CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 911, 4 November 1933, Page 19 (Supplement)

CROSS WORD PUZZLE .

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ACROSS. I—Hardy heroine has swallowed the last word to show her inspidity. 5—A poem is sanctimonious in the City. 9—A iamous name in Scottish history. 10—You’ll see a hundred hiding in a fancy or just hiding. 13— A poor afflicted outcast. 14— Not a word since about the French. 17—Flowers like broken rest. 20— How the waves imitate a seaside material. 21— Astute (anagram). 23—Repudiate a pig in a row. 26 Slack off like a genuine weapon. 27 Nomad. 29—As a form of craft it is matchless. 3 4—Coral reef enclosing a lagoon. 37 There must l*; a free library in this town surely. 38— Acts without words. 39 — Put on the pace somewhat poetically. 40— A corner on the right-hand side of the little street is enough to take your breath away. DOWN. 1— A dolt confused. 2 DegreV?. 3 May be driven without wheels, and manages to hold together. 4 Under the counter may help a friend to pass. 5 Before.

6 —A little animal and what he is represents no independent and dominating personality. 1 ;£ h - at of course, about a hundred. 8— Colour. 9 "Hope springs eternal in the human breast. Man never is, but always to be (Pope). 11 —« aid to have been offered for a horse by a king. 3? General portion of a chimney-piece la—lf these players had a broad openwould not make for secrecy. 16—Out of curiosity. 18— Red tape is obvious enough here. 19— Truly this is a test of sobriety. 22 Initials of very sacred import. 23 “ Fanatics have their , wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect ” (K<ats). 24 The schoolboy said she danced in front of Harrods. 25 Cathedral town. 28—Haggard heroine. 30— Strength of character that seems out of place in an engineer. 31— Canned music? No, but can this is music. 32 This to one’s ears may mean two very different things. 33 The lower part of Prague. 35 Won by waiting. 36 — Was underfoot when under a tramp.