SUN CROSSWORDS—No. 14

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 74, 18 June 1927, Page 27

SUN CROSSWORDS—No. 14

THE CLUES ACROSS I—Dry, as applied to wine. 4—Provision. 9—Nourished. 12— In s p e c t closely. 13— Carry off. 14— Mexi ca n tree yielding india rubber. 15— Kind of carriage blanket. 17—Foreign. 19— T h e Ichneumon. 20— Lady’s retl21— To moult (Fr.) 23—Moose 25—To separate —a term used by weavers. 28—Penetrate 30 —To stow wool in a ship’s hold. 31—Companion of the Order of the Bath.

32 Town In southern New South Wales. 33 More (suffix). 34 Hiding place for concealing provisions. 37—Long, narrow, flat piece of wood. 40— Town in North-west Province, India. 41— Instrument for cutting slate. 43—Edicts. 44—Herbaceous plant used in medicine. 46 —Man’s name (Biblical). 48—Devil-fish (pi.). 50—Returns an impulse or impression. 53 Commonwealth State (abb.) 54 South American mountain chain. 53—Suffix forming nouns, signifying “act of.” 57—Forest tree. 55 Most insignificant. 59—Indefinite number. DOWN 1— Mineral spring. 2 Garden plot of a.bout half an acre (Cape Colony). 3 Young Swan. -I—A species of grain for horse-feed (East Indies). s—Wash5 —Wash lightly. G—Conjunction.

7 Smooth 8— The original words of an author. 9 Useless. 10— A high priest and judge 11— A month (abb.) 16—In the present place. 18—To remove 21— Birthplace of Mahomet 22 To pour out of a bag. 24—Peruvian animal, allied to tho camel. 26 Occurrence. 27 Lashes out the heels. 29 Grieve for. 30— Vital juice in stem of a plant. 35 Manger for hay. 36 Luminous lunar circle. 38— Town in Victoria. 39 Genus of leguminous shrubs of airy, elegar t appearance. 41— The gluten of maize. 42 Sherry. 45—Precious stone 47 — The woody skin covering a walnut kerne48— Eggs. 49 On this side (Lat.) 51— Forty culjfc feet (naut.) 52 The upward curve of the lines of a ship. 55—Davyum (chem.)