The Star Cross-word Puzzle.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 189, 11 August 1931, Page 11

The Star Cross-word Puzzle.

CLUES.

ACROSS. I—Theatrical companies may frequent- 1— 1 ly be seen thereon. 2 3—lncrease 1 across and look for me ' on the Loire. 3 G—Reverse utterly, or, at any rate, 4 1 across. ! S—lf poor it may mean cold feet for 5 you or an editor. G—--10 and 11 across—ln one word, go in i quest of necessaries; in two, may 7 describe weight in races. 8— 12—Forceful. 14— Often in the soup. 9 15 — Latin name. 17—A former portrait painter of note 12— (rev.). IS —Conveyancing is concerned with 13— deeds of this kind. 16— 21—Catches. 17— 23—•“ Like clouds that rake the moun- 19 — tain summits, "N Or waves that own no curbing 20— hand, 22 How fast has followed 23 From sunshine to the silent land.” 25 — Willowy is anything but the term 24 for a figure of this sort. 25 26 Dawn in old Italy loses an alternative in this emanation. 29 — 2*—Here, if you keep to the pavement, you keep to your good intentions, if the proverb is right. 30— 28—With a car you’ll find this thread near the border. 34 30— Ancient city of Persia. 31— End of 15 across. —To travel hopefully, it has been 35 said, is better than this. 33—Better wait for 34 down. 35 Hold on till 35 down. 36 Hence sherry (one spelling). 37 Rooks make corners in this.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION. ACROSS. —Evergreen, Swab, Elan, Overthrow, Egon, Spec, Weasand, Toity, Amber, Cutting, Abash, Grill,

DOWN. -This fold will hardly hold a flock. —What our King looks like when he approves of a Parliamentary Act. -This is sticky. —The best thing to do bad teaching or habits. —Songs and gems require a good one. —Sailors are often bound for it in shanties. —Hardy wrote of two on one. —Some make a composition with theirs. —A great Manchester City forward and a Great Victorian novelist were. —What came to the Archbishop in the story. —Anglais may follow in a band. —Look for him North of China. —Cow. —Brief instruction to the printer with a view to emphasis. -Particularises 2 down. —Minor regulations. —They drop from aloft with a thud in some of our streets. —Dilapidations. —A benefit in which only two faults are possible at. a time. —Major and minor would be this to a stargazing old Roman; you, too, must look up. —Brother of 12 down in old legend, and they can be very similar. —Little, except with the addition of 33 across reversed, gives you too much. —With my across in front or behind I'm a terror to African beasts.

Explore, Cecil, Raina, Masters, Says, Lyly. Centipede, Scar, Feet, Absorbent. DOWN.—Swag, Ebon, Eleve, Gates, Ekron, News. Mate, Entrances, • Oligarchy, Publicity, Corollary, Wych- . elm, Antipas, Adipose, Daggers, Aunts, , Trier, Reeve, Sera, Left, Lies.