NEW ZEALAND CROSSWORD PUZZLES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21136, 19 March 1932, Page 7 (Supplement)

NEW ZEALAND CROSSWORD PUZZLES.

ACROSS. 1. Nibbled a bit here and tlicro. 6. On the high seas. 11. Usually stays at the door and 13 never asked in. 12. Eggs galore—fresh but not always good eating. 13. Leave the right track. • 14. Lawless fellow living by plunder. 17. .Receiver and giver of light. 20. A troublesome fly. 21. Often tenderly radiant. 23. An unwelcome word, as a rule. '24. Purveyor of news. 2(1. Constructed anew. 28. A sea eagle. 29. Connecting part of machinery. 31. As good as a wink to a blind horse. 32. None in soda-water. 34. A e"hort coat. 36. A small kind of gull. 38. Seashore sidewalker. 30. Extensive beyond easy compiv. n. 40. Strangely enough, this may be right. 42. Somebody must pay him. 44. Crude substances containing tnetal. 47. Take away what is of value, 49. Unit of many calculations. 50. Open grassland. 51. Related to concerted singing. 54. " Get a move onl" 50. A huge cask. 57. "Ways through mountains. GO. Container of varying sizes.. Gl. Always a whole number. 63. Places of admission. 65. Measure of land. GO. A start in life. 67.. Expansive grazing-ground, GB. Make bigger every way. 69. Proceed unsteadily.

CLUES.

DOWN. 1. Ulters thoughtless chattor. 2. Certainly not included. 3. A droll fellow. 4. Part of a flower. 5. An extinct bird. G. Become tasteless and tiring. 7. Pertaining to days before Easter. 8. Deft accomplishment. i 9. An explosive missle. 10. Whore you can buy extra rations in camp. 15. A species of deer. Hi. A conjunction 18. General appearanco and bearing. 19. Five and a-half yards. 22. Midway between midnights. 25. Machine that draws another. 27. Short, suggestive phrases. 29. You cannot add this to your height by thinking. 30. Transferred to another's ownership. 33. Elaborate poem. 34. Sharp, light knock. 35. Vehicle of varying sorts. 37. Kind of grain. 40. White crystalline substance, suggestive of milk. 41. Straight at the enemy. 43. Descendant of a fallen angel. 45. Deserting the party. 46. Who wrote "The Faerie Queen"? 43. Tease without mercy. 50. Census-takings of ancient time. 52. Barbarian people feared then. 53. The sheltered side. 54. Useful but plain, as birds generally go. 55. A coward's refuge or rogue's resort. 58. Kid of shackles. 59. Standing supports. j 62. Period of distinct characteristic*. 64. Covering for floor or couch.