HOW TO SOLVE THIS PUZZLE.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4822, 8 April 1925, Page 4

HOW TO SOLVE THIS PUZZLE.

The numbered definitions are of words which, when correctly thought out, fill the white spaces in the diagram. Each number represents the beginning <>l a word, leading either across or down to a black square. A black square to the left of the number indicates a horizontal word: above a number, a vertical word. Both vertical and horizontal numbers may begin a word, though inspection of the puzzle will show this is not always the case. The correct words will have one white space for each letter and will interlock accurately and satisfy the definitions. The horizontal and vertical words are different and through the definitions serve to check each other oft. with cross-clues, trom which you can recognise other, words. The best, method of solving is,, first , to fill in, down and across, all the words you are absolutely sure of. Then go over the imperfect words, referring to the defin it ions.The skeletons of words will often suggest another word, and by degrees—plus persistence ami ingenuity—the entire series of words will ‘‘cross” correctly. All the words are found in standard dictionaries. Books of synonyms will prove very useful in working out solutions.

BRIGHTER CROSS WORD PUZZLES No. I. ' (All Rights Reserved).

ACROSS. 1. Purloined. 6. A part of the ear (pl-)-11. Rubbed. 12. To worship13. To endure. 14. Earth (Latin). 15- A small enclosure. 16. In no manner. 18. An elongated fish. 19. To resist. 21. Defies. 23. Those who employ. 25. A vehicle (pl.)28. Erae the Land o' Cakes. 32. A container. 33. Watery. 35. Part of "to be ” 36. Sun-dried brick. 38. A part- of the British Empire. 40- A wanderer. 41. A large sea duck. 42. A woody plant (pl.). 43. Insidiously

DOWN. 1. Exchanges (eollon.). 2. A dependency of China3. To conjecture. 4 Guided 5. The Garden of Eve. 6. Of more recent date7. A poem 8. That which makes holes9. Sinned10. An aquatic mammal (pl) 17. Stout. 20. A cup. 22. Equine animal. 24. A large drain (pl.)25. To begin. 26. Line of English monarchs27. Over 29. Canister for tea 30. A window built out from a wall. 31. Tearful. 34. Binds. 37. An insect. 39. Nothing.