Today's Cross-Word Puzzle
Bv EUGENE SHEFFER
HORIZONTAL. 1— of smell. (Fr.) 6— Person indifferent to pleasure or pain. 11— What is the pen-name of the French novelist who* wrote “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard”? 12 — What Roman general was seven times consul? 14— Electrical engineer (abbr.). 15— Perform. 16— Imitate. 17— What river in Northern Italy was called in ancient times “Padus”? IS—An emmet. 20—Approaches. 23— Sigh with a convulsive movement. 24— Land tax levied in the Shetland Islands. 26— Snare. 27— Beast of burden. 28— Slender cords. 30— Shut out. 31— Obstructs. 32— Man’s name. 33— A believer in deism. 35—Requiring. 38— At the Ise side. ® 39— Possessive pronoun. 40— Mohammedan prince. 41— What is the first missing word in the nickname of the “Yankee” first baseman, Gehrig: “Larrupin’ ”? 42— What English navigator discovered the American continent? 44— Medieval coin. 45— Of what African coiintry (abbr.) is Cairo the capital? 46— Equal 47— Belonging to. 49— Into. 50— What is the upper house of the United States Congress called? 52—What mountain in Armenia is the traditional resting place of Noah’s Ark? 54— What Biblical city on the shore of the Dead Sea was destroyed because of the wickedness of its people? 55— Persons whose service is attached to the land on which they live VERTICAL. 1— What people adopted the tricolor as their flag? 2— What State (abbr,) is nicknamed “C- ole”? 3— In • " * 4— Iloiy picture. i
t s—Note of the scale. I 6—Clever. 7—Touches lightly. ' B—Natural substance containing a metal. i 9—Roman numeral two. 110 —Turret on an armored ship. 11—Sumptuous repast. 13—Well-balanced. 19—What French editor and author, French High Commissioner to the United States, 1917, was a delegate to the Peace Conference in Paris? 21— Completes. 22— Copper or bronze coins. 23— Magnificent. 25—Taunt. 27—Who was the commander of the Union forces at the Battle of Gettysburg? 29— Territorial division of Norway. 30— What river in N. E. Scotland is famous for its salmon? 32— Who was emperor at the time of the burning of Rome? 33— Small valleys. 34— Biological memoirs. 35— Beak of a bird. 36— What Athenian general was killed at Syracuse in 415 B. C.? 37— Short, guttural sound. 39—Women’s apartments In a Mohammedan household. 42— What Roman patriot was a great foe of Carthage? 43— Ripped. 46—Writing tablet. 48—Distant. 51— Has any country possessed as much of Europe as France did under the rule of Napoleon? 52— Like. 53— Right field (abbr.).
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 258, 28 July 1930, Page 3
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