"THE LISTENER" CROSSWORD

New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 943, 6 September 1957, Page 19

"THE LISTENER" CROSSWORD

(Solution to No: 864)

Clues Across 1. It’s mean to affirm how old one is (7). 5. I am found in the midst of the greatest number, with rather a damp result (5). 8. There’s nothing to be greedy about,

so shun it (5). Looking back in the depression, it’s very unfriendly (7). In everyday surroundings metal is arranged fastidiously (8). . That which’ results from the thaw (4). Cut the grass round the public house and find a small fish (6). . The artist in the coffee-house provides his own water bottle (6). . Employed in a famous edifice (4). . He is hand in glove in the ring (8). . Worshipped palindromically (7). . She’s rather attractive when she «loses her heart (5). . The staggering motions of fresh water eels (5).

z wWwne JZ fa w 12. 13. 15. 16. 18. 20. 21. . The common name of Messrs Dum | and Dee (7). Clues Down A draw-back? No, a prize (5). . Wearing away (7). . This is a sort of sum, and I do it the wrong way (8). . Apparently to breathe out was once healthy (6). . A large number make a request for a disguise (4). . Nationality of the fair Ishmaelite (5). — playtime is usually at night (7). A brilliant light with which I find I can read (8). _- a rude man ramble on thus? Die sane (anag.) (7). Feeble joke said in French by a learned Hindu (6). The very best of fine literature (5). He met with a change of subject (5). You need yours about you in an emergency (4).

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