CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28262, 27 April 1957, Page 6

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

[BY

SIMON)

ACROSS I—Good birth is not so much in the bone, twist it as you will. (8) s—What will in short be a form of this tree? (6) 10— Study the itinerary for an elevated line. (7) 11— Considerably older and larger than Madame Butterfly. (7) 12— If you find the answer, that’s singular. (5) 13— A bad type who carries a rag back to front—don’t let him get wind of you. (9) 14— Gueth it. (4) 16—If the C.O. teaches in a roundabout way the result may be irritating. (9) ; 19— No, he did not love Columbus’s daughter. (9) ] 20— Would Salome be this if offcentre, (4) ] 22—A saint, alas, has been mangled by him. (9) 1 25 The cause of a straight defeat? (5) : 26 Descriptive of a man found in the street. (7) I 27 It might provide the spark to set the world alight. (7) 28— Would the captain yell this if 2 he dropped the log? (6) 29 Probably derived from thy 2 glare, O sun. (8)

DOWN 1— On a trawler, an icy net must be handled with it. (6) 2 To-carry it, a military body would have to take the broad line in a way. (9) 3 Is lacking in episode but is poetical in form. (5) 4 A gesture calling for silence if on the mat. (5) 6 Give a Red problems if you want harmony. (9) 7 A hundred and fifty are out for a rag. (5) 8— If you. find anyone too fond .of it, tell him morphia’s the stuff for a change. (8) 9 He may be a man to see about rice distribution. (8) 15— -Even a king can’t have this for a subject. ‘(9) 16— The wearer of a military cross. (8) 17— Food for a counsellor at the amateur stage. (9) 18— Would this bird become cocky without the aspirate? ,(8) 21—It’s not worth a second bite. (6) 23 If he had been in hot water, Archimedes might have discovered its power. (5) 24 A tax that takes account of the environment it is in. (5) 25 — Near the if yours is first and fully follows it. (5)

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