CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-1153.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18646, 27 December 1928, Page 4

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE-1153.

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—Remark.1 —Remark. s—“ Having none?” may follow this. 9—From this one. 10— “Our Amos” (anag.). 11 — An ugly hopper. 12— A generous sort of shape (especially at Oxford). 13— Scottish loch. 16 — A material. 17— Calm and this are ill-assorted. 18 — A doubter. 21—Where the schoolboy stores his knowledge. 24 With this it is nearly always close • season. 25 A good hand at poker. 26 Scheme. 29 — Figures largely in summer diet. 30 — Change “Bit meal” to a tasty dish. 31— Often a feature of the garden. 32 Persian town.

DOWN. 1— Often the centre of a naval turning movement. 2 Ancient form of plague. 3 This mount can be made neat. 4 Region. slt is risky to sit in this. 6An unorthodox way of referring to a police officer. 7 May provide a merciful relief. 8— The course that altered the course of humanity. 14r—This usually the genius before fame does. 15—A not uncommon patonvmic. 18— Worldly. 19— “Castile” (anag). 20 — An important factor in domestic happiness (ask the wise housewife). 21— Not a “blighty” one. 22 A country much dammed. 23 — A light affair. 27 Male name that does not suggest much warmth. 28— Officiates in a mosque.