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Word-Cross by Arthur Wynne

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  1. What bargain hunters enjoy (5)
  2. A written acknowledgment (7)
  3. Such and nothing more (4)
  4. To cultivate (4)
  5. A bird (4)
  6. A bar of wood or iron (4)
  7. Opposed to less (4)
  8. What artists learn to do (4)
  9. What this puzzle is (4)
  10. Fastened (4)
  11. An animal of prey (4)
  12. Found on the seashore (4)
  13. The close of a day (7)
  14. To elude (5)
  15. The plural of is (3)
  1. To govern (4)
  2. Part of your head (4)
  3. A fist (4)
  4. A talon (4)
  5. Part of a ship (4)
  6. A day dream (7)
  7. Exchanging (7)
  8. What we all should be (5)
  9. To sink in mud (5)
  10. The fiber of the gomuti palm (3)
  11. A boy (3)
  12. A pigeon (4)
  13. One (4)
  14. A river in Russia (4)
  15. To agree with (4)
  16. An aromatic plant (4)

Colophon

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Last updated: $Date: 2006/12/28 22:16:42 $
This puzzle first appeared in the New York World on 21st December 1913