Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33083, 25 November 1972, Page 48

Crossword puzzle

Across I—Excellent1 —Excellent breed for transporting freight by rail. (5. 5) 7— Choose some fine lecturers. (5) 8— Inquisitive dog collects debts. (7) 10— Not agreeing with being in completely informal clothes? (8) 11— Obscurity of 20 in the past, we hear. (4) 13— The end of 10 should be zero. (6) 15— Flavour part of the year. (6) 17— Capable of removing head-covering. (4) 18— Foreman in charge of prophet. (8) 21— Or is one being eaten away? (7) 22— Fish for a point of view. (5) 23— Current events sheet giving four points to landlord? (4, 6) Down 1— Surmise that most of the rogues go south. (5) 2— Eject Conservatives completely. (8) 3— Was a credulous person, but holy in part. (6) 4 — Opera and theatre provide unusual endings. (4) 5— The mockings of fate, that is, in fetters. (7) 6— Go back to China, for example, to find what the journey both ways costs. (6, 4) 9— Properly arrange group in class. (3, 2,5) 12— Ten areas making up Turkey and the Balkans, (4, 4) 14— Release one soul. (7) 16— A handsom street providing a meeting-place. (6) 19— Agree to be keen. (5) 20— Regret absence of unmarried woman. (4) (Solution on Monday) Yesterday’s solution Across: 6, Cricket; 7, Logic; 9, Bat; 10, Alleviate; 12, Commendable; 15, Inscription; 17, Delivered; 19, Hay; 21, Fever; 22, Charity. Down: 1, Freak; 2, Act; 3, Well; 4, Nominator; 5, Distils; 8, Rennet; 11, Conceited; 13, Maiden; 14, Sneezed; 16, Nasty; 18, Echo; 20, Pry.