Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33450, 4 February 1974, Page 16

Crossword puzzle

Across 6 — Taxi rate revised for this entertainment. (7)7— See 17 Down. 9—A number of coaches for the attendants. (5) 10— Lengthen a prison sentence. (7) 12— Wielding the stick when the schoolboy gets whacked! (7, 4) 14— It will provide links between the banks. (5-6) 18— He should be ready for service, but he won't w’ork. (7) 19— Change the place of marriage, one hears. (5) 21— What the feller did. (5) 22— Supervisor to engage too -many staff. (7) Down 1— Transport motor by railway. (5) 2 — The man in charge inside shows spite. (6) 3 — Part of the Moroccan border. (3) 4— Intrinsic aptitude for making money. (6) 5— Gladly accept a greeting. (7) 8— Substitute not takin’ the chair. (5-2) 11— There’s plenty of horse-power in here. (7) 13— To cause fragmentation of the arts. (7) 15— More than one flag is about to go up. (6) 16— Look in a French station — you’ll find plenty there. (6) 17 and 7 Ac.—Conduct an outside broadcast from the track for these events. (5-5) 20— The girl from East Virginia. (3) (Solution tomorrow)

Saturday’s solution

Across: 1, Malefactor; 7, Again; 8, Nervous; 10, Mastered; 11, Idea; 13, Tom-tom; 15, Entree; 17, Argo; 18, Coverage; 21, Stetson; 22, Fault; 23, Sobersides. Down: 1, Means; 2, Lancelot; 3, Finder; 4, Cord; 5, Of order; 6, Farmsteads; 9, Statements; 12, Underfed; 14, Magneto; 16, Points; 19, Abuts; 20, Isle.