NEW ZEALAND CROSSWORD PUZZLES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20668, 13 September 1930, Page 5 (Supplement)

NEW ZEALAND CROSSWORD PUZZLES.

ACROSS.

1. Bird with big bill. 7. At the door, but. never walks in. 13 A land measurement. 14. A class of barometer. 15. Neither at the time nor after./ 1(5. A chemical used in modicinc and the arts. 18. General stale of the weather. '2O. One of n sislorhood. 21. Small round mark. 23 Sign of sleepiness. 24. This hns happened to many an egg. 20. To grant permission. 27. Utler rubbish. 20 Receptacle for ashes. 31. Organ of a useful sense. 33. Very small. 31. Humbly and patiently. 37. These are said to hold trash. 39. Object of extravagant worship. 40. Maori maiden in the moon. 41. Simple type of air-machine. 44. A pagan or heathen. 47, Device for raising water. 48. A tree. 50. Indian of Southern Argentina. 51. Very dry and barren. 53. Musical instruments. 64. Proverbially full of meat. 55. An ablebodied seaman. 57. Quite fresh. 58. A little barrel. 59. Making earnest request. 62. A dye substance. 65. "Was set aflame. _ 66. Belonging to neither nia#« 67. A conjunction. 68. Comes right out. 69. Lino of rulers.

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green. 20. Tilled wjth open spaces. 28. Oozing slowly. 30. Shrub of soft wood. 32 Pertaining to tho moota. 35. Kind of leather. 36. The olden time. 37. Sound of a small explosion. 38. Beam of light. 41. To catch hold firmly. 42. To offer the sinceresl sort of flattery, 43. Elaborate ceremony. 45. Little quantities of liquor. 46. Ascendancy in competition. 48. Strange group of plants. 49. Won by merit. 52. Twenty-four hours. 54. A slippery customor. 56. Sign of betrothal. 58. Place of burning. 60. An encircling edge. 61. By birth-name. ' 63. Certainly not. 64. Also certainly not.

1. Food for body or mind. 2. To bo mistaken. 3. Liko a lion. 4. The first murderer. 5. A conjunction. 6. Sharp implement. 7. Send for him in emergency. 8. Power generator, lubricant, illuminaut. 9. A god of the Norsemen. 10. Pasture enclosures. 11 The happy knack. 12. Gets Nature's knives and forks. 17. Earth and water. ' 10. The common herd. 22 Trees and shrubs that aro mostly ovor-