Introduction to Word Puzzles
In this edition of the magazine there are two word
puzzles. I was challenged after the Preston street names crossword, to create a
puzzle based upon the names of Preston pubs. Well, that proved a bit tough for
an amateur! And I did wonder how it would go down in a Methodist Church
magazine!!
So here is a compromise…and a bit of light relief
elsewhere. In this magazine you will find a wordsearch containing the names of
19 pubs! Each one of them also serves lemonade and mineral water, or so I am
assured.
And this time a concise crossword (not a cryptic one) is
below. You might gain some assistance by reading another article in this
magazine on page 20 about an important and still effective social reform
programme which has its origin in Preston in the early nineteenth century.
Enjoy.
Ken Wales
Open Crossword in a printable
page
CROSSWORD
1 Young lady (6)
5 Never touch a drop (8)
9 Six-shooter (8)
10 Something to be smoked (slang) (6)
11 The County Palatine (10)
12 They entertain children, mostly
(4)
13 Someone not to be trusted (8)
16 Along with 4 down, a Preston
social reformer (6)
17 Make spruce (4,2)
19 Tried to stop happening (8)
21 Black animal near the traffic
lights (4)
22 Practice of going without (10)
25 Wanders off (6)
26 Refreshing soft drink (8)
27 Goes backwards (8)
28 Describes something which gyrates
(6)
Down
2 A space where things happen (5)
3 Someone who puts up with a lot (5)
4 Along with 16 across, a Preston
social reformer (7)
5 Sort of dog (7)
6 Oscar thought it important to be
this (7)
7 Music at the start of performances
(9)
8 A gaseous fuel (9)
14 How to do things correctly (9)
15 Sweet, mild apple originated in
New Zealand (5,4)
18 Lauds (7)
19 Awaited in anticipation on A-
level day (7)
20 Person whose lost a bit, or more
(7)
23 European form of Ernest (5)
24 Apple-based alcoholic drink (5)
