Crossword puzzle
Across 1— Badly-written phrase inset in brackets. (11) 9—-Ring-fighter? (7) 10— Tree entitled to respect. (5) 11 — Not so common in wear are red waistcoats! (5) 12— Refrain from giving the sailor a dirty look. (7) 13— One from a dozen players. (6) 15— Abscond from French tents. (6) 18— Entirely in company with us, but not sympathetic. (7) 20— Incense used in strange rituals. (5) 22— One way to apply a finish to education. (5) 23— Board transport in a violent rainstorm. (7) 24— Resolution put forward in a large town. (11) Down 2 — Moving creates a commotion. (5) 3— Possibly sore after the finish but give approval. (7) 4 — Sailor joins a Scotsman on the roads. (6) 5— Yet they may be quoted as odds. (5) 6— Brave man with a place in America. (7) 7— See me cringe from such crises! (11) 8— One of four, relatively speaking. (11) 14— A natural sun-shade. (7) 16— A commodity extensively used. (7) 17— A grim situation on board. (6) 19 — Wrong towel for a bird. (5) 21— Make allowance for a general (5) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1. Castaway, 5, Sped; 9, Stow; 10, Scruples; 11, Union; 12, Morocco; 13, No performance; 18, Guardian; 19, Tare; 20, Termini; 21, Endow; 22, Ewer; 23, Ignominy. Down: 2, Antonio: 3, Tow-rope; 4, Accommodating; 6, Pelican; 7, Dispose; 8, Quorum; 13, Nightie; 14, Prairie; 15, Reduit; 16, Antonym; 17, Cartoon.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33091, 5 December 1972, Page 36
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241Crossword puzzle Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33091, 5 December 1972, Page 36
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