CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-314.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17782, 27 February 1926, Page 19

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-314.

HOW TO SOLVE CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

The numbered squares are the starting points for words extending across or down, or both. One letter of a square. Words end at first black square encountered or border of puzzle. Pick out a word that fits a given definition and space. This gives you a clue to other words that cross it, and they in turn to still other words. The solution will appear in next issue.

CLUES.

ACROSS. I—Body. 7—For infants and invalids. 31 —A passport to dreamland. 12—Province of Germany'. IQrr-Meets you on the line on the liner. IS—Not applicable to the pattern above. 19—A Scottish glen. 21 — Famous railway'. 22 Society for religious propaganda. 23 Assignment of a cause. 25 Royal signature. 26 Concerning self. 28 — Continent. j 29 A force our enemies had to ack-; nowledge. 30— Yielded. 31— Town in Norfolk. 32 — A direction. 34 You may’ walk up this. 35 — Famous writer of antiquity. 37 —Two-dimensional units. 39—What the Boer called foreigners. « 45 —Porter. 48— Signallers’ abbreviation. 49 A climber. 1 50 — You can’t obtain inside informa-1 tion from this. 52 Part of 28 across. 53 — Signallers’ abbreviation. 54 Dull. 55 — These vanished with the feudal' system. 57—Famous painter. 59 A word from a naughty' child. 60— In your mouth when drinking. , 61— Heads a chapter. , 62 Coin. i 63 Bird. 64 Something we are proud of. 65 — T ransgressions.

DOWN. 1— Type, of law breaker revived by prohibition. 2 Gap. 3 Occur in swordplay. 4 May be caused by swords. 5 What a tragedy should not do. 0 -Mention definitely. 7lf an author you might take this in hand. 8— Presumption. o—French health resort. 10—A crease eradicator. •13—Material that will strain easily. 14— Political club. 15— At the mercy of circumstances. 17—Part of 28 across. 20 —Famous cape. 24—Military abbreviation. 27—Perceived by a sense. 33—Shakespeare made a comedy of these. »36—Soldier of bygone days. 37—Many popes have borne this name. -38—Name of many British rivers. 40— Habitant of one of the U.S. 41— Habitant of a Baltic country. 42 The beginnings of 2 down. 43 Describes a lion, and yet does not. 144—Famous Dutch scholar of the sixteenth century. 46 A shape. 47 Part of fowl's back. 51— Italian port of ancient fame. 52 A snake will do this to its prey. - 56—A war god. 58— First name of a popular author. 59 Despair. 62 - A line it is the fashion to malign.