To-day’s Crossword Puzzle

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 256, 25 July 1936, Page 22

To-day’s Crossword Puzzle

CLUES.—Across. I—English, navigator who explored tlie coasts of New Zealand and New South Wales. 4 —Noted English historian, author of “The Decline and Fall of tlie Homan Empire." 9—Boys. 10— Original design. 11— Label. 13—Scene of tlie disastrous defeat of the Italian Army 'by Menelik, 18911. 15—Through, IG—Associated Society of Engineers (abbr.). 17—Literary gossip. 19—Chess piece. 21—Celebrated Scottish essayist and historian. sometimes called “the Sage of Chelsea.". 25—Commotion. 2G—The wife of Geraint lin Tennyson’s "Idylls of the King.” 27—Dazzling light. 30 — Long twig. 31— Fleshy fruit. ■ 32— Dandy. i 34— Commerce. 35— One of Dickens’s “young men,” who became the founder and first editor of “Temple Bar." 37— Ocean. 38— Itepubiic of South America, containing some of the higher peaks of the Andes. 40—Members of a sect which denied the divinity of Christ. - 43— Serpent. 44— Deer. 45— Beverage. 47—A kind of linen . surplice worn by the Jewish priests.

50— Cask. 51— Shoot forth. 52— Timid animal'. 53— Legislative body. 54— The capital of Daly. Down. 1— 111-bred man. 2— B 1 s h 0 p of B a y c u x, for whom, it is said, t li e celebrated tapestry w a s made to orna-l inent his catlie-: dral. 3— Anglo - Saxon King of Northumbria, the founder of Christianity In his kingdom. 4— Male attendant: at Cambridge ! University. !

s—Town of Monte- : negro, Yugo--slavia. G—Man's name. 7—T li <■ most southerly provoncial district: of New Zealand.: S—T li e English' architect who' designed Buckingham Palace. • ' I 9—Light cavalry i soldier. ; 12 —Obtains. I 14—Some. 18—Sheltered SouthAfrican road--stead. contain-- : ing the harbour of Port Elizabeth. 20—Fish. 22— Immediately. 23— Creo. 24— Baffle,

28—Genus of pa.in. ■29—Equestrian game. 31—Famous city of Spain, once the cappnl. of the Moorish kingdom. 132 —I'roti-het. .33—Display. , 34—Meal. 35—T li e greatest poetess of Greece. '36—The Scottish explorer of the Niger. 37—Investment. 39—Adapt. 41—Animals. i 42—Strip of wood. -40— Before. • 48—The French castla in which Louis Napoleon was imprisoned and from which he escaped in 1846. 49—Crude meta!.

SOLUTION TO THURSDAY’S PUZZLE

ACROSS.—I Whitman. 0 Skoal, KI Suez. 11 Waal, 12 Lumiere, 14 Clive, l-> Dauphin, 17 Emir, 19 Eros, 20 Ode, 22 Leslie, 23 Ares, 25 Heap, 27 Picnic. 31 Ass. 32 Buda, 33 Saga, 31 Gilbert, 37 Slade, 3S Smetana, 40 Host. -11 Elia, -12 Midas, ■!.> Allenby, _ „ ~,. DOWN.—I Wolsey. 2 Ismail. 3 Tni. 4 Meed. 5 Azrael, G Sachs, , Kali. S Elinor. I) Thebes. 13 Euripides. IB Poe. 18 Heap. 21 Dec, 23 Apis. 24 Y<'«. 25 ILinsom 2H Asgard. 27 I’uli. 28 Carmel. 29 Canaan. 3'l Galaxy, 32 Bless, 35 Idea, 3b I ell. ->■> lie.