TINK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1929, Page 24 (Supplement)

TINK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

The picture beside last week’s puzzle said a-s plainly as words: "B-haiigftl’* But we crossed out tin H, and left B-angs, which, of course, is "Bangs, the woid hidden in the puzzle, Solution: — ACROSS. L Pale (Ashy). 4, Dog-carl (Trap). 8, Charge (Fee). 10, Blunder (Err). 11, Distant (Far)*. 12, Expire (Die). 13, French for "and” (Et). 14, Bind (Tie). 10, Preposition (At). 17, Hidden word (Bangs). 10, Rend (Tear). 2J r Drcsffi (Gown). 23 Writing fluid (Ink). 25, Whim (Fad). 2fl, Poem (Ode). 27, Part of verb "to be” (Are). 28, Fruit (Dates). DOWN. I. Fondness (Affection). 2, Chair (Seat). 3, Pronoun (Her). 5, A colour (Red). 0, An air (Aria). 7, Made believe (Pretended). 9, Earn (Gain), 14, Jack .. . the sailor (Tar). 15, Nice for breakfast (Egg). 17, Cooked (Baked). 18, Couches (Sofas). 20, Conclusion (End). 22, Not peace (War). 24, Permit (Let). . ' Now here’s another queer little problem for you to work out. All the letters at the sides of the puzzle mean something; in fact, they stand for the word which we have hidden. Clues: — ACROSS. J, Set. 3, Peter ... 5 Hidden word, fl, Colour. 7, Light meat 8, Rush,, 9, Evening before holiday. 10, Possess. 11, Mend. 14, Company (abbreviated). 15, Thus. 10, Pronoun. 17, Twisted. DOWN. I, A virtue. 2, Looked after. 3, Serpent. 4. Tidiness. 12, Invite. Animal.