CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-1045.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18544, 18 August 1928, Page 20 (Supplement)

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-1045.

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—This occupies summer (two words). 10— Occasion that calls for a very mild stimulant. 11 — Mean, and made of two words that tell what a woman will seldom do. 12— Whip, cut, or a bounty of nature. 13 — To'the cricketer these are symbols of life or death. 14— Bearing. 17— Extract (cars run on it in France). 18 — Their chief troubles are usually little ones. 19 — Concerning this duty is all that matters. 2J— Showing reason. 24 Christian name of a Rider Haggard hero. 25 An Eastern land. 26 Marks the end of slavery. 39 Names a district in either Spain or E. Europe. 30 —Kind of snip. 3P Herein vou may learn to support although out of your element.

DOWN. . 2x—"Son’s ear” (anag.). L 3—A golf shot (but not from the wood). ; 4—What the 8.8. C. seem to be trying to do to our minds. 5 To do this to material leaves a } wavy edge. 6 A mean shuffle. 7 Suitable tribute to a prizewinner . at a poultry show. r B —A home of bears, bulls and sweeps. 9—Their Mecca is made from "Dime t blown.” 15— A bit of specie, maybe. 16— Ships with rig amidships. I 20 —The buffalo is fond of this bird's long tail. 21— Town in Turkey. 22 Requires assistance at a stile. i 23 —Beast of prey (sounds unfair). 27 Dross. 28— A useful insulator. I

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION. ACROSS. —Crocodile, Lathe, Elbow,

Yorks, Aegis, Itinerant, Jaffa, Newel, Fraternal. DOWN. Faroe, Chasm, Rest, Chegue, Dibble, Lees, Elder, Forge, Thackeray, Alabaster, Reichstag, Elephants, Ivanhce, Leper, Giles, Bar, Plug, Spinet, Wearer, Copal, Skiff,