"THE LISTENER" CROSSWORD

New Zealand Listener, Volume 39, Issue 989, 1 August 1958, Page 18

"THE LISTENER" CROSSWORD

(Solution to No. 910)

eee Clues Across 1 and 4. Some go'to her for nursery rhymes (6, 5). 8. Silly creatures who frequently find themselves in the soup (7).

10. The mistake of taking fright when a letter is missing (5) 11. His suit may prove costly (8). 12. Steady business (4). 14. The vessel which provides the middle of the journey (3). 16. What you would no doubt like to do to the payment of your income tax! (5). 17, Strangely enough, it is the beginning of endeavour (3). . "The satirical rogue says here, that old men... havea plentiful lack of

19, 22. 23. 24. 25. wit, together with most weak i (Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2) (4). I’d turn back to an artist’s arrangement, with my _ thoughts elsewhere (8). The boredom of some long-forgotten nuisance (5). Nets are arranged in closest formation (7). He'll get nothing by way of greeting (5). Ruined, in a way, but evidently accustomed to it! (6). Clues Down . Largest human contri- _ bution to crime? (12) 2. Fishy but famous quintet (5). . Confused clue goes to make’ up these pastoral dialogues (8) . Portent for the male sex? (4).

. "and all his men Gazed at each other with a wild -," (Keats) (7). . A tempter died (anag.). But not on the spur of the moment? (12). So nine sat, feeling confused (9). . Keep within bounds the calm before the storm, perhaps? -(8). . The object of a proposal (7). . An Eastern ruler who appears in the same era (5). Do you take one when you feel it without its head? (4).

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