The Star Cross-word Puzzle.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 77, 31 March 1931, Page 14

The Star Cross-word Puzzle.

CLUES.

ACROSS. I—Haughty. B—Wherein horses- are knocked down without cruelty. 11— Reverse a vegetable and get part of a ship. 12— This line is a good one for divers to take. 13— A rudiment. 15— A hundred per cent certainty that can be eaten. 16— Wilt. 17— A return call. 18— Change a tool to bewilder. 19— Brightens things up on the surface. 21— Make of car. 22 If you decide it's a bit too thick, have it this. 23 A direction. 26 A way of circulation. 27 A fine thing for the toilet. 28— A Scotsman’s study, if public.

DOWN. 2 A dog that bites th«L.back of your leg might like this m||tt. 3 Evidently not a nice English county for motoring. 4 Change a robe for something more flowing, and Spanish. 5 With this the motorist may find a way. 6 —Having no effect. 7 A heavenly pet, many declare. S —Numbers have testified, often, to her occasional lapses, but she keeps plugging away. 9—“ Pea Grist Inn” (anag.) (llow would he portray that?) 10—Dazzling. 14— A joy beyond the ordinary. 15— A fielder of no dimensions. 19 — It’s a seedy fate to be this. 20— He will make a cast for you. 24 A quality of sound. 25 A measure. 26 — This makes a thing 6 down.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION. ACROSS.—Oppress. Escaped, Tliebaid, Targets, Clearly, Ult, He, Cant, Yesty, Ates, Speer, Nomad, Impact,

Naboth. Orric, Afric, Tintinnabulates, Satur, Stylo, Norward, Odyssee. DOWN.—Ostrich. Present, Shil.y. Shally, Prelate, Dispose, Acu, Deter, Trite, Rye, Sparta, Detinuer, Confuted, Labial, Tintern, Sponsor, Ecrit, Marly, Doctors, Whistle, C.N.R., A.B.S.