CROSS-WORD PUZZLE -551.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18030, 15 December 1926, Page 10

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE -551.

The numbered squares are the starting points for words extending across or down, or both. One letter to a square. Words end at first black square encountered or border of puzzle. ?ick 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—Seashore. s—Enclose. 9—Oceans. 13— Exist. 14— Spade. 15— High note. 16— Drupe. 18— Notion. 19— Space. 20— Erase. 22—Vender. 25 Talk wildly. 26 Stops. 27 Feeble. 29—Reason. 31— Beverage. 32 S trailing. 35—Way. 37 Fish. 38— Blemish. 39 Story. 42 Natural mineral. 43 Accumulate. 44 Stingily. 47 Exhausted. 48— Part of speech^ 49 Acquaintance. 51—Digit. 54 Turns brown. 55 Exclamation of sorrow. 57—Evade. 59 Incite. 60— Son of Posidon. 61— Kind of collar. 62 Pipe. 63 Animal. 64 Help.

DOWN. 1— Satiate*. 2 Lubricate. 3 Greed 3’. 4 Harsh. 5 Colour. 6 Went on horseback. 7 Welcome. 8— Rustics. 10— Noblemen. 11— On sheltered side. 12— Sheer. 17—-Stimulate. 19-r-Ohanges. 21—Day before. 23 Otherwise. 24 Current. 26 “ of Troy.” 27 Merit. 28— Dread. 29 Pits for preserving corn, 30— Growls. 32 Introduce surreptitiously 33 Image. 34 Drab. 36 Covers. 37 Flag. 40— “So be it.” 41— Kind of cloth. 44 Human beings. 45 White poplars. 46 Later. 47 Scorch. 48— Part of helmet. 50— Storm. 51— Destiny. 52 Wheel tracks. 53 Inclination. 56—Recline. 58—Female deer.