The Star Cross-word Puzzle.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 193, 15 August 1931, Page 29

The Star Cross-word Puzzle.

CLUES. ACROSS. DOWN.

I— “ Thus sung the uncouth swain to the oaks and rills . . . With eager thought warbling his lay.” 4—This style is not so severe as 1 across, nor so ornate as the Corinthian. 7 and 8 across. Give them thirty minutes .each. 10—Never is worse. ll A garden of this sort is not the place for quiet meditation. 12—His pigmentation needs no rouge, apparently. 14—Dislocation of this member is disconcerting. 17—Lindrum may put it on without offence. 19— Marines, for some reason, are supposed to be especially this. 20— Of a demeanour anything but boisterous. 22 Here the G.W.R. enters Cornwall from Plymouth. 23 His shaving made a fantastic Victorian story. 25—One of this name founded ‘an ecclesiastical malpractice. 27—Lately the “ unexpressive she ” of the Court, after Helen. See also 29 down. 30—Student’s economical economy. 32 — Denial in this is absolute. 33 No one living can have “seen” this poet “ plain,” as Browning’s imaginary interlocutor did. 34 Nice. 36 Better duck if it’s drawn on you. 37 Rich stuff for the garden. 38 — Avoid committing yourself. 39 Can’t you fathom this? Sound it.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION. ACROSS. —Cock, Broadcloth, Neuralgia, Unfit, Islam, Achates, Elder, Ossifrage, Expedient, Reeds, Embroil,

2 Angles may be; not you, I trust. 3ln the studio even the most rousing broadcaster must be content to be thus gloomy. 4 A Vice-regal son of Halifax. 5 Old name of new Republic. 6 French supremacy in Europe is here unquestionable. See also 28 down. 9—For Christians the Apostles’ is the shortest. 13 —Eschew; a little attention will help. 15— Opposite of functional. 16— If a first one it is potentially valuable. 17— A little more than 33 down and less than natural. 19 —Couch or council. 21—Some trades are thus screened. 24 One of 27 across. 25 Said by 33 across to be charioted to their dark wintry bed by a wind when winged. 26 An Alabama port that seems to have an insecure position. 28— A short-lived thing, sometimes awkward, which without me precedes 6 down. 29 — Let’s hope this capricious addition to 27 across won’t diminish her steadiness. 31—What is without this or reason is inexplicable. 33—The one in the poem at eve had drunk his fill. 35—Equivalent to a motion of the eyelid when dealing with equine myopia.

Elgin, Adair, Aristotle, Prescriber, Mass. DOWN.—Cantilever, Churl, Rigmarole, Asaph, Crust, Obfuscate, Hate, Admirec* Messengers, Depreciate, Satellite, Fervent, Boric, Okapi, Gutta, Vamp. *