CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Southland Times, Issue 22999, 19 September 1936, Page 21 (Supplement)

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

CLUES Across: 1 stable-man in olden times. 5 ribbon. 9 evening. 10 propel a boat. 12 gain in competition. 13 with this we hear. 15 a spoon can be but a cup cannot 17 excited joy. 19 a wildcat would be unusual. 20 attack. 22 a live volcano can, a dead one cannot. 23 metrical writing. 24 nobleman. 26 with another e it would sting. 27 part of a camera. 28 rhymes suitably with fairy. 30 keep a firm on a flighty horse. 32 stated. 34 “I beg your pardon?” 35 red roses are the opposite. 39 a blot. 41 error. 44 not small. 46 a in the storm. 47 below the elbow. 49 stay. 50 newt. 51 an age. 52 depart this world. 53 a cereal good for horses and good for men. 54 an outsize bully. 55 forward. Down: 1 cakes are cooked in it 2 your dog has a better one of smell than you have. 3 before. 4 character. 5 sudden rebellion. 6 1 across was employed here. 7 comes near. 8 Waitaki and Arapuni are important ones. 9 as black as ebony. 11 the League of Nations was formed to end this. 12 a windscreen is essential. 14 a Scottish has quick music. 16 New Zealanders drink much of it. 18 the Japanese take their baths in it. 19 hq,w many nigger boys were there at first? 21 a small one takes you up some Swiss mountains. 23 corrupt. 25 the top of a box. 27 you have a lower and an upper one. 29 to long for. 31 Man is one and Wight another. 32 not acid but not sweet. 33 if you are this you are probably 35 across and need to be in the sunshine. 34a and then your skin will be of a darker . 36 let the cat the milk. 37 means 41 across. 38 shed tears. 40 a of tussock, a of beard. 41 yours does not measure this. 42 young man or boy. 43 three. 45 spur. 47 marshy land. 48 boys grown up.