TO-DAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22510, 13 December 1947, Page 8

TO-DAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

CLUES TO THIS WEEK’S PUZZLE Down:

Across: I—Play on words 4—Rugged mountain ridge 9—Stitch 12— Decline of life 13— Skin mouths 14— Prefix: thrice 15— Shades 17 -Killed 19— Units ot square measure 20— Cure 21— Adolescent years 23—Standards 26 Altar end of church 27 Pennies 28— Expression oi interrogation 29 Chance 30— Bark 31— Hawaiian wreath 32 Hypothetical force 33 Withers 34 -Cover compactly 35 lost precise 37—Tropical .. fruits

I—Dance step 38— Small speck 2—lndian 39 Had on expression 40— Smuggle 3—Closest 42—Varied 4—Footless 45 Electrified animals atom s—Tiers 46 Gnaw away 6- -Bitter vetch 48— River In 7—Symbol for Switzerland tellurium 49 Decay B—lntrinsic -Afflictions nature 51— Lixivium 9—Become vapid

answers to last puzzle

10— Silkworm 11— Be victorious 16— Accomplished Ift— Country road 20— Depends 21— Claw 22 Species of lyric poem 23 French cap 24 Weave rope 25 Starts suddenly to one side 27—Analyse grammatically 30— Coleopterous insects 31— Directed toward the side 33- -Portico 34 Shave outside part 36 Catkin 37 Gentle persons 39 Far from the mark 40— I Title of address 41 — jn excessive degree 42 June hug 43 Speak 44 Before 47_ international language