NEW ZEALAND CROSSWORD PUZZLES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21326, 29 October 1932, Page 7 (Supplement)

NEW ZEALAND CROSSWORD PUZZLES

AGROSSs 1. A sharp, rough poke. 4. Thread through nn opening. 8. Too rriuch ink in. one pines. 11. Leader of a, historic company. 12. Tusk of an elephant. 13. By word of mouth. 15. Not a full stop, lfi. tyany to the rupee. 18. Makes weak by addition. 20. Without any alien element. 22. Entrusted to the hands of another. 24. A prime number. 20. A chemist's salt. 27. Put off tq a more convenient soason. 30. Manual occupations. 32. With proper regard to neatness. 33. Earth &nd water. 34. 200 degrees Fahrenheit. 55. A cricket team. 39. Father or mother. 42. Got up, but not necessarily in style. 43. Bird with a baffling history. 45. Gets weak and weary. 46. Choked by compression of the throat. 49. A worker With his hands. 51. Pierced with many holes. • 54. Having the limitations of laymen. 55. A little land famous in old story. 56. Body of accurate learning. 57. Composer of " Land of 'Hope and Glory." 58. Went sadly astray. 59. Neither top nor bottom, but possibly front or back. 60. Gives due attention. 61. Endeavour to find.

DOWN 1. Tread heavily, steadily on. 2. Stone of rainbow hues. 3. Very much misled. 4. Drive back with vigour, fi. Rubs out completely. Appertaining to sight. 7. Anything that, happens. 8. Woven in several strands. 9. Animal of proverbially keen vision. 10. A small, repulsive creature. 14. Life and death are both figurative in this. 17. Pillar in a stairway, 19. All sorts of dwelling-places. 21. Engaged in quiet, serious thought. 23. Go about hither and thither. 24. Guide in a particular direction. 25. Receptacles for the living and the dead. 28. Thinner or more splendid. 29. Renters of land in the East Indies. 31. Great ball of incandescent fire. 32. Implement of spinning industry. 36. A constellation. 37. A little blister. 38. Look over carefully. 40. Usually hard questions to answer. 41. Not at any time. 43. Substance promotive of growth. 44. Came to an understanding. 47. Personage of importance in India. 43. Habitual avoiders of accuracy. 49. What a beggar seeks 50. Arrived at a terminus together. 52. A vein of wealth—sometime*. 53. 'Place of mental occupation.