CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-715.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18208, 15 July 1927, Page 10

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-715.

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 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. Tlie solution will appear in next issue.

CLUES.

ACROSS.

I—Before your eves now s— Bird. 9—Article of apparel. 10— Riddle in action. 11— They swore by this of old. 12— Famous French warrior 13— Fruit. 14— —Young fish. 17 —When gaily decked we help the hospitals. 19 —French town with many historical associations. ’ 21—Cricketer. 24 Something with power for harm out of proportion to its size. 27—Associated with funerals or teas. 25 A well-known book deals with the hunting of this beast. 29—Commotion. 32 Wine. 33 Rust. 34 Reverse a blemish and make this word. 35 Once a foolish decree of fashion for men. 36 Fra y •

DOWN.

1— Match. 2 “ Ten cars is an anagram. 3 Dash across the channel. 4 .English island. 5 Shakespearean play. o—Tax which is, oddly enough, almost obsolete. 7 One of the U.S.A. 8 — Bone which is doubly not far from being funny. 15—Non-intoxicant kind of ale. I(s—Eighteenth century composer oi operas. IS—Possibilities of life. 20— Cribbage term. 21— Descriptive name for a titmouse. 22 African port. 23 Once a capital of China. 21—-Elizabethan dramatist. 2.5 —Sketch. 20—Ardent. 30— Phenomenon of nature. 31 — Measure of capacity.