CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-1150.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18644, 22 December 1928, Page 20 (Supplement)

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-1150.

• # 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—One who has no need to be anxious about her 22 down. 4—This famous man died in 1821. 8— Continental old master. 9 Apparently an essential part of modern Eve's equipment. 10— " Tax cert” (anag.). 11— Part of traffic which often causes congestion. 12— Kind of decoration. 13— These islands are in the Atlantic. 15—Vegetable. 19—Associated with vanities. 22 Vessel of olden times. 23 An animal and a boy make a bustle. 21- “O suitor” (anag). 25 One of the U S.A. 26 One whose performances please the young at Christmas time. 27 English novelist and poet.

DOWN. 1 - Descriptive of the pattern of this puzzle. 2 Public school. 3 .Material that becomes a spirit in the plural. 4 Fish that appears at table but is never caught. 5 Sweet. 6 Feminine name. 7 Modern musical composer. 9—Herein one spends a holiday perhaps. 14—A beast of burden. 16— Modern statesman. 17— Terrible. 18— Irish county town. 19— Nearly perfection. 20 — Animal that you will never see at the Zoo. 21— This kind of cane boys often wield. 22 A measurement. >

YESTERDAYS SOLUTION. ACROSS —Croft, Picture, Lorelei, F.ases. Started. Eternal, Alsatia. Rings, Romeo, Tension, Mouse, Earls, Lioness. Lucre, Tetra, Sawmill, Duresse,

Mavoral, Sneak, Patched, Gesture, Tyres. DOWN—Pint, Star, Creel, Reads, Fleet, Tisti, Fear, Pera, Scrambled, An , nouncer, Tasteless, Earnestly, Numerator, Lion’s tail, N.C.0., Ice, Asset, Wendy. Image, Lakes, Ural, Each, , Oats, Airs.