Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33121, 11 January 1973, Page 16

Crossword puzzle

Across 4 — Have respect for apparition. (7) 8— Carrier of verse with cover. (6) 9— The original competitors in the rat race? (7) 10— Being lazy. I’d gather heather. (6) 11 — I’m semi-mute, half gone. That makes me exempt. (6) 12— Snaffled, having handy places of habit. (8) 18— Wave, change tune and laud. (8) 20— Got a move on. apparently by blackmail. (6) 21 — Rocks are child’s play. (6) 22— Old stager, his life less private than it sounds. (7) 23— Cut back like a plum? (6) 24— Release the pawnbroker who lost a century and gained the remains. (7) Down 1— Shrill little people, in good health but fishy. (7) 2— Gather for prayer? (7) 3— Board meeting provides medium interest. (6) 5— The professional dived around and got supplies. (8) 6 — Takes the best for a lady’s make-up. (6) 7— Naval reprimand? (6) 13— Tart gone head to tail. Blow these! (8) 14 — Hiding — from sunbum? (7) 15— South easterly whisper on the beach. (7) 16— Bear right, turn North. It’s fruitless. (6) 17— Sharp as ballet costume finally altered. (6) 19— Arise, draw up, going ever higher. (6) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Destitution; 9. Hog; 10, Twenty-two; 11, Risky; 13. Cellist; 14, Storms; 16, Dragon; 18, Imperil; 19, Strum; 20. Leeringly; 21, Fan; 22, Assignments. Down: 2, Egg; 3. Tatty; 4. Thence: s,,Titular; 6, Outrigger; 7, Chorus-girls: 8, Contentment; 12, Stop press: 15. Martini; 17, Slogan; 19. Style; 21. Fit.