Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 41 No. 9. April 24 1978

Crossword

Crossword

Across

1. Drudgery? In a way (7)
5. Absentee, but sounds like a faithful worker (6)
7. Substance of tusk? Not ivory but rock (10)
8. Juice in Lisa's apple? (3)
9. Stew the rice for a disbeliever (7)
11. Muddled words (8) 12. Miaow? (7)
14. Switch on range in peace (2,5)
16. Leave the ground, or jeans at the gallery (8)
18. It altered Wolf's feelings (7)
20. One of seven (3)
21. Odd fish, it's pointless. This does him in (10)
22. Dagger or complaint (6)
23. Go on (and off) in a loud tongue (7)

To keep you busy over the holidays here is a nice little cryptic crossword puzzle. Watch out it's tricky, be on the look-out for anagrams. Have fun'

Down

1. A sheep's jaw run down (10)
2. Profound voice (5)
3. The reluctance of physicists? (7)
4. This is a latch right or wrong (7)
5. Rubbish! Over by you the French grow a fungus (6)
6. Pat on back (3)
8. Warbled and jumped around advertisement (6)
10. Goal rosier went wrong, now he studies the signs (10)
13. Knocked tup over. Urn,—had a point but for a drink in it (6)
14. A very little lower (3,4)
15. Idiot chief I had a spear (7)
17. Books and knights have it (1,5)
19. Search for noisy peril (5)
20. Stiches in loose wool (3)

Last Week's

Solutions:

A. Charwoman
B. Hairshirt C. Advantage
D. Reverberate
E. Loosen
F. Extrapolate
G. Statement
H. Chief
L. Obsessed
J. Lukewarm
K. Tone
L. Offender
M. Nepotism

Empty crossword

Quote was: "Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool can ask more than the wisest man could ever answer." Charles Colton