IM'S CROSSWORD PUZZLES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 219, 15 September 1928, Page 20 (Supplement)

IM'S CROSSWORD PUZZLES

I worvler who discovered the name of the animal in last week’s puzzle? Perhaps it was just a wee bit difficult, but I expect most of you triumphantly brought it to light—it was the Collared Peccary! Here is the whole solution of the puzzle: Across 2. Wander (Meamder) 7. Large Bird (Emu) 9. Distress (Woe) 10. First part of hidden name (Collared) 12. Used by billiard players (Cue) 13. ’A fabric 15. Because (As) 16. Insect (Bee) IS. Form of address (masculine) (Mr) 19. True (Real) 21. Chimney (Flue) 23. Rags (Tatters) 25. Fashion (Mode) 26. Skill (Art) 27. Unites firmly (Cements) Down 1. Second part of hidden name (Peccary) 2. Animal (Mule) 3. Conscious (Aware) 4. Follows neither (Nor) 5. Another animal (Deer) 6. Musical note (Re) 8. Rodent (Mouse) 11. Prim (Demure) 14. Quickly (musical direction) (Presto) J 6. Part of a knife (Blade) 17. Newt (Eft) 20. Smallest possible portion (Atom)

22. Meadows (Leas) 24. Number (Ten) 25. Pronoun (Me) Here is another animal, and its name is hidden in the puzzle. See how long it takes you to find the name. Clues: Across 1. Kind of boat 5. Tribe 7. The boy 8. Cereal 9. Fruit 10. Pronoun 11. Spoil 12. Pronoun 13. Wander 14. Permit .15. Part of verb ‘to be’ 16. Depart 17. Hidden name 20. Rest' 21. Not early 22. Incomplete Down 1. Animal 2. Indefinite article 3. Above 4. Fixed opinions 5. A relative 6. Endures 7. Where you live 9. A little song 11. Kind of hammer 14. Pertaining to a particular place 16. A fete or festivity 17. Aitmosphcre 19. Preposition 20. French for ‘the’ (feminine)