The Listener Crossword (No. 11)
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20. 22. 23. 24. Clues Across Good for the fruit-growers, but proverbially bad business for the doctors. "A poor unminded sneaking home." (Hotspur, in Henry IV., part 1), or Robin Hood, for instance. The R.A.F. becomes a. parent. The heroine of "The Tempest." "See how the Fates their gifts --," (Mikado). To berth in order to affiance. "What! lost your mittens? You naughty kittens! en you shall have ve To guess is involved here. A form of postage greatly to be feared. Last in perhaps, but certainly first in Russia. "The pretty young brunette, On_ the pink Gazette." It may be a bit mixed to get men for a flower.
2. 3. 4. Clues Down This form of tea urn abhors a vacuum. "Ah, did you once see Shelley And did he stop and speak to you, And did you speak to him again?" (Browning) The name of the Castle where Princess Ida ruled her "‘woman’s University with full a hundred girls who learn of her" (Princess Ida, by W. S. Gilbert). Will he wail for a space of time? The Prime Minister suffers a reversal after a hostile interjection-the popular song asserts that it’s a delay. "The Grapes of Se » (John Steinbeck). A form of anti-aircraft defence from a bare rag. "Now came still ---- on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad." (Paradise Lost). "Dissertation on =-- Pig." (Charles Lamb). Termagant. A material made partly of coal. A baker’s one isn’t really one at all. Ice-cream containers may be made into what the Americans call a biscuit.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 51, 14 June 1940, Page 33
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269The Listener Crossword (No. 11) New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 51, 14 June 1940, Page 33
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