CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20365, 24 July 1934, Page 12

CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

CLUES.

ACROSS. I—A busy woman-worker who might turn round to slander us. 6—A wicked person certainly lived awrong. 9—Veers around a compass point in thin coatings. 10— Not in instalments. 11— One of the cat tribe. 12— Someone's pulling the strings when they get to work. 14— A little anchor in which the rim is apparent. 15— Secondly, it follows. 17—Downfall that satisfies justice. 20-r—Found in a liner, providing steam. 22—In troy, you pay the first part to ascertain your second part. 24 Clreater than a king. 25 -In your ABC you have it thrice repeated. 27 Attribute, like a writer for instance. 28— Put part in front of this crest and it will fly.

29——If you are lucky, It will leave you high, but by no means dry. DOWN. 1— Nothing to know in a symbol of affection. 2 Anonymous. 3 The best way to sleep. 4 Made certain; anyhow certain In the end. 5 One sort of salute. 6 ’Tis crazy to overthrow this bank. " —-Called upon. S—Walks lamely, like fifty-one legislators. 13 —Meaning is hard to understand here. 16—Last night in poetry. IS—Species, and mink makes it. 19—John Bright called it the mother of parliaments. 21— A former royal title. 22 Cleric of a former age. 23 <'onspiotious success from France. 26—Helps to let things slide.