VERTICAL

1 Suspension of proceedings 2 Anger 3 Myself 4 Meadow 5 Tellurium (symbol) 6 Anglo-Saxon money 7 Horses (obs.) 8 Bear 9 Lover of cheese 10 Exclamation of disgust 12 Blast furnace fuel 13 Union of three 14 Strong man of old 16 Ecclesiastical council 17 Submit 20 Exclamation of dislike 22 Single 24 Meanness 26 Imaginary hillside animal of circus 28 End 30 Chauffeur’s necessity 32 Jewel 35 Green and yellow finch 36 One of wandering band 38 Frozen rain 39 Bet 41 Over 42 Bucket on yoke 43 Terminus 44 Also not 49 Entangle 51 Mist 53 Harvester 55 Decorate 56 Cut out 58 Plunderer 60 Aftersong 61 Prepare for war 62 To dress up 63 Cathedral precinct 65 Revolving roasting bar 67 Blow 69 Skid 72 Views 74 Reckoning of years 76 Keel billed cuckoo 77 Golf term 79 Deity (Heb.) 80 Knights Templar (abbr.)

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Puzzle No. 139

NOT SO EASY AS IT LOOKS

By M. B. Gillung

Some of these concoctions of short words are terrors. This one is by no means the most difficult puzzle in the book, but it has places where you may have to stop for a moment’s thought.