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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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1415 1617 18 1920
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32 33 34
35 3637
3839 4041 4243 44
4546 47 48
49 50 5152 53
54 5556 57
5859 60 6162
63 64

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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