By Harold E. Vreeland

This constructor managed to fit together a well-joined construction, central vertebrae and a neat outer shell. Decorative and full of nice words.

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HORIZONTAL

1 Pale 5 Insignificant part 7 A circle 10 Brag 13 A river in Italy 14 Absconders 15 A musical note 17 A size of type 19 To slip 20 Furnished with a guard 22 Not the same 24 Refusal 25 Do not (Scotch) 26 Divided 28 A richly laden ship 29 Performing a service 30 An alloy 32 Wine 34 Places of confinement 35 Conjunction 37 South American ruminant 38 A shield 39 Princes 41 To goad 42 Seed of North American plant 44 Expressing surprise 45 Brown 46 Decay 47 A president of Orange Free State

VERTICAL

1 A coral island 2 A native of Pacific islands 3 A common given name 4 Saltpeter 5 A maiden loved by Jupiter 6 Poem 8 To talk nonsense 9 A hypothetical force 10 American explosive for shells 11 Sacrifice of principle to circumstances 12 Scientific description of races 13 Marrow 16 Compounds of atoms 17 A Government revenue 18 Collecting wives 20 Beckonings 21 The star of dawn 23 Tears 25 Bore 27 (Prefix) through 28 A bow 31 Loiter 33 Large birds 35 A fabric of asbestos 36 Sad 39 A short sword 40 A counter-irritant 42 Perform 43 Spot