To-day’s Crossword Puzzle

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 86, 5 January 1935, Page 5

To-day’s Crossword Puzzle

CLUES—Across. I—Ship now carrying the latest British expedition to the Antarctic. s—Prejudice. 9—Belgian city. 10—Behind. 12—Place of worship. 14— The dragon guardian of the “Rhine Gold,” slain Oby Siegfried. 16 —Masculine name. 15— Port of Iraq. 19—Prince hero of the . best-known ■opera of the Russian composer, Borodin. 21—P1 a y w r 1 g h t author of “The second Mrs. Tanqueray.’’ 23—Venetian printer of. the 16th century, whose productions are much prized by bibliophiles. 25— Village (abbr.) 26— .Non- commissioned officer (abbr.) 28 —Rambles idly. 31 —Hebrew (abbr.) 33— Pronoun. 34 — Early Christian martyr who has given his name to a town in Herts. 3-,—Climb. 3'.l—.Therefore. 40 —Eskimo canoe. 42— Vegetable. 43— The daughter of Herodias, whose dance Herod rewarded with the head of John the Baptist. 45 — Name given by the patriarch. Jacob, to the place whore he dreamed of a ladder ascending to heaven. 46 — Metal. 47— D 1 s t r 1 e t of Greece where the Muses -were supposed to dwell. 48— One of three sis-

ters, the “B'ates” of Norse mythology. 49—Hulled oats. Down. 1— The priestess of Apollo at Delphi through whom the god delivered his oracles. 2— The “mighty hunter,” grandson of Ham, a n d founder of the Assyrian Empire. 3 — Elizabethan who wrote “Euphues,” a work notorious for its highflown language. ■l—lmitate. 5— British Expeditionary Force (abbr.) 6— Woman's name. 7 — The executioner

who presided at the guillotine the Reign of Terror. B—The author of one of the earliast works on greography published in the Ist century B.C. 11 —Tree. 13—Indian king defeated and captured by Alexander the Great. 15—Distant. 17—T h e Italians’ name for their port known in England as “Leghorn.” 20—Joy. 22—Nothing. 24—German baron who was contidential adviser of Queen Victoria iu

the first years after her marriage. 27—Kock. 29— Regret. 30— Wintry shower. 31 — The “Shepherd. Kings” who established themselves in Egypt about 2000 B.C. 32— The first and only victory gained by a Spanish army in the struggle with Napoleon. 33— T h e supreme deity of th e Hindus. 36—Peers. 38—Saint (Portuguese). 41— Swiss river. 42 — Fruit. 41—Age. 45—Large.

SOLUTION OF THURSDAY'S PUZZLE.

.\c ross i Fickle 4 Upas tree, 9 Aimless,ll Dresses, 12 Sour. 13 Finisterre, 15 In the run, i 8 Spitalflelds. 21 Underneath. 22 Afar, 24 Puccini. 2.1 Stature, 26 Rose tree, 27 Boasts. . - •_ r 1(ow „I Flat spin, 2 Cumquats. 3 Leer, 5 Pudding plates, 6 Sheet music, < Report. 8 Easter, 10 Ship of the line, 14 Peppermint, 16 All fours, 17 Usurpers, 19 Bumper, 20 Edicts, 23 Cato.