The Star Cross-word Puzzle.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 63, 16 March 1931, Page 13

The Star Cross-word Puzzle.

CLUES.

ACROSS. 3 —You must take this stuff the right way, or it will obviously belong to the lady. 8— Looked at from the French and English points of view, this famous affair is decidedly shaky. 9 May explain why, when Pat opens his mouth, he so often puts his foot in it. 10— A matron in a fabled land has no home. 11— When this comes from the people with the winning card, look out! 12— Not necessarily an uneven song, whatever the sound. 13— “Liar Pat” (anag.). 16—Warrior sure to make a mistake in rank. 19— Material often seen on its greater part. 20— What the traveller is often almost squeezed out of. 21— Sort of sympathetic, like! 22 Garment. 24—A badger may seem this, when it’s backed in its hole. 27—Make of car. 30—As clear as an Irishman about a late hour. 32- an insect likely to roam. 33 In which it is seen the weight of Troy was not enough. 34=—Bribe. 35 Male, name. 36 A light thing, at best.

DOWN. 1— Coin put in a vegetable. 2 “Gas hat” (anag.). 3 Take a negro’s head from this part of Africa and you get close. 4 You may give this to a policeman quite legally (in fact, he may take it). 5 " Ban Dome ” (anag.). 6 Most of this limit demands obedience. 7 What a traveller must do to get on the first half in London. 13 — Sailors will not vote in favour of this motion. 14— A little puzzle concerning a vehicle. 15— A volume. 16— Multi-headed fish. 17— Not easy to understand in a strange tongue. 18— A defence. 22 Possibly prominent in the work of a musical architect. 23 What France was once and is no longer. 25 Not at all clear. 26 Inspired, perhaps, by the end of 8 across. 28— Young fellow quite likely to join in falsehood. 29 A snake has swallowed a fish head first, and is resting. 31—Animals mostly related.

SATURDAY S SOLUTION. ACROSS.—Sublime. Affront. Towncouncil, Tore, Lass. Belgium, Import, Simpler, Bar, Adagio, Outfit, Add, In-

tend, Mashie, Donegal, Hoop, Leap, Necromancer, Gatling, Archaic. DOWN.—Sustain, Looe, Minuet, Fungus, Rail, Tonsure, Loggia, Trepidation, Lamplighter, Brigand, Mistral, Boa, Rod, Tithing. Dreams, Delphic, Doirari, Manner, Peel, Leah.