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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20923, 30 September 1939, Page 16 (Supplement)

TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE r i J nws I I r cB ACROSS. 1. It leads the flock with a tinkle (2 words). 9. Mimi (lit.). 10. Rebukes. 11. Smoothed with metal. 12. A bright constellation. 13. Body of men ready for war. 15. A young salmon on its first return to fresh water. 18. Here ward the wake (lit). 19. Slayer (anag.). 22. Root for making sugar. 23. A reliquary. 24. Swords with broad and heavy blades. 26. Hail fellow (lit.). 27. Taverns. 28. Brief report on cause and effect in a hosiery disaster (2 words). DOWN 2. Equable. 3. Haughty. 4. Exmoor (lit). 5. South midland county of Eng land. 6. The sun in Japan. 7. Offered as a gift at Xmas, and Easter (2 words). 8. Twiddles ’em (anag) (2 words) 13. Having the form of an aphorism. 14. Governing body of cricket in England. 16. Dadce. 17. To influence. 20. Silken bands. 21. Beneficial. 22. Having a beak of a certain kind. 25. Noble edifice. SOLUTION or ACROSS.—I Rocking horse. 9 Pineapple. 10 Fresh, 11 Acock. 12 Tonbridge. 13 Galahad. 15 Redness. 17 Bran tub. 19 Squalid. 21 Undersail. 23 Sower. 25 Undue. >6 Acidifies. 27 Horse-breaker. PREVIOUS PUZZLE DOWN —1 Rondo. 2 Crack shot 3 Imputed. 4 Gleaner. 5 Offer 6 Speedwell. 7 Sprang. 8 Cheeps. 14 Llandudno. IS DrumsticV 17 Brutus. 18 Baa lamb. 19 Saltire 20 Duress. 22 Reeks. 24 Whirr.