SUN CROSSWORDS—No. 17

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 91, 8 July 1927, Page 12

SUN CROSSWORDS—No. 17

THfe CLUES

across 1. Reach an end. 7. Timid. 13. Maker. 14. Original. 16. Metallic sound. 17. Niggard. 19. Arched roof. 20. Join. 21. Boat. 23. Scold continually. 24. Silicon (chem. symbol). 25. Rested. 26. Spike of corn. 28. Georgia (abb.). 29. Country in Europe. 31. Dexterity. 33. Opinion maintained as true. 35. Ago (Scot.). 36. Move imperceptibly. 38. Power of smelling. 39. Neighbourhooc where a crime is committed. 40. Fasten firmly 41. Hold fast. 42. Perform. 44. Direction oi sunset. 47. Common cours< of procedure. 49. Era. 50. Dispatch. 51. Archduke (ah.) 52. Projecting edg< of an object. 54. Cause uneasi ness or pain in.

55. One. 56. 1950. 58. Series of long swelling waves. 61. Outfit. 62. Humour. 64. Like grasses that grow in wet places. 65. Symme t r i c a 1 mountain peak. 66. Hide the brightness of. 68. One who risks money for gain. 70. Attendant. 71. Cause to be loved. SOLUTION

DOWN 1. Dryness. 2. Split. 3. Burr left on type by mould in type-founding. 4. Italian (abb.). 5. Emetic. 6. Ireland. 7. Open space. 8. Ludicrous play. 9. Royal Dragooits (abb.). 10. Succour. 11. Image. 12. Indemnity recoverable for injury. 13. Characteris t i c mixture of constituent elements as of r No. 16

the blood (Med.). 15. Deputy. IS. Trap. 21. Wages. 22. Consume. 25. Timber to support rails. 27. Restoration. 30. Iron block used in smithy. 31. Sphere of action. 32. Office of the third hour in some churches. 34. Letters. 36. Hint. 37. Floor of a theatre. 41. Aletric weightunit. 43. Active. 45. Composer of “The Crucifixion.” 46. Machine for stretching cloth. 48. Alode of address. 50. Possessive pronoun. 53. Walrus. 54. Indo-European. 57. Birthmark. 59. Amorous glance. 60. Sharpness. 61. Alost northerly town of European Russia. 63. Expire. 65. Commander of the Order of the British Empire (ab.). 67. Pages (abb.). 69. Doctor of Ale-