CROSS-WORD PUZZLE

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 119, 13 February 1926, Page 22

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE

7 t NEW SERIES (SPECIAL TO THE DOMINION)

Wo publish to-day the twenty-third of a new scries of cross-word puzzles. The,, solution to No. 22 appears below.

NO 23

HORIZONTAL. 1. A dwelling-place. 5. Beg earnestly. 10. A heron noted for its white plumage. 15. One of the world’s most famous cities. 10. Act of making a ship fast. 17. One of the side-pieces of a wagon. 18. Part of an angler’s equipment. 20. A wanderer. 21. A New Zealand meteorologist. •22. Controversy. 24. Those acquiring knowledge. 26 Privately. 27. To answer the purpose. 29. Pertaining to the tar. 30. Arrival. 32. Reprimanded. .’l5. An officer’s messenger. 38. One of the Chinese treaty ports. 3'.). Sacred. 11. Position. 42. A girl’s name. i 43. A bodv of water. 45. I’art o‘f a circle. 47. A plant whose seeds are eaten green. 48. A ‘fortified island in Lyttelton harbour 50. The kite in Kipling’s Jungle Book. 52. 'l'iie personification of death. 53. Observe critically. 56. A wood wind instrument. I 59. A convent. i 60. Dispatch. 62 Seize firmly. 63. Commercial exchanges. 1 66. The song thrush. 69. All-heal—a plant whose root is used in medicine. 71. A steward. 72. Mitigate. 74 Gradual wasting away. 75. A priest. 76. Members of an ancient Jewish sect. 77. A novice. 78. Grow luxuriously in gardens. 79. Instrument for measuring fluids. 80. A kind cf cucumber. VERTICAL. 1. A hanging screen of tapestry. 2. A South African Dutch farmer. 3. The end. 4. Deceptive. а. Join together. б. A number which multiplied by itself produces a given quantity. 7. Equip with weapons. 8. A small flask. 9. Strive to achieve. 11. Igneous, crystalline rocks. 12. A genus of quadrupeds of. the bear family. '

13. At any time. 14. One of the principal characters in “Romola.” 19. To strike violently. 21. Mark of identification. 23. Official proclamations. 25. Declare to be true. 28. Public parks. 30. A girl’s name. 31. Changed. 32. A famous island south of the Bay of Naples. 33. Plays noisily. 34. Explorers’ base in Greenland. 36. English political division formerly represented by the new Viceroy of India. 37. Vegetable growth which causes fermentation. 40. To become wearisome. 44. Vaporous substance which Spiritualists claim issues from mediums. 46. Any edible gram. 49. Sanctioned. 51. Extremely cold. 52. To reduce in intensity. 54. Wipe out. 55. A tomb consisting of a stone chest covered with stone slabs. 57. One who determines the constitution of metalliferous matter. 58. A small bay. 61. Anything worthless. 62. A tailless aquatic bird. 64. A prophetess. 65. A famous English admiral. 67. The cup-bearer of Olympus. 68. Other. 69. Shows how the wind blows. 70. Means “air” in compound words. 73. Allow.

Solution to No 22