TO-DAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 48, 19 November 1932, Page 18

TO-DAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

CLUES—Across. I—The last of the Aztec Emperors of Mexico. S —Number. 10— Beverage. 11— Through. 13—-A country east of Jordan laid waste by Kings Jehoram and J e h o 8 aphat with Ell s h a's aid.\ 13—T ho great Cardinal who became chief adviser to Louis XIII. 15—Favourite. 17— Child. 18— Napoleon’s Marshal, Prince of Essling, foiled by Wellington a t the Lines of Torres Vedras. 20—Emanation. 22— The founder of the first great internatl onal news agency. 23— Christian name of the heroine of a famous romance of Exmoor. 25—South American name for a person of mixed Spanish and American - Indian birth. 28—Cushion. 27—Misanthropic. 30—Ancient stronghold of the Nabataeans i n N.W. Arabia. 33— Containing omens. 34— Mountain range between the Rhine and the Rhone. 35— Stretchers. 35—The monstrous bird that carried off Slnbayl the Sailor in the “Arabian Nights.” 39— Fasten. 40— Jewish place of worship.

objects used as a kind of oracle and worn in the breastplate of i the Jewish High t Priest. ■ 7—Diverts. 1 B—Brazilian hare, r 9 —The memorial stone set up by Samuel after Israel’s victory , over the I’hills stlnes at Mtzpeli. : >l4—Having ears. ;16—Pacific Islands i plant. ■ 19—The trader who followed the armies of for-: i mer times and: I sold liquor and: provisions. : . 21 —The water-nymph I without a soul. 1 !24—Tho four-year i

42 — French town. 43— Single. 44— Sibilant letter. 45— Queer. 46— The Greeks of a city in ancient Italy that became a byword for effeminacy and luxury. Down. 1— Charles , leader of the Franks, who checked the Saracen invasion of western Europe in 732 A.D. 2— Medley. 3— The drink of the gods in classical mythology. 4— Genus of spiders. 5— Oriental cymbal. 6— One of a pair of:

s Interval hee tween the Great e Games used by f the ancient j Greeks as a method of reckoning dates. 25—Prefix meaning 1 “ill.” ; 26—The name used r in the East ter r growing rice. - 27—Expense. . 28—Sea-nymph traditionally d e - s plcted riding on a sea-horse in > the train of 3 Neptune. ■ 29—Stops. 130— One who purifies. 131— Small shield. 32—Approach. 136—Tuft-hunter. 38—Yorks river. : 41—Gossip.

SOLUTION OF WEDNESDAY'S PUZZLE Across.— l Wiles, 6 Astir, 10 Emir, 11 Duel. 12 One. 13 Splayed. 15 Larva. 17 Try, 18 Arid, 20 Reed. 21 Agitate, 23 Evaded, 24 Grants, 25 Dredges, 27 Idle, 29 Dies. 30 Aga, 82 Beard, 34 Arsenal, 36 Inn, 37 Airs, 38 Rota, 39 Steam, 40 Ernes. Down.—l West. 2 Improvident, 3 Lily, 4 Era, 5 Audit, (J All, 7 Tore, 8 Investigate, 9 Read, 11 Derided, 14 Yager, .16 Areas, 19 Daggers, 21 Adder, 22 Treas, 26 Diary, jjl Ibia, 28 Lana, 30 Anon, 31 Alas. 33 Dam, 35 Err,