"The Listener" Crossword
No. 850
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Clues Across 1. It is back, and there are catty remarks about! The’rider certainly put his foot in it! (7). 5. The faint flash of a single amethyst (5). 8. Proverb of the Christian era? (5).
10. it. 13, 15. 18. 19, 22, 23. . A creature, which isproverbially renowned for shutting up, requires an industrious little insect to make it noisy (7) It takes two to make this quarrel (4), Alice needs gum to make gum (8). Are they creatures of ideals? (6), Burning constituent of a popular dentifrice (6), TAOC (8). Earl turned king? (4), Put it in a semiprecious stone and shake (7). Plant found in an Italian arbour (5).
24. 25. " . . that fierce --which beats upon a throne," (5) (Tennyson). Gyrated (anag,) (7). Clues Down Malicious gossip from backward boys about a vessel (7). I tear about and get angry (5).
3 . 12, 14 16. 17. 18, Suitable dance for the cottonpickers’ ball? (4), . Part of a radio-gramophone no nice girl would accept (4, 2), You should be able to see through their work (8). . Proceed from what one man ate at dinner (7). . Peak of merit? (5). French sea song for a trader (8). The lad has a ring for his loved one (7). Try a hot mixture for such a voice (7). This aptitude could be latent (6). If it’s twisted it could certainly be a trial (5). . Wipe out (5). . Lamb by another name (4). a (Solution to No, 849)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 928, 24 May 1957, Page 24
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255"The Listener" Crossword New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 928, 24 May 1957, Page 24
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