CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-885.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18381, 6 February 1928, Page 6

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-885.

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. The solution will appear in next issue.

CLUES.

ACROSS. 2—Kind of pen. 7- —lndian vehicles. 8— Gardeners’ accessory. 10— Star. 11— “Poor Ref.” (anag). 12— Cheese. 13— Kind of pipe. 15—Proverbially yet to be known by the novice. 18— N on-professional. 19— A northern race. 22—Mountain of Armenia. 24 What small shopkeepers do. 25 Essential in a melodrama. 26 — Mythical feminine warrior. 29 —Latin word well known in connection with dates. 32 This is made from nectar and mead is made from it. 33 “The timid fear imaginary evils” (hidden). 35 Adhesive substance. 36 Part of a bicycle. 38 — Family famed in Shakespeare. 39 “Or store” (anag). 40 — A Royal coin. 41— Plant that is food for sheep. 42 An adverb that suggests a miss. 43 Volatile liquid.

DOWN. 1— "Rare gin” (anag). 2 A result of war. 3 The kind of purchases that cannot be called extravagance. 4 Epithet for port or the old gentleman who drinks it, perhaps. 5 Fast. 6 Distress. 7 Of interest to seismologists. 9—W. Indian rodent. 14— This suggests a little dose. 15— Eastern ruler. 16— Dance. 17— Take one letter from a herb and find a part of France. 19— From a language of Europe make a man further south. 20— “A marvel happened at Jericho aa is recounted in the book of Joshua” (hidden). 21— These are the casualties of a battle. 23 Slang money. 24 This must be in the heart of every bride. 27 Kind of decoration. 28— One of the twelve. 30 — Our ancestors used to tread this. 31— Exactness. 33 — Chemical apparatus. 34 Branch of insurance. 36—Volcano. 37—What a bookmaker seldom is.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS —Pointlessness, Rattles, Evolves. Girl, Litre. Once. Emotion.

Digests, Reviled. Tin Cans, Post. Aspic, Malt. Sterile, Opinion, Ascertainment. DOWN—Ontario, Nell. Lesbian, Steered. Noon. Savings. Prague, Assess. Pills. Agent, Repast, Vessels, Dessert, Tripoli, Arabian, Satins, Fire, Siam.