Crossword Classic #6

Crossword Classic #6

From the November 22, 1947, issue.

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ACROSS

1  For the material-minded, it’s a broken bed with an eccentric front. (7)

5  Pours out, making quite a fuss when disturbed by the fee involved. (7)

9  You can put stock in this–it’s found near diamond-bearing territory. (7)

10  The counter is entirely in a row. (7)

11  Similarly, how a man of letters conducts himself. (15)

12  Tramps for sale! (7)

13  Sounds bored, but perhaps boded well. (7)

14  Settled around a town. (7)

17  Cotton sheets are kind of average. (7)

20  Question-tracers in surveys of public land. (15)

21  Stimulte in what men live near. (7)

22  Worship sounds like Buddha’s jewels (with an oriental slant!). (7)

23  They make a short distance in a boat. (7)

24  They don’t rate enough to fly them. (7)

DOWN

1  Sounds like a cubby-hole in tidy shape. (7)

2  Bad French song? (7)

3  House that has had many addresses. (15)

4  What to feed the monkeys? (7)

5  Found in buses to Niagara. (7)

6  Dentists’ offices? (7, 8)

7  Resting easy after getting the point of this? (7)

8  Fruit trees are. (7)

14  Novel methods of continuation. (7)

15  Sounds like a kind of threat, but helped itself to the answer. (7)

16  Makes mistakes all around, and yet these jobs get done. (7)

17  Proverbially straightforward. (7)

18  A pressing matter. (7)

19  Sealers, often found tight at the best joints. (7)

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