PUZZLES

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12181, 4 July 1925, Page 16

PUZZLES

LAST WEEK’S CROSSWORD. Across: Loan, maps, ear, lea, ore, law’, eke, plead, if, to, dot, get, ass, slam, over. Down: Leopard, oar, are, all, pea, sawdust, cake, elf, eat, pit/ dog, oil, as, eve, am, so. THE WISE ONES* Peggy Urquhart Audrey Baoumgre® Moira King Hugh Gilme* Marion Butt Stan Jones Brenda Boyeft Willie Batlley Jack Wilkins R. P. McGlenchy THE WINNING ONE, Peggy Urquhart, 9 West Road, Northland. And it must have been just a wee bit hard for little Fairy Folk, because the only other little person who had good answers was Barbara Smith. There were lots and lots of very good “trys” but some of the trees didn't seem to lit very well. Better luck in the next one, Chickadees. Here are the right answers:—~ 1. —Found near the sea. Beech. 2. —Dreaded by naught” boys. Birch. 3. —Ready for a tip. Palm. 4. —Found sometimes on the dinner* table. Cabbage-tree. 5. —A kind of stone. Lime. 6^-—The oldest tree in the world. Elder. 7.—A tree that languishes. Pine. B*—Found in the grate. Ash. 9.—Worn in winter. Fir. 10,—Of what trees are there only two. Pear. 11*—Useful to keep things in. Box. 12. —Useful to carpenters. Plane. 13. Suffer# from toothache. Gum. 14. —Always well dressed. Spruce. 15. —A tree that should have many friends. Pop’lar. 16. —A pronoun. Yew. IL—A tree that should never die. O-live. 18.—The housewife’s friend. Broom. ANOTHER ONE. Across. 1. Acquired. 4. To fit with rigging. 6. A negative. 7. Preposition. 9. Cereal. 12. To tear. 13. Conjunction. 14. Did eat. 10. A colour. 16. Encountered. 17. Ever (abbrev.), 19. One of the articles. 20. Is. 21. Short for Limited. 22. A winged creature. Down. 2. Preposition. 13. Adverb. 4. To decay, o. Conjunction. 8. A striped animal. 10. Not before. 11. To come in. 17. The finish. 18. To retire. 19. By.