CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Te Ao Hou, April 1956, Page 57

CROSSWORD PUZZLE Some clues were unfortunately omitted from our last crossword puzzle (no. 13). One reader suggested that one hundred guineas would not be an excessive prize for anyone able to solve it with the clues missing. The clues were: Across: 50: an adverb meaning ‘cautiously’; 51: an interjection expressing admiration: 52: now, presently; 53: by way of. Down: 36: the young of the ‘tamure’; 38: to beget; 40: the Maori name for the Jewish race; 41: to sing or chant; 43: night; 44: blossom; 45: good; 46: a stream or river; 47: to crack, or emit a sharp explosive sound; 48: to fish; 49: the breath. Solutions to Puzzle no. 13 will still be accepted until May 14 and a guinea prize will be available for a correct solution. A similar prize is available for a correct solution to Puzzle no. 14, published on this page. Solutions to this puzzle must also reach this office by May 14. If more than one correct solution is received to any one puzzle, the winner is determined by lot. ACROSS 1. a bird whose song in spring heralded planting time 12. west 13. our magazine 14. to drink 15. nickname for a well-known East Coast tribe 16. a girl's name 17. soot 18. him (E.C. dialect) 19. go on ahead 20. spade (modern usage) 21. to sow seeds 23. an exclamation 24. like that; in that way 26. the Queen's son 28. here 29. sharp 30. huge 33. a line or cord 35. remaining (as food after a meal) 37. on the other side 39. to anoint with red ochre and oil 40. morning 41. by me 42. to bore 43. digging stick 44. what 45. Ra— (Saturday) 48. a knife or dagger 49. but DOWN 1. a spring or well 2. freckles 3. Mt Edgecumbe 4. time 5. wash 6. evening 7. abundant 8. me 9. earthquake 10. sand 11. smoke 22. inside 24. night 25. an exclamation 27. hey there! 28. bow of canoe 31. to earth up (as potatoes) 32. talk 34. winter 35. albatross 36. avenged; paid for 37. white 38. I don't know 39. a native tree 40. learn 46. shout 47. current