CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20205, 16 January 1934, Page 11

CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

CLUBS. ACROSS. DOWN.

2—Crushed is the grass around Fleet Street 8— Never mention this form of amusement to a sensitive and sericusminded pheasant 9 How easily this singer could become a doll if he could attain the “ D ” 10— Barkers can scarcely welcome this substitute for paper 11— Not so much of it! 13—Incline with final end 16—It’s a wager l 18— Pretty large 19— If this great law-giver took Ecua- 3 dor’s capital to his heart, some 1 bloodsuckers would at once appear 1 21— Pack with inflammable finish 22 It occupies that position 1 24 Incident 25 Read by magistrates and stern parents: it is South American dis- 1 cretion. practically (2 words) 1 26 Eluding 2 28— If ructions follow, your orders are quite plain i 29 A broken truce 30— Reverberation ! 31— Tsle of Wight river 2 32 Proceeds : 37—Ancient goddess who appears to lead a double life 39 Flooded .* 40— Piece of elastic 41— Issue with item altered 4 2—Deep exits (anagram)

(New South Wales), 22-19, and they should go still further, as they are playing well together. Tlieir next outing will be against Rowntree and in the eighth round they are down to plav MacGillivrav (Roslyn), who is unbeaten. The unbeaten rinks are M’Gillivray (Roslyn) and Anderson (Timaru), 6 wins each. The Canterbury and West Coast teams with five wins arc Martin (Sumner). Dee (Nelson), Wliiblcv (Grevmouth), Currie (West End, Timaru). Young (Kia Toa), Rev E. Baridy (Papanui) and Edwards (Temuka). The following have four wins and two losses:— H. Wilson and H. C. Wilson (both Linwood), Healey (Waimate), Pollock (Ricoarton Racecourse) and Ives (Edgewa re ). Play will he resumed to-morrow, with the seventh and eighth rounds of rinks and as the programme is now hack to schedule twenty-five heads will he played with no time limit. New Brighton Club. 11l the fourth round of the New Brighton Bowling Club’s championship rinks Middleton beat Dean, C. Stokes beat Bismsn and Besley heat Muirson.

1— An old sweetheart has lost his head i so cannot walk well 2- —Hundreds present? No, half, I should say! •'l—ln fencing and mesmerism •I—Had Adam and Eve ever climbed it, it’s what he might have said to her half-way 5 Tiny drinks 6 Light javelin 7 Back view of some nuts 11— May be printed or written, with Ireland within 12— Not really an important point 14— Ten cranes (anagram! 15— Irish county catspaws to go on strike (two words) 3 6—Without a trace of moisture, though rather like a “sec” French wine (hyphen) 1 7—Dog 19— French wine 20— Word that provides a frequent place-prefix 22—A fish you might have to pay for cash down 29—Some wood 27—Protected 32—Visiting teams always get a square deal here, strangely enough 3 4—Knotted ties 35 Part of the camel that has afflicted farmers of late 36 Cancels a correction 37 Caesar's unlucky date 38—A girl I have in my eye