TINK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20104, 24 March 1928, Page 20 (Supplement)

TINK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLES

Here is the solution of last week’s puzzle:— Across. 1. AVhether (if) 3. Chasm (gap) 5. Because (as) 7. Take a meal (dine) 8. A Continent (Asia) 9. One (an) 10. Follows neither (nor) 11. Belonging to me (my) 12. South American monkey (sai) 14. Part of verb ‘to be’ (am) 17. Name of the city (Bagdad) 19. Girl’s name (Ellen) 21. Skill (art) 23. Head of corn (ear) 25. Therefore (so) 26. New (Neo) 28. Compass point (N.E.) 29. Brave man (hero) 30. Wither (fade). Down 1. Girl’s name (Ida) 2. Fish have them (fins) 3. Cordial (genial) 4- Promenade (parade) 5. Purpose (aim) 6. Recites (says) 13. Aid (abet) 15. A horse has one (mane) 16. Glitter (flash) 18. Mirth (gl®e) 20. At liberty (free) 22. Kind of deer (roe) 24. Conjunction (and) 26. Refusal (no) 27. Preposition (of). You will see that the hidden name of a famous city was Bagdad, if you have not already discovered it for yourselves —but 1 expect you have.

I Now let us see what you can. do j with this. “AVhy is the letter AV like a. boy who tells tales?” If you don’t know, you will soon find out if you I solve the puzzle correctly, for the answer is hidden within it. Clues; AcrossL First word of hidden answer. 3. Judge 7. Conjunction. 9. Preposition JO. Second word of hidden an-wer. 12. Complete 14. Pronoun 15. Instead of 16. Part of verb ‘to be’ 18. Large bird 20. French for ‘the’ (feminine). 21. Showery 23- Third word of hidden answer 24. Decay 25. Weights 27. Conjunction 28. Gossip 30. Last w r ord of hidden answer 31. Famous Italian city. Down 1. Within 2. Boy’s name (abbreviated). 4. Possessive pronoun 5. Preposition Sung by a choir 8. Uncooked 11. Sharp 12- Toys 13. Kind of truck J 7. New Zealand native 19. A fable 22. The thing | 23. Proposition I 26. Used in a rowing bo. 28. Roman numeral I 29. Pronoun.