CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Southland Times, Issue 23948, 14 October 1939, Page 8 (Supplement)

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across 1 this mariner is an important person. 6 extra tyre carried on car. 10 this seaman looks up to 1 across. 12 one states that things equal to the same thing are equal to one another. 13 chairs. 14 a baby wears it. 15 a form of anaesthetic. 17 it is no use crying over such milk. 19 add p and you have a description of one kind of it. 20 has sent, makes someone take. 23 this instrument of war is pronounced as if it were a plaything for happy times. 24 entrance. 25 oppose, stand against. 28 showing a preference. 31 cultivated areas. 33 fired at. 35 stand toast, give, shout. 37 this on a slip of paper commits you. 38 this peak in the southern lakes district well known. 39 without them you will not do much small shopping. 41 none. 42 puff up, exalt 43 turn out. 44 upon this time many wonderful things happened in fairy tales. 45 trials. 46 it is used with a mortar.

Down ; 2 open-mouthed. 3 generally used at meal times. 4 opposite of 24 across. 5 a ticklish bone. 6 melt down ore, extract metal. 7 this and the oak and another bonny tree are well known in England. 8 on this Blake’s piper piped a song. 9 a musician needs a good one. 10 on them men rode thousands of years ago. 11 draws, shows the way. 16 tract of country considered by geologist. 17 quick, bright, clever. 18 angry. 19 “■— this our life, exempt from public haunt.” — “As You Like It.” 20 seam. 21 the gardener is forced to stop work now. 22 with a capital letter it may cause war; with a small letter it is. a condition. 26 damp. 27 found in Australia. 29 the crime of setting fire unlawfully. 30 cut in half, > 32 these need pruning heavily. 33 clogs up, fills with sand. 34 a college at Oxford. 36 brown in colour, has winged seeds, grows on a tree introduced to New Zealand from America. 38 they have bright eyes and thin tails. 39 sever. 40 possessive pronoun. 41 if there is one in the air it is too early to plant tomatoes.

SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE Across Down I alley. 25 ears. 2 lope. 22 table. 5 self. 27 read. 3 evil. 24 rebate. 9 axis. 29 clap. 4 yet. 26 sums. 11 veal. 33 float 5 slate. 28 devil. 12 ironic. 35 clam. 6 lilt 29 cob. 13 split 37 haka. 7 free. 30 lasts. 15 able. 38 robs. 8 inner. 31 at. 17 curt 39 Boers. 9 accrue. 32 shin. 18 peel. 40 toiler. 10 site. 33 fret. 19 state. 41 tear. 13 spot. 34 lore. 80 poet. 42 note. 14 le fer. 35 core. 21 rout 43 tens. 16 bat 36 arks. 23 tier. 44 dense. 19 so 39 bad.