Crossword puzzle

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33454, 8 February 1974, Page 8

Crossword puzzle

Across I —Taking odd rides with skill is a quality that is wished for. (12) 7— But an African changes it. (5) 8— Morning employment is to provide entertainment ... (5) 9— . . . badly — I shall shortly become . . . (3) 10— . . somebody to issue books from bluer ship ~ , (9) 11 — . . . to the centre where the patients are. (6) 12— Rebellion can never be put down 1 (6) 15— Bird that catches the worm goes round nest eagerly. (9) 17— Some spare clubs for scratch golfer’s aim? (3) 18— The Balance is partly calibrated. (5) 19— Put every confidence in including soft answer. (5) 21—Craftsman who presumably doesn’t believe in nude sculpture? (5-7) Down 1— Not having even a ghost of a hope? (12) 2— Not really what one would expect candidates for election to do? (3) 3— Indistinct beginning to notices on book-jackets. (6) 4— More than fifty have skill, but prove to be a risk. (9) 5— Initially told girl gleaner the facts. (5) 6— Could be great error if getting a freezer. (12) 7— Do like the wind round the East down under. (5) 10— Loan price of china-ware. (9) 13— Infer in a devilish way? (5) 14— Looked hard at a Communist put under a saint. (6) 16— Be a thief to get back automaton. (5) 20 — In which the printer can eat his own words? (3) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 4. Opacity; 8. Pauses; 9, Diverse; in. Tiller; 11, Listen; 12. Passable; 18, Listless; 20, Retail; 21, Better; 22, Rackety; 23, Allege; 24, Beating. Down: 1, Epitaph: 2, Cutlass: 3, Hedera; 5. Painless; 6. Crease; 7. Tassel; 13, Bulletin; 14, Settler; 15, Usurper; 16, Menage; 17, Market; 19, Treble.