"The Listener" Crossword

New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 900, 2 November 1956, Page 19

"The Listener" Crossword

Clues Across . Cordelia’s sister gives way to ire (5). Poor Ref! when he goes wrong this is what he gets (7). . This animal would almost make some soup (7). . Give this official a note if you require recreation (But what can have upset him?) (5). . He precedes a representative to provide rope (4), . A late form of idolatry (8). . Used the telephone round about closing time, talking wildly (6). A salutary experience a nudist could hardly have (6). The sailor’s treatise is purely theoretical (8). . Master stud? (4). Obviously his brain is turned (5). . Suspicion is aroused by the combination of a broken link and a mixed drink (7). (Solution to No, 821)

24. 25. ‘This mountain would be a severe strain, without the rains that surround it (7). Catch this for claptrap (5). Clues Down . Someone else obviously has no heart 7%; . Why is he hiding in the airing room cupboard? Looking for the clothes horse, perhaps (5). . In order to reach a higher position the knight goes back to the East (4). . Here you find me taking a turn, and apparently in need of an umbrella, but I stay put (6).

3. 6. 12. 14. 16. 17, 18, 20. 21. Peg takes a sack and makes up these parcels. (8). "Nymph, in thy Be all my sins remember’d" ("Hamlet," Act 3, Scene 1) (7). . Raid of a serf or a yeoman (5). Coming in to overwhelm with delight (8). Tiny bit of the harvest I get in a good season (7). Yon sage presents us with a bunch of flowers (7). The actor’s part in a corresponding afterthought (6). Ax sort of stroll Mabel might take (5). When it’s cut up, it makes a 19 across of you (5). What one is inclined to do if the book is dull (4).

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