Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33435, 17 January 1974, Page 26

Crossword puzzle

Across 4— A minor injury is no handicap. (7) 8— Complete in diplomacy. (6) 9— Cause angrv feelings in rational thought, we hear. (7) ID—The kind that is to make an attack. (6) 11 — Is in a whirl when one is discovered in shocking deeds. (6) 12— Does it cause strain in the kitchen? (8) 18— One who gets things going for the surgeon. (8) 20— What the bishop has observed is a well-balanced board. (6) 21— The first of the speculators accepts bets. (6) 22— Over-zealous, if an act is unrestrained. (7) 23— Country fare varies around North Carolina. (6) 24— They allow -ailors to make steady progress. (3-4) Down 1— Analyse Diana’s religious persuasion. (7) 2— Disturbing rattles cause alarm. (7) .3—Fighting a lawsuit. (6) 5— Talk with other people opposite. (8) 6— What committee members have to go through. (6) 7— The chartered accountant she had turned assets into money. (6) I. —Death at sea—doctor making a confession’ (8) 14— Not the sort of firing associated with gunmen. (7) 15— Newspaper editor subjected to some strain. (7) Ift—Strange tale about, for example, an ambassador. (6) 17—Unusual serial depicting a country. (6) 19— Confused trader to hold back. (6) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday's solution Across: I, School-terms; 9. Use; 10, Road-sense; 11. Lasts; 13, Non-stop; 14. Finery; 16. Demean; 18, Ejector; 19. Asset; 20, Nectarine; 21, Lam: 22, Ostentation. Down: 2. Cue; 3, Ogres; 4. Learns; 5, Essence; 6, Minstrels; 7, Full of beans; 8. Keeping time; 12, Sentences; 15, Retrace; 17. Artist; 19, Agent; 21, Leo.