"THE LISTENER" CROSSWORD

New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 902, 16 November 1956, Page 16

"THE LISTENER" CROSSWORD

(Solution to No. 823)

Clues Across

1. Though Kipling tells us that "never the twain shall meet," there’s nothing to separate East from West when it’s a question of affliction (3). 3. A depression is an. effort for this profession (9). 8. Give these bushes a good shake to

22. 23. 24. 25. find all sure (7). . Part of the American flora (5). It helps to make Ralph a_ better-edu-cated man (8). -This game is a swindle (4). . Send me (anag.) (6). . Produce of Madagascar, Rotti and other islands (6). . Shorten this garment to wear it on the head (4). . It’s cheap to compose a medley of borrowed works (8). Eager to consent? (5) Part ‘of Victoria’s reign, or Edward’s, which is passed over without notice (7). It could result in a sort of thin gloom, especially if ,it’s not very bright (9). Series? No, sir! (3).

an > Wn oO Clues Down . Food at the bottom of a bottomless well contributes to one’s well-being (7). . To fit out is more than a joke (5). Is her dad-one of these? (3-4). . A little saint in need did what the birds do (6). . It is provided by a guide at the Hermitage (4). Rodin’s a very famous one (7). . Be filled with longing for more than twelve months (5). . What a fisherman sometimes does for what a dancer sometimes uses? (8). . Grass from a seaport (7). . A foot lever which could be altered (7). . Put it back and hang around outside, bearing malice (6). One hundred and fifty om purpose make a demand (5). . The anxieties of mixed races (5). . Something all ships have, but if reversed it sounds like something no ship should have (4).

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