HASTINGS PLUNKET SOCIETY’S SECOND CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 1 October 1927, Page 13

HASTINGS PLUNKET SOCIETY’S SECOND CROSSWORD PUZZLE

First Prize: £3 35., Second Prize: £1 10s. Third Prize: 10s. This Competition is organised for the benefit of the Hastings Plunket Societv. A Sealed Solution of this Puzzle has been deposited with the President, Miss Elsie Williams, Frimley. CONDITIONS. 1. An entry fee of One Shilling must accompany each solution submitted. 2. Forward solutions to “Crossword Puzzle,” P.O. Box 190, Hastings. not later than Wednesday, Sth October, at which date all entries will close. 8. The correct solution and list of Prize Winners will be published in the “Tribune” on Wednesday, 12th October. 4. The decision of the adjudicators shall be final and legally binding. 5. In the event of more than three competitors having correct solutions the prise money will be divided and no second and thirdprize will be awarded. 6. Prizes will be awarded strictly on merit.

7. Entries may be sent in on plain paper.

ACROSS. 1 A Governor General of N.Z. 7 An epic poem of Virgil. 8 Burdened 9 Old 10 Mongrel dog 11 Scotch for “eye.” 18 Negative 14 Kitchen utensil 15 A girl’s Christian name (abbrev.) 16 New Zealand Government Meteorologist mIT A group of people united for a common purpose 18 To esteem highly 19 Country in Asia 90 Tears 21 To devour 22 North East 80 Able-bodied seaman 81 Found in plants 32 Three of a kind 83 A station between Christchurch and Dunedin 84 A boy’s Christian name 85 Enlarged 45 Indefinite article 46 Energy 47 A single time 48 A vessel or boat 49 A tetter in the Greek alphabet 54 A nobleman. 55 Excess 56 In connection with 57 An examination of accounts 61 A smudge 62 An insect 63 A Scotch form of "fall” 65 Tellurium (abbrer.) 66 Portion of a fish 67 Term in Trigonometry 68 Houses for bathing 69 Japanese War Cry 70 Grows rapidly

DOWN 1 Abodes of Kings 2 A union 3 Beneath 4 Requirement 5 Relations (Scotch) 6 Editor (abbrev.) 12 Insects 13 A term in musio 14 To fondle 15 Arts Degree 23 Conjunction 24 Short for Cecil 25 Boy’s Christian name 26 Awsome: weird 27 To trephine 28 Yeastey (actual) 29 Ministers 36 Garden utensil 37 Musical instrument 38 Relating to the mouth 39 Not well 40 Prefix signifying down, from or away. 41 Well-known London Hotel 42 Girl’s Christian name 43 London Cricket Club 44 Interrogative exclamation 50 Pronoun 51 To consume 52 Increase in size 53 A medicinal plant 57 Behind 58 A human arm bone 59 A small round mark 60 Pronoun 64 A book in the Bible 65 Used for the protection of the head in war 66 Name of a well-known spectacle frame 67 “Mens sana in corpora ” 68 A rod 69 A well advertised British petrol