The Star’s Cross-word Puzzle.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18958, 2 January 1930, Page 6

The Star’s Cross-word Puzzle.

CLUES.

ACROSS. I—lnstruments for making linked sweetness long drawn out S—although to some persons their this 9 —is -a cause of this; 10— especially if, when they are trying to this, 11— the performer begins to this the overture to “Tannhauser” 14 —One did this to the Sultan’s scabbard with jewels 19—with this dazzling result 21— We are advised not to do this to Princes 22 “The long array of helmets bright, the long array of s” 25—No other word must be put in this 27—One does this to a departed Sultan 30 —Some hotelkeepers practise this 35 Brown 36 The man who sold you fifteen left-hand gloves must have been this 37 This is said to be pretty’ as representing what those hotelkeepers charge 38— You cannot possibly compete in the three-legged race without this

DOWN. 1— This is of some 38 when you are tried for burglary 2 Weight of which 150 equal 20 of 37 across weight 3 Some mechanically propelled vessels are fitted with this 4 This course may be conversational 5 Too much after this (two words) is apt to weaken your interest in dinner 6 This instrumentalist is not called on to play lullabies 7 nor are these used for that purpose 12— Australian fauna 13— It is waste of time to do this to the tortoise, your kindness is not appreciated 15— The article referred to in 14 across was a kind of this 16— which was this (as 14 tells you) 17— by the Grand this 18— Un chevalier avec peur et reproche (hidden) 19— This is the best thing to do to your house in case of earthquake 20— To feel Bertha bite madly renewed Sal’s old inexorability (hidden) 23 What the winner does after the Marathon 24 — To 13 down the tortoise is this 26—Excessively 28— This comes before each clue 29 The Seven Seas 31— A valedictory composer 32 Lamb loved this pig 33 The subject of the Iliad 34 A man mustn’t espouse this

TUESDAY S SOLUTION.

ACROSS —Godless, Igneous, Cesarewitch. Bulk, Hard, Bugbear, Ganges, Reopen, Peg, Delage, Eyelid, R.S.M.,

Totnes, Mashie. Spaniel, Arno, Grip, Embarrassed, Dickens, Cypress. DOWN—Gamboge, Leek, Status, Guitar, Each, Sardine, Kemble, Clandestine. Harpsichord, Benares, Renewal, Per, Gem, Strayed, Senora, Vespers, Sprain, Mersey, Omsk, Gear.