CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 643, 22 December 1932, Page 4

CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

ACROSS. I—Burning and obviously illuminating. s —Useful man this in a boat or with his weapon of old. 10— Controversial. 11— S.E.R. reds (anag.). 12— The tan is obtained from this part of England. 15— A contrivance for hoisting. 16— What, part of a plant sounds suggestive of a small squad on the square? 17— The latest craze. 18— Thus a fez in China men do not often see (hidden). 19— Kind of net, but one would not expect to see that beast in it. 20— Cheat. 22—Damage, but go on down round the corner and it becomes melodious. 25—Famous cartoonist. 27 Musical instrument. 28— Unfortunately the sea angler has to go abroad to catch this sporting fish. 31 Learned. 32 This English town sounds like the 33 This Welsh town seems to suggest a noise ns an alternative. t 3 of spring.

CLUES. ACROSS. DOWN

DOWN. 2 Put a BA in this song to find what it will do. 3 Tool. 4 Kind of fold popular with schoolboys. 5 An abbreviated county wherein the population sleep. 6 Sad. 7 O.T. Prince who met a sad end. S—Lack of energy, though a way can be seen in it. 9—An artists’ medium. 13— Kind of dog. 14— An O.T. character and an insect make a proverbially hard couple. 15— Little cake; or is it a jack? 20— Obstinate, or tracked. 21— Flower, with its outside inside. 23—Soothe. _ 25 Baby’s thanks to Royalty is rather charming. 26 A certain number in those outside the profession causes slackness. 29—Took ! a lord! 20—The only form of hunt some cranks would allow.