Crossword Puzzle.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 457, 19 May 1932, Page 13

Crossword Puzzle.

CLUES.

ACROSS. 7—Just the troops for a war dance. S—Reports in high quarters, with Inferior conclusion. 9—A grave statement., often recorded In stony silence. 11— Put a politician where the mustard ought to be, and you -may toast the lot. 12— Store—apparently a marine one from the contents. 13— Ancient enemies of Rome. 15— Defy. 16— "Coal pit” (anag.). 18—So pleasant a land that in it even a rank outsider breaks into song. 20—Food with bitter middle, 22—A division of 7 across. 24—A counter-move. 26 You may not be anxious to meet him if his calling does not please 27 A painful affliction. 28— Simply swarming from the meeting. 29 Smith does this, and Hodge does it beheaded.

DOWN. 1— Not a complimentary verse. 2 A national adjective. 3 This is often a line the statistician takes. 4 Town in Somerset. slf Ted were fifty animated would be the word for this. G—The name they give to our oarn--ings, after they have taken them from us. 3 o—An annual 26 across to Kent. 11—“ O cold rice!” (anag.). 14— Abstract from tales. 15— When this gees down anglers’ hopes go up. 3 7—A war vessel. 3 9—To enlarge the quarry, behead this chase. 21—A puzzle. 23 To whom many writers have made gentle reference. 24 This should keep the milkman in good shape for golf. 25—Vessel.