FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT
ACROSS. 1 Worm. 4 Native Indian employed as a soldier. 9 Palm leaf. 12 Contend. 13 Wear away. 14 Waste piece of cloth. 15 Make a a mistake. 16 Bind. 17 Decline. 19 Fragment resin. 21 Verbal. 22 The emperor of what country is the 124th of his line? 24 Oppose. 27 Fetid. 28 Stuns. , 29 Towards. 30 Indian measure of distance. 31 Temperate. 32 Frighten. 33 Printer's measure. 34 Reprove. 35 Who made the first accurate translations into English of the ‘ Arabian Nights ’ 36 Bring back. 38 Beat the wings with impatience. 39 Ripped. 40 Who was the inventor of the sewing machine? 41 Body of water. 43 Forward part of a vessel. 44 Beam. 47 Armed combat. 48 Remove blemishes. 50 Period of time. 51 Sea eagle. 52 German painter and engraver: Albrecht 53 Kind of cloth,
DOWN. 1 Night before a Holiday. 2 Title of respect. 5 Egyptian deity. ♦ What is the missing part of the name of the EnglishAmerican naturalist and imaginative writer: Ernest' Thompson 5 One of the Great Lakes. 6 What American poet wrote Annabel Lee? 7 Supposed, hypnotic force. 8 One who longs. 9 Cape worn by the Pope. 10 Coin of Latvia. 11 Historic period. 18 Stout clubs. 20 Small boy.
21 Percolated. 22 Jester. 25 Unaccompanied. 24 Length of wire. 25 Piece of . rock. . 26 Pulled along after. 28 What town . in the Netherlands became the residence in exile of former Kaiser ? 31 Disdained. 32 One who provides food.
34 Portico. 35 Binding
'42 Vehicle. 43 Legal profession. 45 Metric
measure
Solution to last wek’t puzzle
custom. 37 Strict. 38 Leafy shelter, 40 Covering for the feet. 41 Be indebted to.
of area 46 One of the Caroline
Islands. 43 Symbol for ruthenium.
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Evening Star, Issue 23421, 11 November 1939, Page 9
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295FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT Evening Star, Issue 23421, 11 November 1939, Page 9
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