The Star’s Cross-word Puzzle.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18959, 4 January 1930, Page 23 (Supplement)

The Star’s Cross-word Puzzle.

CLUES.

ACROSS. I—Dejected. 9—The one language in the universe. 10— Even air rots (anag.). 11— “ For who would bear the s and scorns of time . . . when he himself might his quietus make. ?’* (Shakespeare). 14—Dainty china comes from here. 18— This before many names suggests size and perhaps coarseness. 19 — Precise. 20— The era responsible for the cinema. 21— Morass. 22 Take delight. 23 Irish county. 24 “ Loveliness needs not the foreign of ornament,” wrote the wise Thompson. 26 “ Seats beneath the shac e for talking and whispering lovers made” (Goldsmith). 27 A trace alone will give you this. 28— A hero’s car goes sensibly better than a nasty man’s (hidden). 29 Clear. 33—“ Some inglorious Milton here may rest” (Grey). 36 This race is one event of many village sports. 37 Recess. 38— Respectful.

DOWN. 2—This may be taken in on a sailing vessel, but is to be avoided in the sea. i 3—Herein the befcs. 4 Disease. 5 Flower. 6 I tell you she rode naked, it’s said, through Coventry (hidden), s 7—River of Asia. B—A container of documents. 12—Failing, t. 13—Settlement. 14— Slate. 15— Tree. 16— Fish. 1 17—Slight. 2 25—To be seen on a new penny. 26—T001. > 30—Fashion. s 31—The captain of “ The Golden Hind.” 32—A furtive touch. 34—Spawn of oyster. r 35—Mediterranean naval station. e r

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION.

ACROSS—Commission, Fake, Fictiious, Spot, Stripe, Error, Hooting, 'rotter, Nuggets, Jealous, Ennui, Ac-

cess, Bath, Dumbwaiter, Each, Tannenberg. DOWN—Cuff, Mock, Idiot, Shining, Opulent, Apparition, Enterprise, Pelota, Changeable, Morganatic, Ironic, Spatula, Jacobin, Swain, Stye, Crag.