TO-DAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 288, 1 September 1931, Page 2

TO-DAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Clues. —Acro»». I—Ancient city on the Tigris, where Townshend Was forced to retrent . from the Turks. 9— Pronoun. 12— Where Alexander the Great finally routed the Perr sian King, Darius, 331 B.C. 13— Clergyman. 14— English peer who founded Maryland (U.S.A.) nnd has given his name to its capital. 1(5 —Sheep. 17— Negro magic. 18— Quiet. 20—Broom. 22 —Rendezvous. 24— Peer. , , 25— New Zealand bird. 27— Mingle. 28 — Town taken as the northern limit of Israel’s territory when David numbered th e people. (Bible.) 20—Tlie King of AmaJek spared by Saul, but slain- by Samuel. (Bible.) 30—Statute. 32—Shelley’s P 1 a y dealing with the tragic love story of a beautiful lady of mediaeval , Rome. 34—Furnished with spikes. . 37— Terrors. 38— Int o x 1 c a t i n g drink browed by natives of tlie Sandwich Islands. ; 30—Help. 40—An intermediary through whom a 1 European firm trades with Chi- r nose merchants. - 43— Fiery particles. 44— A kind of limestone composed of grains like the roc of fish. 45— Pronoun. 4(5 —Stammered.

Down. 1— Meat roasted with herbs as served in the East. 2— The robe of state worn by consuls In Ancient Rome. 3— The chief of the wicked jlnns in Moh a m m e d a n theoolgy. 4— Place. 5— Th e classical name for ancient Troy. 6— The knave of clubs in the game of 100, 7— An arrangement of balls mounted on rods and moved by clockwork, used to illustrate the movements o f the heavenly bodies.

B—Poor. V—Baltic port at the mouth o f the Oder, capital of Prussian Pomerania. 10—English Admiral who routed the French on “The Glorious First of .lune,” 179 C. 11^—Before. 15—Expulsion from society. 19—Name used in East Africa for a native soldier. 21—Founder of a heretical sect that troubled the early Christian Church i n the 3rd century, A.D. 23—The Australian name for a native woman.

20—The name of King Arthur’s seneschal. 27—Scottish engineer who originated the modern method of constructing roads with broken stone. 30— Address. 31— Vow. 33— Notches. 34— The earliest form of playing-card, invented in Italy in the 14tb century. 35— Lowest point. 30—Ventured. 37—Brazilian plant whoso pods yield a n astringent used in tanning. 39 —Tree. 41— Vessel. 42— Drink.

SOLUTION OF SATURDAY'S PUZZLE.

Across.—i Access, (5 Dealer. 11 Took. 12 Cue. 13 Lore. 14 True 15 Loss. 1« Rep 17 Error. 20 Tee. 21 Exposed. 23 Borno. 24 Carat, 25 Droshky, 28 Tap, 31 Trees, 32 Emu. 34 Ibis. 30 Idol, 37 Olla, 38 Air. 31) Real, 40 Needed, 41 Twenty. Down.—l Attribution. 2 Core. 3 Coup. 4 Eke. 5 Scarp, 6 Demos, < All, 8 Loot. 8 Erse, 10 Resent fully. 17 Exert, 18 Rouse, 10 Recks. 21 End, 22 Day, 20 Oread, 27 Heart, 29 Able, 30 Pile, 32 Eden, 33 Moat, 35 Sad, 30 Ire.