A Christmas Cracker Crossword for You to Solve
Across.—3, Myself. 5. First name of Father Christmas. 8. Secoud name of Father Christmas. 12, One. 15. The handle of a sword. 17, Bright rings painted round heads of Saints. 10. Describes 1 down. '2l. A very wise man. 23, To grat her. 28, A climbing shrub. 30, Sung at Christmas time. 32, Natives of Arabia. 35, Part of Christmas dinner (first course ) 3H, Negative. 37. Extinct N.Z. bird. 30. Advanced in age. 40, The colour of Santa's robo. 41, Also. 43, Exclamation. 44, In the matter of. 45, Built, by Noah. 46, To perceive. 47, Short for Edward. 48, One In-
definitely. 49. For instance (abbrev.). 50, The Christmas festival. 51, The night before Christmas Day. 52, Unit. 53, An address of respect to men. 54. Hogs' thighs, salted and dried. Down.—l, Santa enters houses by this. 2, "—dorado." A fictitious country rich in gold. 4, Exclamation. 5. Therefore. 6, Because, 7, It may be burst with a pin-prick. 9, We. 10, Same as 5 down. 11. Neuter pronoun of the third person. 13. Commonly used abbrev. of thanki. 14, Found on holly. 16, Quality of musical sound. 18. and behold. 20, Not off.
21, Santa's transport. 22. Same as 39 across. 23, He was a merry old soul. 24, Old English spelling for 22 down. 25, Drawn by a horse. 20, A small live one is used as indoor Christmas decoration. 27, Anger. 29, Abbrev. of "Christmas." 30, Small coins are often baked in this. 31. Richly perfumed flower. 33. Makes larger. 34, The Wise Men followed this. 35, Left by Santa. 38, Introduces alternatives. 42. Same as 20 down. (Solution next week.) • —Prize-winning crossword by Norma Flets (18), D.i1.8.G.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24775, 24 December 1943, Page 3
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290A Christmas Cracker Crossword for You to Solve New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24775, 24 December 1943, Page 3
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