Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33448, 1 February 1974, Page 16

Crossword puzzle

Across 6— See 16 Down. 7— From Megan I take this name. (5) 9— See 20 Down. 10— Romantic marriage—between two tennis plavers? (4-5) 12— Accomplishing the task—that’s what exporters are doing. (8, 3) 15—Apparently they can’t lose a number of restrictions. (11) 17— No silence could be interpreted as insulting behaviour. (9) 19—This carriage looks the same either way. (3) 21—Don’t say a word about mother’s road accident. (5) 22 and IDn—Are they used for holding lawsuits involving embassy staff? (7-5) Down 1— See 22 Across. 2— Ring after short notice to produce a stir. (3) 3— Circle overhead. (4) 4 — Tend, maybe, to fish inside—caught in a net. (9) 5— The staff in the air to hold at gunpoint. (5, 2) 8— Is seen among the others to put up some defence. (6) 11— Lumbering creature upsets the orchestra. (4-5) 13— Scoffed at being fenced in. (6) 14— Appellation that may well be brought to book. (3-4) 16 and 6Ac.—Chief assistant who’s certainly not gauche. (5-4, 3) 18— Some of the ceramic utensils are smart. (4) 20 and 9Ac.—Fellows after transport for the opera. (6) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 7, Radiolocation; 8, Distress; 9, Over- 10, Slopes; 12, Optics; 14, Odds-on; 16, Second; 18, Cram; 20, Workaday; 22, Stretch a point. Down: 1, Cavilled; 2, Big top; 3, Flee; 4, Scissors; 5, Utmost; 6, Mode; 11, Sandwich; 13, Contains; 15, Samuel; 17, Charon; 19, Rate; 21, Read.