NEW ZEALAND CROSS-WORD PUZZLES

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 150, 21 March 1925, Page 18

NEW ZEALAND CROSS-WORD PUZZLES

NO 5 /ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.) To-day, readers of The Dominion will be able to entertain themselves with No. 5 of’the New Zealand cross-word puzzle series. The solution of No. 4 is given below:—

HORIZONTAL. 1. A new ship. 7. Beginning. .14. Boaster. 15. Somebody who has no existence, but is frequently mentioned. 16. Where one thing may be in relation to another. 17. A thing. It). Where or when. 20. Exists. 21. A young male. 22. Furious. 23. Negative. 24. Part of the Bible (abbrev.). 26. A word of appeal. 27. Heraldic gold. 29. First person. 30. A plaster surface prepared as ground for painting. 33. Used on a journey. 35. Opening in the earth. 37. No restrictions. 39. Hunted with dogs. 40. Scriptural you. 41. -Maori village. 43. A large lily. . 46. In relation to food, indigestible. 50 - . One who shows the way. 52. Part of a geared wheel. 54. Things wanted. SG. An answer is required. 57. Disciple ot Hippocrates (abbrev.). 58’The Christian Era (abbrev.). 60. The objective of present company. 61. Part of the mouth. 62. Highly commends. 63. Found in the Maori larder, 64. Alternative. 06. Before the mast. G 7. Acknowledgment of a debt (abbrev.). 69. Place of the seal (abbrev.). 70. Very little space. 73. Volatile fluid. 76. A hurried view. 77. Diminishes. SOLUTION OF PUZZLE NO. 4.

VERTICAL. 1. A peace offering. 2. 'Lavishly decorated. 3. British art society (abbrev.). 4. Consumed. 5. Negative prefiex. 6. Sharpen. 8. Come in. 9. Refusal. 10. Outflow. 11. Very. 12. Grammatical constructions peculiar to a language. 13. Orderly methods. 18. Faster than walking. 19. Eagerlv expectant. 25. Strives' after high things. 28. Part of a church. 31. Same as 11. 32. Written long ago (abbrev.). 34. One. . 35. Commercial organisation (abbrev.). 3G. In the vear of the reign (abbrev.). 38. One of'Falstaff’s retinue. 39. Hard to cross in a storm. 42. Eight to the mile. 43. Exclamation of pleasure. 44. Where Abraham lived. 45. Depart. 47. Where the batsman goes. 48. A third person. 49. Helps 51. Put Raurimu on the map. 52. A nimble shellfish. 53. Catch the breath. 55. An explosive compound of.sawdust, saltpetre, and nitro-glycerine. 57. Makes designs. 59. Stupid. 65. A limb. 68. Belongs to a man. 71. Royal" institute (abbrev.). 72. A great musical composition (abbrev.). 74. A ladv’s privilege in letter-writing. 75. Concerning.