TINK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19864, 11 June 1927, Page 22 (Supplement)

TINK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLES

Perhaps you knew already, or perhaps you found out by solving the puzzle, that the name of the animal pictured last week is “The Ant Bear.” Here is the full solution:—

Now this week we have another creature it will probably puzzle some of you to name. Do you know what it is? Y T ou will find out if you do the puzzle. Clues:

Across 1. Within (In) 3. A favourite animal (Dog) 6. Conjunction (French) (Et) 7. First word of hidden answer (The) 9. Pronoun (He) 10. Reduce to powder (Grind) 11. Part of very “to be” (Am) 13. Second word in hidden answer (Ant) 14. Favourite (Pet) 16. Action (Deed) 18. Each (Every) 19. Last word of hidden answer (Bear) 21. Slight blow (Rap) 22. A little fish (Dab) 23. Measure of distance (Mile) Down 1. Pronoun (It) 2. Slender (Thin) 4. Exclamation (Oh) 5. Army officer (General) 6. Avoided (Evaded) 7. Business (Trade) 8. To go into (Enter) 12. Pronoun (Me) 14. A fairy (Peri). 15. Used in printing (Type) 17. Flow back (tide) (Ebb) 20. Preposition (At)

Across 1. Sheep. 4. Proffer. 8. Encountered. 10. Conscious. 12. Used on violin bows. 14. First word of hidden answer. 15. Second word of hidden answer. 17. Dry stalks of grain. 18. Entertain. 19. Aid. 21. Kind of table. 23. To measure or allot. 25. Last word of hidden answer. 27. Motionless. Down 2. Needs. 3. Pitcher. 4. Conjunction. 5. Turkish cap. 6. An historical period. 7. To tell. 8. The sixtieth part of an hour. 9. Terminates. 11. Not asleep. 13. Boy’s namo (abbreviated). 16. Flow back (tide). 19. Related. 20. An Arab Prince. 22. Snow-shoe. 24. Preposition. 26. You and I. Love from Tink.