TINK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19721, 11 December 1926, Page 24 (Supplement)

TINK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLES

Solution of last week’s puzzle:— Across 2. First word of hidden song title (Come). 5. Personal pronoun (Me). 7. Cry of a sheep (Baa). 9. Different (Other). 10. Second word of hidden song title (Into). 11. Second note of a major scale (music; (Ra). 13. To exist (Be). 14. French for 44 h0” (II). 16. Third word of hidden song title (The). 18. To trip or step to music (Dance). 21. Fuss; bother (Ado). 22. Fourth word of hidden song title (Garden). 24. To imitate (Copy). 25. Upon (On). 26. To employ (Use). 27. Last word of hidden song title (Maude). Down 1. Seaman (abbreviated) (AB.). 2. Kind of walking-stick (Cane). 3. Cry of a cow (Moo). 4. French for 4, and” (Et). 5. A lake or pool (Mere). 6. Before (Ere). 8. A three-toed sloth from South America (Ai). 12. Help (Aid). 13. Seed of a plant—good to cat (Bean). 15. West African colony (Lagos).) 16. Boy’s name (abbreviated) (Ted). 17. Tired; weary (Worn). 19. Back of the neck (Nape). 20. To shed tears (Cry). 23. Name of a Queen (Ena). 24. Great University (abb.) (G.U.) 25. To perform (reversed) (Cd). How many of you discovered that the song the strange gentleman was trying to sing was: ‘‘Come into the Garden Maud”?

Here are the clues for this week’s puzzle:— Across 1. Used with a lock. 3. Wild American member of the cat family. 7. Domestic cousin of 3 across . 9. Enclosures for cattle, sheep, etc. 11. Within. 12. Sung or played by one person. 14. Preposition. 15. Opening in a hedge. 17. One time. 19. Ring-tailed member of the bear family, found in America. 21. Ancient. 23. Alternative. 24. The oak is one. 26. Follows either. 27. Faithful friend of man. 29. An imitation. 31. Where wild animals are kept in captivity (reversed). 32. What animals sometimes do in 31 across. Down 1. Leaping animal. 2. French for “and” 4. On 5. Pronoun. 6. Swift running animal. 7. One hundred and one (Roman figures). 8. To perform. 10. Therefore. 12. A leopard has more than one? 13. Solitary. 16. Seen on invoicos (abbreviated). 18. Company (abbreviated). 19. A stick. 20. Substance from which metal is extracted. 22. Thirsty. 25. Frozen water (reversed). 28. Depart. 30. Upon.