Tongue-lid pack for rod-shaped smoking articles and a blank thereof

A tongue-lid pack for rod-shaped smoking articles, comprising:

• an outer box of which an upper end is open, said outer box having a front wall and an insertion slit formed in the front wall,
• an inner pack contained in said outer box, said inner pack having a bundle of rod-shaped smoking articles and an inner wrapper wrapping the bundle, and
• a tongue lid hingedly jointed to a rear edge of the open end of said outer box, wherein:
• said tongue lid includes
• a lid covering the open end of said outer box, and
• a tongue connected to the lid through a fold line, wherein:
• the tongue has such a size as to cover the insertion slit of the front wall when superimposed upon the front wall of said outer box, and has a tip end portion that is insertable into said outer box through the insertion slit, and wherein:
• the front wall of said outer box is provided with a depression that accepts the tip end portion of the tongue when the tongue is superimposed upon the front wall, and said depression makes the tip end portion of the tongue sink in the front wall,
• wherein the tongue has a bend line for demarcating the tongue into the tip end portion and a base portion. and when the tongue is superimposed upon the front wall of said outer box, the tip end portion of the tongue is directed toward a bottom of said depression by being bent along the bend line, and being flush with the front wall.