CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19098, 17 August 1925, Page 14

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

To-day's cross-word puzzle is contrib nted by Mrs. F. N, Christian, Tauranga, who has constructed an example of good design, with almost the minimum number of squares unblocked. Its solution will be published on Wednesday.

HORIZONTAL. 1. May bo of any shape, but is most popular square. 5. A true friend.8. A small bag to hold liquids (plural). 12. The ace of a metropolitan bishop. 16. A furious, rockluss attack. 17. A blood-sucker. 18. A sudden, short feeling of illness. 19. A weight, 20. Obese. 21. Part of a bricklayer' 3 equipment. 22. A youth. 23. A suffix. 25. A groat African river. 28. Exists. 29. A crade. ■ 32. Indicates possession of ability. 33. An amphibious animal. 35. A principal food or commodity. 37. The sort of land No. 33 enjoys. 39. A spherical body. 40. Pertaining to an areola. 41. A suffix signifying "a follower of." 42. Of a salty character. •14. Robbed of. » 46, Sometimes used as a corrective. 47. Singular number only. 41, A town in Denmark. 50. A call to attract attention. 51. Sometimes soft and quiet, often loud and heavy. 53. A prefix to certain titles (abbr.). 55. Tho preceding month._ 57. Girl, as pronounced in some circles. 58. A species of South American monkey. 59. Better than No, 47. GO. Met with on many North Island roads recently. 62. Tonnvson, Browninn. Swinburne 64. The trout-fisher's enemy. 65. Attached to stirrups. 68. Long ago. K9. A title. 70. The capoc.it.v to do this will often prevent a break.

VERTICAL. L The quality of being capable of proof. 2. A famous public school. 3. An ancient house-boat, 4. An exclamation—a call to observe. 5. Not prosaic, C. A beverage. 7. A low form of plant lifa. 8. South America (abbr.). 0. The observation of which is recommended to the sluggard. 10. David Copperfield was born with one. 11. To the point; no beating about the bush. 12. A companion. 13. To arranjje. 1 14. The Scandinavian God of Thunder. 15. Said by Shakespeare to bo shaped by a divinity. 24. A strong, upholstering matorial. 2li. A river of France. 27. Arrives, as written concerning a train. 30. The board of hospitality. 31. Lives and grows. 33. Should be ready in tram or bus (plural). 34. Basket willow. 35. A call for help. 36. Before. 37. Spenser wrote of her. 38. Notwithstanding. 43. In bad health, 45. A disturbance. 47. The lowest decks of shipa possessing three. 48. Hie time of ono of the great Christian festivals. 50. What the bee does. 51. The Maori equivalent of holy »r sacred. 52. A tribe of North Central Africa 54. A term often applied to balhins uttiro 56. A piece of music for three performers. 59. An adverb of time. 61. To make mistake. 63. An Israolitish priest who fell and broka his neck - . 64. A way of referring to a lady. 66. Concerning. 67. A common, wasting disease (abbr.).