The Star Cross-word Puzzle.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 194, 17 August 1931, Page 12

The Star Cross-word Puzzle.

CLUES.

ACROSS. I—“A stab in clinic” (anag.). 10 — A protagonist in the struggle of the flowers. 11— He is ready for scrapping in his head. 12 — Fastener. 13 This pool can accommodate big ships. 14—Metal. 17— This voice is the appropriate one to make a proposal in. 18— Shellfish with everything at heart. 19— Observed as probably not very cool. 22 —Indian town. 24 Describes, probably, the wife of the husband who was not jealous. 25 Thev make butter in this. 26 St Ignatius brings this small creature to notice. 29 A Roundhead General. 30 — Generous. 31— Epithet for what words cannot convey.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION. ACROSS. —Doric, lonic, Ho, Ur, Late, Bear, Redskin, Nose, Side, Credulous, Staid, Saltash, Shagpat, Simon, Wills,

DOWN. 2—lndict. f 3—This is often driven in various woods. s 4—The studious holiday-maker is often immersed in this. s—Undisciplined. y 6—Smart. 7 First. 8— How the maroons should go off ; Armistice Day. • 9ln a hurry. 15—This meat is not all meat. a r 16—Get together, everyone in the middle. 20— Applicable to the Guards (two » words). 21 — By no means mild. 22 A famous authoress. -23—Not an outside epithet. 27 This is not far away. 28— Palindromic father.

Econ, Toto, Shelley, Dainty, Bead, Loam, Hedge, Depth. DOWN. —Obtuse, Cheerless, Irwin, Iberia, Blanc, Creed, Shun, Organic, Edition, Stagy. Divan, Sheltered, Will, Seeds, Mobile, Moment. Moody, Rhyme, Stag, Nod.