TO-DAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 142, 12 March 1938, Page 8 (Supplement)

TO-DAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

CLUES.—Across. I—The first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer. G—The founder of the Salvation Army. 10 — Ring. 11— Deer. 12— English adminltrator, the founder of Singapore. 14— Mace-bearer who attends the ViceChancellor at Oxford and Cambridge. 15— Metal. IG—Pen. 18—Dark clay. 21—South American rodent. 23— Turf. 24— Famous statesman, native of Crete, who for many years guided the destinies of modern Greece. 2G—Own (Scot.). 27— Ever (contr.). 28— Trojan princess

who had from Apollo the gift of prophecy, but not of being believed. (Myth.) 3(l—Cut. grass. 32— Burden. 33 — Greek letter. 34— Fellow of the Royal Society (abbr.). 3G—Finish. 37—American who was the first man to reach the North Pole. 39—Elizabethan adventurer w h o first taught Englishmen to trade in African slaves. 41— Go astray. 42— Old E n g 1 I s 11 magistrate. 43— Having rays. 44— Yorkshire moor where Fairfax 1

and Cromwell routed Prince Rupert in 1644. Down. 1— The brightest star in the heavens. 2— Earldom conferred on Harley, leader of the triumphant Tories in the last years of Queen Anne. 3— Valley. ■l—Before. s—Promontory. G—lnfant. 7— Severe trial. 8— Extremity. 9— T h e ancient Greeks’ name for their owu country. 13—English Quaker-

ess, famous for I her work among female prisoners. 17—-Frenqh statesman who negotiated the Treaty ■ of Frankfort that > ended the war of ,1870. ■ 19 'French cardinal I ricked into buying the notorious “Diamond Neck- •' lace” for Marie S Antoinette. 20 — The inventor of vaccin a t J on against smallpox. 21 — Through. 22— The most famous 3 of French landscape painters. 21—By way of. • 25—Genus of cereal, j 2(l—Dolt.

28— Eighteenth - century English poet, associated with the town of Olney. 29— Swcel. 30— One who follows the fashions. 31 — Doctor-friend of Sherlock Holmes who narrates his adventures. 33— Writing lltild. 34— Anglo -Sax o u name for the levy of all males of the nation capable of bearing arms. 35— A son of Noah, reputed ancestor of the Semites. 3(l—Jug. 38—Period. 40—Pacific Islands Brink.

SOLUTION TO LAST THURSDAY’S PUZZLE.

Across. —1 Platinum, 7 Debt. 11 Dome, 12 Avenue, 13 Trespass, 1G Adds, 17 Hops, IS Recede. 2(1 Sat. 22 Worldly, 24 Map 2G Try, 27 Thrills, 30 Ram, 32 Escape. ..I Gave. 35 T.oaf, 37 Cavalier, 39 Indite, 40 Eyes, 41 Pest. 42 Serenely. , Down.—l Paths, 2 Adept. 3 Toss. 4 IWi 5 Near* (5 Mascot, 7 Deadly, 8 Ended, I) Bud, 10 Testy, 14 Roach, 15 Sew, 19 Errs, 21 Talc, 23 Leave, 24 Misfit, Jo Places, 27 Tulip, 28 Reads, 29 Spa, 30 Raise, 31 Merry, 33 Ever, 31 Glen, 36 One, 38 Aye.