TINK’S CROSS WORD PUZZLES.
And here is the solution of last week’s puzzle:— ACROSS. 2. French for “the,” feminine (la). 5. High voice (treble). 6. Preposition (to). 7. The thing (it). 9. Vase-shaped vessel (urn). 11. To perform (do). 12. Inclines the head (nods). 15. Marshy land (fen). 16. Preposition (on). DOWN? 1. Sedate (staid). 2. To permit (let). 3. To be in plenty (abound). 4. Pronoun (me). 8. Musical sound (tone). 10. Negative (no). 13. Upon (on). 14. Therefore (so). Here are the clues for this week’s problem:— ACROSS. I. To repeat a sound. 5. To cut. 9. Name of a great English statesman. 11. To depart. 12. Twenty-four hours. 13. One hundred and ten (Roman numerals). 14. A cutting instrument. 16. To place. 17. Used with a lock. 18. Affirmative. 19. Substance from which metal is extracted. 21. A serpent. 23. Negative. 24. Busy insect. 26. A three-toed sloth. 27. Harlequin’s partner. 30. To give out. 31. Wagers. DOWN. 1. Nice for breakfast. 2. Room in which coats and parcels are left. 3. Exclamation. 4. Uneven. 5. Pen for pigs. 6. Behold ? . 7. Perpetual. 8. A subject. 10. Unhappy. 15. Tiny. 16. The ocean. 19. One time. 20. The border of a garment. 22. Pastries. 24. Except. 25. To flow back. 28. Fifty-one (Roman numerals). 29. Meaning “that is.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1926, Page 21
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