CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22507, 15 September 1938, Page 3 (Supplement)

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across: 1 design, form. 4 opposite of before. 9 it twinkles in the nursery rhyme. 11 part of a list, unit. 15 number of years lived. 16 the name of a British ship about which Tennyson wrote. 17 possessive pronoun. 18 “The it raineth every day”—Twelfth Night. 20 Cleopatra used one of these for killing herself. 22 raise. 24 swears, gives word, certifies. 26 single. 27 open. 29 attempt. 30 note given for things borrowed. 32 robber. 35 temporary. 39 person from Northern Ireland and Scotland. 41 for catching fish, butterflies, etc. 42 part of fish not often eaten. 43 some, a few. 44 collection; fate. 45 entrance. 47 a folk song or camp song. 48 “He slipped no sup and he craved no ” a wellknown Gilbert and Sullivan song. 50 the best of the milk. Down: 2 head cover. 3 father and mother. 5 warship. 6 make extra, stretch, spin out, 7 worry. 8 of light colour. 9 withered, dried up. 10 solo part. 12 trial. 13 soft green plant growing in damp places. 14 girl’s name taken from a flower name. 19 the mean, the mid-point between two marks. 21 do not give in. 23 an engineering device. 24 also. 25 series of carriages drawn by engine. 28 a well-known fish. 30 intervening. 31 head of a business. 32 protective covering on trees. 33 coated with ice. 34 as well. 36 part with for payment. 37 island. 38 a large

45 across. 40 this has a tongue but speaks no word. 46 same as 17 across. 48 means 15 across.

SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE Across: 1 survey. 4 hammer. 10 laugh. 11 amiss. 12 keen. IS tress. 14 till. 15 are. 17 aside. 18 howling. 20 day. 22 not. 83 fleeter. 25 verse. 28 her. 30 ogre. 31 clean. 32 hull. 35 strew. 36 pivot. 37 wished. 38 adorer. Down: 1 stroke. 2 rollers. 3 emus; 5 arid.-G'mission. 7 revolt. S share. 9 mansion. 13 treat. 15 adder. 16 alter. 19 woven. 21 yellowy. 24 lyrists. 26 shunter. 27 sorrow. 28 harps. 29 clever. 33 free. 34 avid.