Spring Crossword competition

Spring 2007 issue

By Margaret Briggs

Spring Crossword competition

Residents of Thames Ditton and Weston Green are eligible for prizes. A £5 Voucher for spending in any Thames Ditton or Weston Green shop will be awarded to each of the first three correct entries opened after the closing date of 30 May 2007..

The completed puzzle (or photocopy) with your name and address, clearly marking the envelope 'Crossword Competition', should be sent to:

Thames Ditton Today
Crossword Competition
6 Church Walk
Thames Ditton
KT7 0NW

Across

1. Restore order and put at rest in the East (9)
8. One of Scrooge's visitors has just gone (9,4)
11. Roman Head (4)
12. Instruments initially of brass or even silver (5)
13. Plant in Berlin garden (4)
16. It is normal to state truthfully your date of birth (7)
17. Element sounds like a stupid trick (7)
18. Women around 500 boys (7)
20. Supports motor end that can go up (7)
21. Old comics thrown in the bins (4)
22. Six letter or see-through needing only five (5)
23. Knock out with fruit content (4)
26. Like a Monarch the era is demanding an interval (6,3,4)
27. There are many flowers in this state (9)

Down

2. Biblical man (3)
3. Cannot do anything worth knowing (7)
4. Five extra alters the change of moves (7)
5. Kind (4)
6. Guardians growth in London (9,4)
7. I sit and I match ten examples to save nine of them (1,6,2,4)
9. Spring law awry; leaves falling wildly (9)
10. Aging is on the move and very painful (9)
14. Copper in a state of sudden fright (5)
15. Another stain in his lurid life (4)
19. A modern youth could be a southern bird (7)
20. Little man needs material over him to be properly dressed (7)
24. Tablet (4)
25. Let it stand as it was once in Rome (4)

Solution to the Winter 2006 Crossword:

Solution to Winter 2006 crossword

Many correct entries this time. You all correctly inked in the square cunningly left blank. Heart-warming support was expressed for the crossword to continue. And so it shall!