DOUBLE DIAGONALS.
ACROSS: 1. Consuming by degrees. 2. A certain time of one's life. 3. By degrees. 4. Daring. 5. One who chaffers. 6. Displayed. 7. Contrition. 8. The science of sounds. 9. Formerly much used in making furniture.
The diagonals from 1 to 2 and from 3 to 4, each name a little song bird.
GILBERT FORREST.