NEW ZEALAND CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS 1. Some folk call this a spade. 5. Word of admission. 8. Sweeping of society. 12. The grand emotion. 13. Without restriction. 14. Drive back. 15 Watchful and ready. 17. Where pairs are separated. 19. By it go in or out. 20. Of many sorts. 22. They go from bottom to top. 24. Product of overproduction. 25. A conductor at sea. 27. Possessor of remarkable ability. 29. Did more than walk. 81. A personification of Truth. 83. Having plates and still more plates 37. A part for a player. * 39. Lowlands amid highlands. 40 He will say anything. 41. Given confidence of safety. 44. Sooner than. 45. State of equality. 40. The lower orders. 50. Victims of Nazi fury. 51. Tb/C inmost portion. 53. Standards of worth. 55. Protected by exclusive rights. 58. Feathered runners. 59 Closed against entry. 61 /Warming apparatus. 62 I Solo hymns in honour of a god. 63. Substances containing metal. 64. I Word that solemnly ratifies. 65. • A god of war. 66/ Proceeded apace. 67'. Intimately mingled. DOWN l) Race of Eastern Europe. ' 2L Situated at extreme points. f Sj. Assert seriously. 4. Laugh to scorn, a. Not according to rule. <B. Deeply require. 17. A basic number. /8 Belonging to a district. ' 9. Not in juxtaposition. 10. Elaborate festival. . 11. Bodies of beasts and birds.
16. Mountain lakes. 18 Greatest of Egyptian gods. 21. A New Zealand bird. 23. Scheme of an enterprise. 26. An expression of enjoyment. 27. * Occasion of organised jollity. 2S. Name of a holy city. 30 Expect with alarm. 32. This season of happiness. 34 Impregnated with healing substanee. 35. Fastens together. ; - 36. It is left at the bottom. 3S. Takes -into affectionate regard. 39. External constraint. 42. Disposal for money. 43. Useful openings. 47. A decided negative. 4S. Relating to tenants' payment*. 19. A genus of grasses. 50. Tuft of decoration. 52. The perfect number. 54. Cupid by another name. 55. Without adulteration. 56. Book of heavy quality. 57. Hollow mado by pressure. 60. Leap on a leg.
The solution of the crossword pujsto published in Wednesday's Heratj? " as follows:
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23537, 23 December 1939, Page 10 (Supplement)
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