CROSS-WORD PUZZLE – 605.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18088, 23 February 1927, Page 6

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE - 605.

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. Pick out a word that fils 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—Violate. 4—Attack. 9 —Official often needed in police courts in ports. 11 — Dressing. 12— Dune is near enough as a clue foNs this. II?—-Establish. 17— Consumed. 18— Permit not permitted to to prisoners. 19— Excludes. 20— --Commotion 21— Worn round the body (be careful). 23—Cause 20 across. 25 Applicable to the man who is constantly inveighing against heresies. 26 -Hunt for prey. 27 These, cost a lot for upkeep. 31 —Position. 33 Sever. 34 Extraordinary. —Permanent.

36—Many a person became this during the General Strike. DOWN. 1— Kind of monument. 2 Tear. 3 Colour. 6 Marked by the ravages of time. 7 Important port of S. Europe. S— Kind of billiard “ marker.” 9 —Trace. 10—A great Kipling poem. 13— Repeat. 14— —Chtircli official. 15— Trodden underfoot by millions daily. Ks—Great French engineer. 22—Bottomless. 24 Vulgarly clamorous. 25 Gloss. 29 Book of the N.T • 30— Wood. 32—The natural result of IS across.