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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 17, 14 October 1933, Page 4

To-day’s Crossword Puzzle

CLUES —Across I—Open ditch. s—King o f the Elves. 10—Creek. 12— Fear. 13— Gem said to have been swallowed b y Cleopatra, when she drank the health of Anthony at the banquet provided in his honour. 15—Chairs. 17— Write. 18— Arch erected in Rome in 81 to record the conquest and fall of Jerusalem. 21— Speck. 22— Otherwise. 24— Lettuce. 25— The mysterious commander o f the “Nautilus,” who figures in some o f the Jules Verne romances. 26— Stain. 28—Personality. 30—Border.

31 —Well-known Bri- DOWN. who went ■to the 34—The longest river tlsh chemist who siege of Troy. in Scotland, chiefly devoted I—Poet and prose 11—Preposition. 35—Hoot. himself to the writer of the last 14—-Fish. 36—Cores, science of explo- century, author 16—Man’s name. 38—Blunder. siyes. o f “Proverbial 19—Frozen water. 39—A race of ancient 33—Insect. Philosophy.” 20—Employ. Britain, who oc—Cricket term. 2—The real name of 23—Man's name. copied the part 37—Dam. the writer of 25—Sw edi s h en- of England now 49—Past. "The Mill on the gineer, the in- known as Nor42—English divine Floss.” ventor of dyna- folk and Sufand writer of 3—Neither. mite. folk. some well-known 4—Ancient weapon. 27—Japanese coin. 41—Insect. hymns. 6—The lowest male 29—English poet 43—Journalist and 4a—Curve. . voice. whose most novelist, who was 46 —Ecclesias tic a 1 7—Sheep. famous produc- editor of “Temple council. §—Victorian author, tion was “The Bar,” and who 48— Exclamation. most of whose Beggar’s Opera.” helped to found 49— A Pope's letter. novels were in- 32—0n0 of the stem- "The World” in 51—Aquatic animal. tended to expose duchies of Ger- 1874. 53— National Insur- some social many, taking its 44—Article. ance Act. abuse. name from a 46—Cauterise. (Initials). 9—King of Pylos. tribe who in- 47—Grim. 54— Yorkshire river. the oldest and habited the dis- 50—By way of. 55— Bird’s enclosure. most experienced trict in the Ist 52—Attempt. 56— Meetings. of the chieftains century. SOLUTION OF THURSDAY’S PUZZLE ACROSS.—I miiiais, 7 Frith, 12 Ado, 13 Crow, 14 Obe, 15 Raudian, 17 Doses, 18 Vest, 19 Safest, 20 Oban, 22 Eleven, 24 Noise, 26 Acid, 28 Inn, 29 Doe, 31 Aire, 33 Trows, 36 Assaye, 38 Ides, 39 Orison, 41 Rang, 43 Gamin, 44 Lindsay, 46 Aces, 47 Watt, 48 Owe, 49 Nadir, 50 Chained.

DOWN.—I Marconi, 2 Ida, 3 Louvain. 4 Acis, 5 Irate, 6 Son, 8 Roofed. 9 Ibsen. 10 Toes, 11 Hests, 16 Dens, 17 Davltt, 19 Sec, 21 Bond, 23 Laxey, 25 Edison, 27 Rowe, 29 Dodgson, 30 Essayed, 31 Assisi, 32 Ran, 34 Rind, 35 Logan, 36 Aimed, 87 Erlth, 40 Raca, 42 Anta, 44 Lac, 45 Awe.