'STAR' CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Evening Star, Issue 25673, 22 December 1945, Page 9

'STAR' CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS. I—June-bug 4—Pains 9—Conjunction 12—Bustle 13—What English novelist wrote "The Christian?'" 14—Sheltered side 15—Kows 17—What gulf Is between Colombia and Panama? I.9—Network 21—Behold! 22—Read metrically 25—Topaz hum-ming-bird • 27—Female horse 31—Youth 32—Deprives of vigour 34—Three-toed sloth 35—Malt drink 36—Strong drink 37—Like 3S— Period of trial 41—Lyric poem 42—American rail 43—Male offspring 44—Paradise 45—Toward 47—W hat river basin is composed of parts of Lorraine and South Prussia? 49—Flow 53—Important 57—Garden tool 58—French security 6ft—A caustic

61—Goddess of the dawn 62—Facing direction a glacier 63 Craving DOWN. I—Split pulse 2—R oo m in a harem 3—Masculine name 4—What Palestine seaport did the Crusaders besiege in 1191?

s—Finger-fastened dance accompaniments 6—Pacific Island group (abbr.) 7—Finish B—Make fast 9—Mohammed's adopted son 10—Born 11—Lair 16—Eagle IS—Relating to the Holy City 20—Night before a holiday

SOLUTION TO WEDNESDAY'S PUZZLE.

Solution to this Puzzle and a New Puzzle will appear on Monday,

22—Hits with open hand 23—What is the capital of Egypt? 24—Paid notice 26—What were the California goldseekers of 1549 i called ; ■'■'."'' . 29—English novelist ' 30—What Prussian city was the second target of "all - out" bombing'by the R.A.F. this June 32 —Note in Guldo's scale 33—Wine (Fr.) 35—Diminish 39—Correlative of either 40—Bombycld moth! 41—Hypothetical force 44—Unit of work 46—Paddles 48—Land-measures 49—Pronoun 50—Also 51—Thing, In law 52—Joined 54—English cathedral town 55—Who Is a U.S. senator from North Dakota? 56 Decimal unit 59—Negative answei