"THE LISTENER" CROSSWORD

New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 886, 27 July 1956, Page 16

"THE LISTENER" CROSSWORD

(Solution to No. 807)

Clues Across . The Foreign general needs nothing more than this foreign coin (5). . It’s up to the Commander-in-Chief, in Short, to tidy up the back of his héad (7). . Social functions given by pirates (7). . Plenty of sexless examples (5). . Did Cromwell’s men exist on these rations? (4). . Time runs in a devious way right to the end (8). . The solution to this game is in the second half (6). . The sailor turfs his back on her? Too right! (6). . This creeper could make a cat smile (8).

19, 21. 22: 24. 25. Neat arrangement for a mountain (4). Musical composition based on a totem? (5). Something to protect your coiffure ftom the rain? (7). An ogre’s transforméd into wild asses (7). In fishy surroundings we are intitniGated (5).

Clues Down . If Pop is out of order an exhortation to silence follows. This is excessively smart, isn’t it? (7). . Take a step away from 8 across for the tune (3): . This is quite in order for the infant, but not for the next of Shakespeare’s sevén ages of man (4). . Something edible in the schoolboy’s terminology (6). . Could Cleopatra’s attendant captivate the Scot? (8). . Playing swing on the bagpipes? (6, 3). . Steer crookedly along 11. the avenue? (5). Her actors afranged to play the music (9).

13. 16. 17. 18. 20. . Gateless prison (3). Back-chat fromm the pear tree (8). Does tar become crooked here? (7). A slight ré-adjustfient is tieeded for the illuminations (6). This kitid of ornament came to nothitig (5). Young Diana’s century is a record (4).

No. 808

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