CROSS-WORD PUZZLE – 363.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17836, 3 May 1926, Page 3

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE - 363.

HOW TO SOLVE CROSS-WORD. PUZZLE.

The numbered squares arc the starting points for words extending across or down, or both. One loiter to a square. Words end at first black square encountered or border of puzzle. Pick out a word that tits 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.

ACROSS. I—Taken by the actor. 9—Helped. 10— This gets plenty of blows. 11— -Often in the soup. 12— A critic for a cook. 16—Flies with and without life. 19— River of France. 20— Wonder-struck. 22 — Women who this from 3 down are sometimes dishevelled. 23 Temper. 24 — Demolish. 25 Your teeth are sometimes on this. 26 Something nice for a horse. 27 Stable. 28 — Mythical being from the East. 31 —Six deliveries. 34 Would describe Burke. 35 — Botanical synonym for adherent. 36 English river. 37 —-Acclamation. 40 — Formerly^. 41— Apart. 43 — Charles may have seen one ’ when hiding in the tree. 44 Heap of a modest kind. 45 — Look for this on a penny. 46 — Work cures this. 47 Sought by builders.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION.

ACROSS.—Result, Dawdle, Ailed, Heart, Waist, Root., Cadi, Dabbled, Miser, Roach, Pot, Enslave,, Rat, Wit, Morning, Tat, Raise, Error, Dowager,

DOWN. 1— This provokes a tug-of-war. 2 Jewish sect. 3 A magnet for women. 4 Inner court of a Spanish house. 5 Used for dredging. 6 One form of 16 across is this on calm days. 7 Furnished. 8 — Part of a sewing machine. 13— Too many of these may lead to 40 across. 14— Promotion for a town. 15— Something is needed to do this to some of our industries. 17— Figurative illustration. 18— A recluse. 20— A flower. 21— Birds. 2S —Formerly it was n >i unusual to make a mess of this. 29 Town or river of India. 30— Oven. 32 Farmer Giles’s name for a young orchard raider. 33 Vomits. 38— Something for a collector. —When all is this the sum remains. 41— A prefix. 42 Life is dull for those who remain in these.

I Need, Slip, Solon, Duchy', Novel, Screed, Etcher. DOWN.—Suet, Larva. Tit, Dew, Adage, Disc, Shrimp, Slight, Iloist, Tamar, Dreamed, Beshrew, Loafing, , ! Dredger, lonia, Cacao, Wrench, Times, , Truly, Trepan, Ozone, Exult, Dour, , ! Shah, Nod, Dee.