Crossword puzzle
Across • 7Working together to put letter in peculiar local speech. (13) BAbout fifty vie with each other to finish. (8) 9Nocturnal creatures at the wicket. (4) 10— The companv in this place stick together. (6) 12—Truce to negotiate with youth leader. (6) 14—Late transport. (6) 16_Take the tents down, perhaps, and make off. (6) 18— Some fuzz includes metal. (4) 20— Silent on vessel, not being inclined to speak. (8) 22—Driving on black? (3-10) Down IThe doctor isn’t a person to show no variation of pitch. (8) 2—Please pass. (6) . 3Clever bighead falls in the drink. (4) 4Read about the others inside being apprehended. (8) ssteady5steady horse here. (6) 6The length of the bottom? (4) 11— Subversive leader leave choice to the polls. (8) j 3Root worm out, but not today. (8) 15i creep round to get formula. (6) 17—Most clever set-up in dock. (6) 19— Time for detail. (4) 21— Use a cudgel on social group. (4) (Solution tomorrow)
Yesterday’s solution Across: 1. Eddv; 8, Excellence; 9. Insignia; 10, Down- 12, Checks; 14, Events; 15. Trance; 17, Retort; 18 Asti- 19, Ecstatic; 21, Management; 22, Oust Down- 2, Dawn chorus; 3, Yeti; 4, Scones; 5, Please- 6 Dead heat; 7. Dean; 11, Water-wings; 13, Cannibal; 16, Eleven; 17, Rasped; 18. Aims; 20, Alto.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33413, 20 December 1973, Page 26
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216Crossword puzzle Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33413, 20 December 1973, Page 26
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