Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33096, 11 December 1972, Page 28

Crossword puzzle

Across 1 — One consulting the doctor needs handling. (9) 8— Alan Newman embraces the girl. (3) 9— Does this come from the nuptial bell? (7-4) 11— Don’t give the full version of a game. (7) 12— Settin’ up a foundation for this container. (5) 13— A group of notes we hear will produce harmony. 15— See 3 Down. 17— Concerning a spell of illness. (5) 18— An appointment with the French evangelist. (7) 20— Stagnation’s disturbed by these combatants. (11) 22— Top dressing. (3) 23— He’ll work with some scruples. (9) Down 2— A buck a line, we hear! (3) 3 and 15 Across—The grilling the post-graduate gets? (5, 6) 4— Eastern gales upset birds. (6) 5— It’s kept on hand by the seamstress. (7) 6— They have a trying job. (11) 7— In screen version I will appear, lacking genuine feeling. (9) 10— Executive bodv to speak straight first. (11) 11— Snowfall. (9) „ 14 — Went round to trade in a different way. (/) 16— Groups of workmen round eastern river. (6) 19 — The announcement doesn’t carry much weight. (5) 21— A restriction that makes nobody the winner. (3) (Solution tomorrow) Saturday’s solution Across: 7, Casual; 8. Parole: 10, Force of; 11, Habit: 12, Luce: 13, Venom: 17, Boast: 18, Anna: 22. First: 23. Violins; 24. Abused; 25. Eskimo. Down: I. Scuffle 2, Ostrich; 3, Water; 4, Fashion; 5. Lobbv; 6. Jettv; 9, Offensive: 14, Bottles; 15. Insipid: ’l6. Earshot: 19. Offal: 20. Proud; 21, House.