Meanness; 14. Teasing; 16, Aspire; 18, Inner; 19, Pair.