To-day’s Crossword Puzzle

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 28, 27 October 1934, Page 4

To-day’s Crossword Puzzle

CLUES—Across. 2—French engineer believed by some to have discovered the motive force of steam in the 17th century.'s—Civil engineer who. with Sir B. Baker, designed the Forth Bridge. 9—-Musical note. 10— Rest. 11— Conclusion to a prayer. 12 — Macedonian district, the fabled birthplace of the Muses. 14—Cloth measure. 16—Ancient gold coin named after a Persian King. 18— Cleft. 19— Substantive. 21— Element of electrolysis. 22— Plate of' glass. 23— Given a portion. 25— N umber. 26— Noted Irish statesman and orator, presented with £50,000 by the Irish people l for services to -I Ills country. 29— Purchase. 30— Legendary Welsh giant commemorated by a chair i of rock on a i mountain bearing - his name. 33—Exclamation. 35—>.101101011x0. 37— Relative. 38— By. 39— German historian, , author of a “Hist o ry of the Popes” and a "History of England. chiefly in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.”

41— Insect. 42— Dutch dramatist and novelist called the Sir Walter Scott of Holland. 43— Medicinal plant. 44— Pronoun. 45— Neither. 46— Uncomplicated. 47— Organs of the head. Down. 1— Rise. 2— French town Where Richard Coeur de Lion was mortally wounded In 1199. 3— Employed.

4—The Mount upon : which Moses re-: celvod tlie Stones : of the Command- : meats. 6 — Belonging to the ear. 7— Irish town. 8— Harvester. 12— Fasten. 13— Man's name. 15—Plunder. 17—German physicist who in- 1895 discovered the rays of light bearing > his name. ' I 20—Hot drink. : 22—King of Mercia. : the last supporter lof pagau 1 s in among t b e t Anglo-Saxons.

24— Arid. 25— Japanese bream. ”7—Yearn. 28—Treds. 21)—America’s most prohilnent showman, originator of “The Greatest Show on Earth.” 31—Flemish painter celebrated alike for his historical pictures, his altar pieces and his portraits. 82—Young oxen. 34— Sheltered side. 35— Yelp. 36— Fish. 39— Spanish monetary unit. 40— Feminine name.

SOLUTION OF THURSDAY’S PUZZLE.

ACROSS.—I Correspond. 10 Slam, 14 Area. 15 Argue, 16 lame, 1. Slit. IS Ports, 10 Eked, 20 Tenet. 22 Peri, 23 Rend. 24 Has, 26 Iron. 28 Deafen. 32 Since. 33 Rue. 35 Infantile. 37 Showers, 39 Adit. 40 Slant. 42 Loto. 13 Gorse, 4.i Literatim. 47 Owe 4S Main. 50 Lessee. 51 Gust, 52 Sad. 53 Aloe. 50 Sere, 58 Eaten, (13 Lire, 64 Erode, 00 Mee, (u Leas, 68 Satan. («) Errs, 70 Yule, 71 Slanderous.

DOWN.—I Cast. 2 Orle. 3 Rein. 4 Rate. 5 -Sap. 0 Props. 7 Orge, 8 Nutriment. 9 Desire, 10 Stern, 11 Lake. 12 Amen,-13 Meddlesome. -T Then, A»ts. Or, -SDlagonallv, 21) Endow, 30 Afire, 31 Fats, 32 Slain, 33 Riots, 34 Untie, 30, Illiteral, 38 Alas, 41 Tela, 44 Emu, -18, Rede, 41) Assess, 51 Geese, 52 Sedan, M Lieu, 5 Oral, 57 Rota, 59 Avev, GO Tlrcq Ol Ecru, 63 Ness, 65 End.