£75 EASTER EGG

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18085, 19 February 1927, Page 28

£75 EASTER EGG

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE COMPETITION. > Ist Prize. £SO. 2nd Prize, £lO. 3rd Prize, £5. Ten Prizes of £l. All Prizes in Cash. Bond for Prize Moneys and sealed solution deposited at the National Bank of Ne Zea 1 and. L td.Attckland.* CONDITIONS : ward Solutions to P.O. Box 1738, Auckland. 1 midnight . “ ' id tin The shillii other 1927. Prize moneys will be paid ir In the event of no correct solution, o being received, the adjudicators res moneys according to merit. All priz correct solution is submitted. Neatness is desired, but not a decidin L addres ■ of forn fill be published in this panellay, the 19th day oi March, m or before that date. P.O. Bo desiring send sep? 1738. Au the right to allocate C the id whethe: "r rec t, e< sol u c 1738, Aucklist. of prize- " Results,” to . J uis/i.e aie cernnea to De common and usual word as found in ordinary school dictionaries. solutions will be retained by the Adjudicators until the 2nd day of Apri 3927. up to which day any Competitor may apply for a re-scrutiny of hi Solution. Thereafter no further correspondence can be entered into i respect of this Competition. Com petil of the Adjudicators shall be final, and legally binding

HORIZONTAL CLUES. 1. A festival and holiday season occurring after the full moon on or after March 21. «. A free gift; a reward for service. 12. To salute; congratulate. 13. To withhold: keep back. 14. Bright ; shining. 16. To purchase back, ransom, re--19. To should a- prize be 24. A prefix meaning ‘oily/’ 25. A cyst; a receptacle for fluid. 31. -Temperance Union” (abbrev.) 35. To lick up with the b tongue d> 37. A pointed weapon; lance. 40 - “nitffla). 01 Med,cme «: 1 SsiTj'iM*chase--46. The yellow part of an egg. 47. “Miners' Union” (abbreviated). 49 ’ ar>art for the taring 53. A leguminous plant and its seed. 54. Primitive; ancient. 57. A meadow; grass land. 59. To crush; to humble. 60. The refinement of a community B t/„“tea A s";S: "Dec--69. In 1 concerning. 70. Brisk: smart; trim; spruce. 71. The son of a brother or sister.

VERTICAL CLUES. 1. The pvtrm of domestic poultry. 2. The fragrance of plants and substances. 3. To choose from a number; pick 4. A nickname for “Edward.” 5. Enduring for ever; having neither beginning nor end. 6. •‘German .Empire” (abbrev.) 7. An abbreviation for “right.” 8. The associate of Moses; Hebraic for “a teacher.” 9. To bind; fasten; a knot. 10. To unfasten; ruin. 11. Plants with erect trunks and spreading branches; the largest of the vegetable kind. 15. An answer in the negative. 17. An old measure of length; a yard and a-qjarter. 18. Pertaining to art and fashions. 21. An abbreviation for a type of military detention. 22. A grain used as fodder. 23. Hard; snappish. 25. To stretch; injure. 27. A tough metal made of iron with a low percentage of car--30. An exclamation of contempt and disgust. 33. A domestic vessel of plaited twigs or fibre. 36. Small and weak. 38. Foresight. 39. “Royal Society” (abbrev.) 40. Queen Marie Louise (Latin 41. Utier loss of hope. 44. .F.xnited: dignified. 45. A device used by golfers to »alse the ball above the ground 47. The males of the human kind. 48. Purposes, customs, practices. 50. “Royal Artillery" (abbrev.) 52. A soldier's or sailor’s complement of necessaries. 54. A trick; frolic; capering. 55. A small rodent quadruped. 56. The coast of a sea. or l^ke. 58. The mother of all living. 59. The title of the former Emperors of Russia. 60. A light carriage. 61. The border of an orifice. 62. Frozen fluid. 63. To pinch off the end. 64. The female of the hart. 67. A whispered command for ail--68 . North-west (abbreviated).

I “COMPETITION,” E. | IP.O. Box 1738, Auckland, I forward herewith solutionis) of Cross-word Puzzle, and postal note 1 u-j tie u Va A , i e of i i- shilling(s). being my entry fee therein. I agree to I I abide by the adjudicators decision. Address y j