CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-971.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18469, 22 May 1928, Page 14

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-971.

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. I—Book of the N.T. 6—A proverbially long time. 9—Much-discussed subject nowadays. 10 —Sound often heard from the hearth rug. 12—View. 15—Modern portrait-painter. 18— Commonly connected with a horse shoe. 19— Swiss resort. 21— Bird. 22 Repay. 24 Result. 25 Beast of prey. 26 Scottish isle. 28— Parting wish. 29 — Planet. 34 Scottish isle. 35 — Alice didn’t want him to fight. 36 Level. 37 Dispatch.

DOWN. 1— The farmer grows this for his sheep. 2 Meat. 3 Yorkshire city. 4 African mountain. 5 City of Portugal. 7 Scarcely sweet temper. 8— Fort i ms. 11—Sweet. 13—Tree* 11 —English poet. 16— Urgent. 17— Foreknowledge. 20—Another name for Iladcs. 23—“ If I hack it, even the best horse won’t win ” (hidden). 37 —Indian sabre. 30— Nautical term of position. 31— Fifty in the midst of one. 32 Tool. 33 Book of the O T.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION. ACROSS—February, Thrash. Carriage, Origin, Loosened, Sweets, Den, Protem, Dominie, Meadow. C.N.B, Un-

tidy, Tamarisk, Humour, Tlav-ildar, Disuse, Students.

DOWN—Fickle, Barrow, United, Rugged, Hardware, Augments, Handsome, Defiant, Bow, Pip, Ambushed, Pastimes, Doldrums, Basalt, Varied, Hidden, Skirts.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION. ACROSS—Barham. Damson. Rumpkin, Latter. Antrim. Lineage. Jseo. Sage, Consols, Tattler. Opium. Fiord, Agate. Braid, Biscuit, Celebes. Etch, Role, Dubious, Random, Topics, Deliver, Racoon, Demean. DOWN—Baltic, Rotten. Abel. Murillo. Upset, Diagram. Anne. Serial, Number, Solicit, Ostrich, Stagger, Genteel, Spurt. Tunic, Bitumen, Deputed. Rearer, Scenic, Bodice, Season, Vivid, Dodo, Sore. ,