Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33033, 28 September 1972, Page 30

Crossword puzzle

Across 4— Financially and otherwise, It helps you to stand on your own feet. (7) 8— Gets excited or reverts to established customs. (6) 9— Revised list for a flower-seller. (7) 10— This club is much patronised by gymnasts. (6) 11— Solid lump of dripping. (6) 12— Looking angry, being let down. (8) 18— I plan too haphazardly but it’s a matter of choice. 20— It’s nonsense to compel a number. (6) 21 — Destroy a grave, perhaps. (6) 22— Broadcast a tirade, perhaps. (7) 23— Indiscreet bank official? (6) 24— A lie and a ruse may obtain free time. (7) Down 1— This piece needs rewriting to make it clear. (7) 2— The opposite of praise? Well, no! (3, 4) 3— Go off to find another partner. (6) 5— It expresses assent and no mistake! (3, 5) 6— On a winding road it shows skill. (6) 7— Throw the French in a fortress. (6) 13— What the bride says afterwards won’t be in church! (8) 14— Necessarily involves a silent reformation. (7) 15— Term that’s musical or legal perhaps. (7) 16— Are not different, only decorated. (6) 17 — Refrains from being so avid, perhaps. (6) 19— spoil the games, figuratively speaking. (6) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Black Prince: 9. Lap; 10, Chopstick: 11, Comma; 13, Felt ill; 14. Market; 16, Praise; 18, Italian; 19, Flesh; 20, Exact spot; 21, Ban; 22, Dead as a dodo. Down: 2. Lip; 3, Cocoa; 4, Proofs; 5, Insular; 6, Criticise; 7, Blackmailer; 8, Skilled hand; 12, Marmalade; 15, Evicted; 17, Snipes; 19, Fated; 21, Bid.