TINKS’ CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Taranaki Daily News, 7 June 1930, Page 24 (Supplement)

TINKS’ CROSSWORD PUZZLE

The. word hidden in last week's puzzle was “exonerate”—meaning, .as I told you, “bo free from blame.” Perhaps you discovered this first by solving the little problem picture we drew at the side of the puzzle. This showed X on ER with tho figure eight, beneath, and these signs, put together, road: exonerate. Full solution: — • - LL ACROSS. - 1, Every (Each). 4, Deeds (Acts). 7, Passage in a church (Aisle). 9. Compartment in.a stable (Stall). 10, Decay (Rot). 12, Permit (Let). 14, Hidden word (Exonerate). 17, A lake (Mere). 18. Vase-shaped vessels (Urns). 19, Within (In). 20, Part of verb “to be” (Am). 21, Measures (Metes).' 23, A row (Tier), 24, In a short time (Soon). DOWN. 1, One who goes to extremes (Extremist). 2, Fine kind of sugar (Castor). 3, Strike (Hit). 4, Everything (All). 5, Underground room (Cellar). 0, Leading politician (Statesman). ’B, British Dominion (abbreviated) (S.A.). 11, Animals (Oven). 13, Mountain in Sicily (Etna). 15, At no time (Never). 16, Controls (Rules). 21, Pronoun (Me). 22, Therefore (So). Now you see a bird which is a kind of eagle. In fact, one of its names -ia “sea-eagle,” but its usual name is hidden in the puzzle. See if you can find It. Clues: — ' ■ ACROSS. . . ' 1, Cooking. 7, Whether. 8, Exclamation. 9, Conjunction. 10, Part of verb “to be.” 11, Bird of . ... .13, Hidden word. 15, Historical period. 16, Con-, ducted. 18, Soothe. 19, Not bright. 20, Shines in the sky. • DOWN. .' -j 1, Used for puddings. 2, Preposition. 3, Having a keen edge. 4, Less wild. 5, Negative. 6, Grasp. 11. Hymn. 12, Shouts. 13, Same as 9 across. 14, Pronoun. 15, Termination. 17, Put on.