COMPETITION IN CONSTRUCTING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19028, 27 May 1925, Page 15

COMPETITION IN CONSTRUCTING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES.

THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD'S WEEKLY CONTESTS. The guinea prize is awarder] this week to Mr. Geo. F. Salehell, " Kowl.ai Farm," Matatoki, for his very original and well-constructed puzzle, which he calls THE CROSS-WORD SPIDER THAT HAS WEBBED THE PUBLIC.

HORIZONTALS. L The dialect spoken in Athena. 0. A - judge of the art of cookery. 12. Unstratiiied rock. 14. Satiating. 17 Union of two. 18.' A sauce made of mushrooms, l'J. To como iu contact with. 2l" A circular plate. 22. A kind of snow-shoe. 23. To tear. 25. Habit. . , . 27. A regular pass in lencsuz. 28J Itigidness. -I-) a northern constellation. 'i.i' Of old. a chest for the covenant. 35. A particle that marks on alternative, 3G. A bush instrument. 37' Exclamation of joy. 38. A darling. .... 39. To set in competition. 40. Denoting an end or consequence. 41 A company of followers. 43. Part of the verb to be. 47'. Numerous dots of gold in heraldry. ■lB. A young salmon. 49 A whirlpool on the coast of Portray, 52! A fan for winnowinc zrain. It'. To proceed. 55. Extreme in degree. 58. A personal, pronoun. 59! A conjunction. GO. To fashion, anew. 62. Roman weight. C 3. Violent attacks. 65. A member of a Jewish sect, 66.' For example. 68. To gaze idly. . 70. A member of thp bonne kind. 7l! Above and touching. 72. Fame. 74. Issue. . „ . . 75. A square bar of iron (Naut.), 77. A beveraco. 80 The female of the hart. 81. A small knot. 83. A person. 86. A wayside tavern. 89. A female superior of an abbey. 91. Covered with fino particles of earth. 92*. To rob on foot. 93. A fish. 95. A pair. 96. Assist. 98. Perjury. 101. A neck-wap. . 103. The direction to which tha wmd blows <Nant.V. 105. Paved road (abbr-X. 106. The palm lily. 107. To unite. 108. Personal pronoun.

110 combination of letters In tho ' * Buddhist reliffion. 111. A chart. 113. Enclosures. 115. To make leeway. 116. To turn hay. 117. Born. , ~ . . . 119. A character of time (music). 121. A father. 122. A girl's name. 123. A period of time. 124. Novel. , 125. A part represented by an actor. 126. A town near Galiipoli. 127. Variegated with spots ot cuflerent colours. 129. To yield. 130. A Mohammedan title. 131. An exclamation. 133. One who loads or unloads vessels. 137. One of. the first words uttered by an infant. 138. A chicken. 140. One of tho ocean nympha. 141. Exploits. 143. A Portuguese com. 144. A character m the "Arabian JNights. 145. Prefix-across. 147. Personal anecdotes. 14S. A test. 149. Itenown. 150. A tributary of the Rhono

VERTICALS. 1. To acquire. 2. An allowance by wholesale dealers. 3. Indicates approach. 4. An island (Gaelic). 5. Either of two groat circles intersecting at right angles at tho poles of tho world. 0, A miner's tool. 7. Signifies one. 8. Sccuro (Scot.). 9. Dejected. 10. Adjective suffix. 11. Border. 12. Relish. . 13. Competitive amirtaJ, 15. Negations. IG. Dress. . 17. A kind of poniard. 20. A jaunt. 21. A sudden rush. 22. To assault. 21. A sacred song. 20. A garden vegetable. 27. A conical pile of stones. 29. Tho first King of Israel. 30. To livo 31. Freo from all deductions. 33. A scaffold. 39. Venomously. 40 Converts into leather. 41, To assume an air. 42. Ireland. 44. Exactly similar. . 46, An instrument designed for seeing objects that do not lie directly before tho eye. 48. To write, fio! Exclamation of pity. 51. A word denoting identify. 53. Negativo profbe. . 56. Tho prevailing fashion. 57. A diminutive suffix. C>o Royal Society (abbr.). 61. A squalid place of resort. 62, To improve. 64. In like mannor. 05. Printers' measure. _ 67. Well-known swunmras birda^ 69. Inequality. . . 73. Surfaco within boundaries. 75. His dinner. 76. That is. 78, Behold. 79. To flow back. 82. Pronouncing. P3, Beside one's self. 84. In the year of our liord. RV The puzzle*. 87. Point of eompaen. 85. Tho beak of a bircL

90. The generio name of tropical plants, cultivated for their beautiful flowers. 02, A vat in tannins. 94. A gamo at cards. 96." A judgo'a assistant. 97. A seal. ' 98. Tardy, . , , „ ~ 99. Tho name given to two Scandinavian books. 100. A messenger, jOX An imitation amber. 104. Tranquillity. . . 10G. Mao Princo-Elect of Ancient Ireland. 109. Bearing Bced. 113. To assert. 114. To decline. 115. Vital juico. 118. Female of tho sheep. 120. Frolica. lis. Tho earth oscavated from tho ditch to form tlie parapet. 129, To restrain by moral fore®. 132. Tint. 131. Screens. 135. Suffix—ono who does. 136. Ono whoso mind is impaired by age. 137 To confine animals. 1391 To givo leave. 142. To corrode. 144. Tho three-toed sloth. 146. Suffix—pertaining to.

SOLUTION OP MONDAY'S PUZZLE.

TO COMPETITORS. Entries for next week's puzzle must be received by to-morrow. Competitors should note that no entry will bo returned unless accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope. Entries each week should be addressed to THE EDITOR, NEW ZEALAND HERALD, and the envelopes should be endorsed ''Cross word Puzaie." Tho time for re- , ceiving entries will bo adhered to ■strictly.