Part 15

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HORIZONTAL

1 Self contradiction 6 Competitor 10 Restrict 16 Holly 17 Couch 18 Dance step 20 Froth 21 Crow-like bird 23 Solitary 24 Smooth 26 Condition 28 Prayer 29 Hard blows 31 Infirm 33 Caoutchouc 34 Acquires 36 Again 38 Underanged 39 Completed 40 Either 41 Flavor 43 Cloud 45 Annoy 47 Any 48 Slant 49 Divide proportionately 52 An auction 54 Dormant 56 Obliterate 57 Austere 59 Trite 60 Guided 62 Consume 64 Retorts 66 Possessive pronoun 67 Comrade 68 Precious stone 70 Small cake 72 Weird 73 Fruit 74 Eludes 75 Table-land 79 Fondle 80 Shallow vessel 82 Place 83 Medley 86 Episode 88 Decade 90 Bog 91 Endured 92 Diners 94 The end 97 German 100 Baked clay 101 Humming 103 Wagon travel 105 Printing measure 107 Climate 109 Insect 110 Different one 112 Exclamation 113 Bribes 115 Cabal 117 Ancestor 118 Proof-reading direction 120 Wrath 121 Inner part of bottom of a shoe 123 Penetrates 125 Metallic rock 126 Restrain 128 Remain 129 Learning 130 Tall, slim structure 132 Opposite of aloft 134 Before 135 Behold 136 Uncouth 137 Metallic salts 138 Ether derived from oxygenated acid 139 A young seal

VERTICAL

1 Model of excellence 2 Short bolt 3 Beverage 4 Lairs 5 Bovine quadruped 6 Regenerate 7 Important Roman dates 8 Mimics 9 Bathes 11 Concerning 12 Snout 13 Corpulent 14 Adult, mature insect 15 Rudiment 17 Nursery rhyme character 19 Legislative body 22 Affirm 23 Cotton fibre 25 Baseball team 27 Oceanic fish 30 Refuse 32 Let 35 Silences 37 State of mind, esp. of soldiers 39 Dele. 42 To the sheltered side 43 Pro 44 Aeriform fluid 46 Rescue 48 Ex-Emperor 50 Color 51 Golf requisite 53 Young eagle 54 Corroded 55 Worlds 57 Scholar 58 Spike 59 Chagrin 61 To raise the spirits 63 Humble 65 Ecclesiastic council 67 Baby food 68 Chasm 69 Humans 71 Lace 76 Close of day 77 Locate 78 Capers 81 Broad thoroughfare 83 Weasel-like fur-bearing animals 84 Behold 85 Compound of atoms and electrons 87 Relate 89 Neither 90 Baseball enthusiast 91 Certain 93 Govern 95 Canaille 96 Two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle 98 The upper air 99 In addition 101 Represent 102 Neck swelling 104 Provider 106 Greater 108 Church service 111 A cross 112 In this place 114 Leaf of a corolla 116 To stare fiercely 117 Grimace of contempt 119 An altar cloth 121 To smooth cloth or clothing 122 Orbs 123 Otherwise 124 Button for shirt front 127 Yale 131 Unusual 133 Us 136 Sun God

PUZZLE NO. 41

A WEST POINTER

By Corporal Arthur Baisch and Sergeant William M. Munroe

The army sends a neat design—and not an easy one. The interlocking is good, and the occasional unkeyed letters are well supported by cross-clues.

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HORIZONTAL

1 Duct 4 Bird’s beak 7 Assume 10 Steel-pointed mining tool 13 Hunting shoe 14 Genus 16 Equity 17 Organ 18 Bituminous shale 20 Intermittent fever 22 Four-wheel truck supporting the front end of a locomotive 24 Coral isle 26 More or less 27 Pony 29 (In poker) stake put up 30 Rich vegetable mold 31 Energy 32 Combination of acetic acid with glycerine 34 Thick ointment of wax, etc. 35 Splendor 39 Wanton slaughter of unresisting game 42 Sickness 46 Pertaining to a foot 47 Error in printing or writing 51 Female rabbit 52 Mystic ornament worn by a Jewish high priest 54 Void 56 Attention 57 Period of time 58 Small cubes that know arithmetic 59 So be it 60 Floor covering 61 A mastiff 64 Grooved metal fastener 65 Specie of duck 68 Neuter verbal noun 69 Captivate 70 In great plenty 73 Petty officer in charge of stores 76 Wrath 77 Glacier ice 80 Prison 83 Tiny 84 An island (poetic) 86 Symbol 87 Ancient, bygone 89 Amount 91 Abroad 92 Crude, cold and damp 93 Claim of right 94 Fermenting vat 95 Sailor 96 Nonsense 97 Lair

VERTICAL

1 Sink 2 Sharp pointed 3 Priestly vestment 5 Revise 6 Sauce, moisture 7 Face of a clock 8 Oil of roses 9 Comrade 11 Anaconda 12 Barrier 13 Kind of hat 15 Hawaiian tree 17 Shade tree 19 Ancient hymn sung at matins 21 Taste 23 Small stinging insect 25 Kiln for drying hops 26 Title 28 Door of Masonic lodge 31 Wear 33 Blue titmouse 34 Cad 36 Ornamental knob 37 Narrative 38 Repair again 39 Austro-Hungarian Territory ruled by a Ban 40 Al2 K2 (SO4) + 24 H2O 41 Sorrow 43 Mental image 44 Forsaken 45 Meadow 48 Arial 49 Snug 50 Incite 53 Little stream 55 Ten armed cephalopod 61 Bath house 62 Monster 63 Move or stir 65 Kind of fish sauce 66 Boats’ company 67 Boat propelled by three 71 Cadence 72 Natural metal 74 Over 75 Flesh of animals 77 The present time 78 Prohibit 79 Utter 80 In archery; the bull’s eye 81 Sheltered side 82 To permit 85 Total 86 Headgear 88 Pile 90 Hit lightly

PUZZLE NO. 42

A CENTRAL SWASTIKA [1]

By Warren Hannaford

Small, but by no means so easy as it looks. The words that swirl around the Swastika are splendidly interlocked.

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[1] The second square from the right, second row from the bottom, should be black to correspond with the other corners.

HORIZONTAL

1 Motion 5 A barricade 10 Goddess of mischief 11 Disarranged type 13 Prefix, equal 14 Distend 16 Actors 19 A large bird 21 A measure of type 22 The solan goose 23 An exclamation 24 An arch 27 Combine with air 30 Pert. to atmosphere (comb. form) 31 Order 32 Time 33 A beverage 35 The egg of a small insect 37 Coarse cloth made from jute 39 An alarm 42 In another direction 45 Classes of two species 47 Hereditary 49 Regarding 50 The small white heron 53 Nickname for father 54 Design 56 Exclamation of disdain 57 A fish destitute of ventral fins 58 A short song 60 Belonging to me 61 A tree 63 Title of address (pl.) 64 Obliterates

VERTICAL