CROSS-WORD PUZZLE – 1284.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18786, 15 June 1929, Page 20 (Supplement)

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE - 1284.

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. 4ron« nnwK

ACROSS. I—A famous volcano 6—A game 9~A famous* opera 10—The smallest payment is far in front of this It—A society upstart 13—Common even .in the Thames this past winter 15—Crossing lines in a telescope to aid observation. 17—Division 19— The answer to this is not obvious 20— Girl’s name 21— Plants that suggest motion 23—It is the habit of the fusser to do this 25—One of the things we ought not to have done 28— People of this description need support 29 When playing with a bear remember this makes ‘‘red glow” and be warned 32 Superficial sweetness 33 To do this may chec k an epidemic 34 These do not take blows in silence 35^—Held under

DOWN. 1— Saint and sinner in the narrow way 2 Male name i 3 —These men do their work in their head 4 The larger is this the larger the 5 trade 5 This kind of speech may give ofL fence, even if the beginning may smooth things over 6 Think after a wager, and take the middle course 7 A fair turner of heads 8— Set apart > 12—The avenger 14—May be of the vacuum variety in > the house 16—A famous epic - 17—Fighting in loose language 18—11 is verdict on contemporary events seldom stands = 22—“ See germ” (anagJ 24—Adore 26—A verv Final! coin c 27—Made to hold a loaded shell e 30 —Plentiful in the home after the r-reat freeze 31—Fear

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION. ACROSS—Prohibition. TlomogeneSlut. Seen. Railing. Arrival, Grace.

I Nail, Scan, Ambit. Mutable, Distant, Rink. Alto, Giveandtake, Non-apparent. DOWN—Root, Hooting. Beer, Theatre, Opus, Astronomers. Humiliating, ». | Serviceable, Inclination, Grime. Acrid, .. Albuera. Tighter. Kilo, Snip. Akin.