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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The Cross Word Puzzle Book - Third Series - -Authors: Prosper Buranelli - F. Gregory Hartswick - Margaret Petherbridge - -Contributor: Ruth Franc von Phul - -Release Date: August 20, 2022 [eBook #68792] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading - Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This - file was produced from images generously made available by - The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE -BOOK *** - - - - - THE CROSS WORD - PUZZLE BOOK - - Third Series - - A Third Anthology of Fifty New Cross Word - Puzzles Selected as the Best of the Thousands - Submitted to the New York World, Published - Here Exclusively for the First Time, and Edited - - By - - PROSPER BURANELLI - F. GREGORY HARTSWICK - MARGARET PETHERBRIDGE - - with a - - BALLADE OF CROSS WORDS - - by - Ruth Franc von Phul - Cross Word Puzzle Champion of the World - - - SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC. - THE PLAZA PUBLISHING COMPANY - New York ⸬ 1924 - - - - - - - - - -ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - - -The publishers and editors of the Cross Word Puzzle Books wish to -record the debt of all Cross Word fans to The New York World for its -pioneer work in the field. Cross Word Puzzles have been run in the -Sunday World for over twenty years and their present nation-wide vogue -had its origin in and received its greatest impetus from the Puzzle -Page of the Sunday World Magazine. The fifty cross word puzzles in this -book are all entirely new and have never been printed before in any -publication. - - - - - - - - - -OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT - - -The original Cross Word Puzzle Books, published by Simon and Schuster, -are the only ones officially endorsed by the Amateur Cross Word Puzzle -League of America and edited in conformity with the rules of cross word -puzzle construction promulgated by the League and printed on page 9 of -this book. - - - - - - - - - -PREFACE - - -Controversy, which is the breath of life to any of the arts or -sciences, has reared its head among the ranks of Cross Word solvers. -The air is filled with ’tis and ’tain’t. The clan is divided into -schools, which is well for the vitality of puzzling. It is undoubtedly -true that a house divided against itself cannot stand; but it is also -veritable that an art divided against itself flourisheth exceedingly. - -The schism that is causing all the noise, reduced to its simplest -terms, is stated in the question, “Shall the Cross Word Puzzle be made -hard or easy?” - -On the one hand stand the pundits, with thesaurus and dictionary armed. -They crave queer words and exotic definitions. They thrill to the -cross-clue unravelling of some strange combination of vowels and -consonants resembling nothing ever uttered by human tongue, but which -their reference-books declare is a genuine word, with meanings and -inflections and everything. They delight in extracting a simple word -from its definition of secondary or tertiary meaning: when “express -generally” is solved as “air” they greet the word so often defined as -“mixture of gases” with cries of delight; “introduce as an antagonist” -is found to be “pit,” and tears of joy are shed over the relief from -the common “hole” or “depression.” - -Thus the solvers who revel in the recondite. Opposed to them stand the -serried ranks of those whose pleasure lies in the accomplishment; who -do not wish their onward march to victory delayed by forests of -Javanese shrubs or oceans full of rajidae with enlarged pectoral fins. -Nor do they wish words torn far from their daily, or at least -semi-weekly, use. A Leer by the river’s brim a simple Sly Glance is to -them, and not an Annealing-furnace. - -A third element enters the lists at this point—the constructors. When a -man has a superb puzzle almost finished, with complete interlock and no -abbreviations or unkeyed letters, he frequently finds a space left into -which nothing will go except a particularly rare combination of -letters—let us say, for example, TIL. The constructor runs hastily -through his vocabulary and finds no TIL; he has a vague recollection of -such a word somewhere in his poetic remembrances; but the familiar -abbreviation of “until” is “till,” and the constructor has no wish to -add the damning parenthesis-enclosed “poet. contr.” after his -definition. He tries all the combinations possible; none will fit. Torn -between despair and hope he seeks Webster’s Unabridged. Trembling -finger runs down the columns. Ah! Between “tikur” and “tilbury,” in -small type, as though ashamed of existence, he finds what he seeks. -“Til—Sesame.” Into the construction goes the word, and the puzzle is -finished. Observe that the constructor had no desire to introduce this -exotic syllable; he did not even know that there was such a word in any -language. If he could have written “tic,” or “tie,” or “tin,” or “tip,” -or “tis,” or “tit,” he would have done so. But “til” was his sole -refuge, and the Unabridged bore him nobly out. Thus, says the -constructor, why should the solver rage when he discovers “sesame” -among the definitions? Let him try to make one himself, etc., etc. - -Returning a moment to the pundits’ side of the argument, observe a -fact. If any solver had been asked, before he took up cross words, to -give offhand the name of Egypt’s sun-god, a three-letter word meaning -island, a four-letter word for handbag, the name of a large Australian -bird, or the sash affected by the ladies of cherry-blossom land, it is -odds but that he would have been reduced to stammering evasions. But -even a tyro at the glorious game can now rattle off by rote the words -Ra, Uit, Etui, Moa, Obi. In running down the definitions of a new -puzzle it is not the household words that set him scribbling -frantically, but such old friends as the above. So, contend the -punditti, a word that may be a nameless horror at the moment becomes -through association a friend in time of trouble. - -True enough, answer the believers in the simplicities, but the -introduction of such words is evidence of laziness on the part of the -constructor. Moreover, their constant use tends to eliminate them, -their places to be taken by other literal monstrosities. And there is -much in this contention. Where now are the Emu and the Eel? Time was, -and not so long ago, that every other construction was the combined -aviary and aquarium necessary to harbor these two; today they are one -with Nineveh and Tyre. And so it may well be with Ra and Uit and Etui. -They will march one by one into the shades where lurk the other gallant -words that died of over-work. And the strange combinations that take -their places will also abide their little hour, and go their way. - -Once again the constructor beats on the table and demands to be heard. -“Where,” he asks, “do I get off? Am I to be barred from including words -that finish my design because a group of you insist that no word not -included in everyday vocabularies appear in the little white squares? -Or am I to suffer under the lash of scorn because a few of you mock my -brilliant construction wherein no exotic letter-combination rears its -head?—a construction that cost me more time than if I had allowed a few -oddities, I may add. What am I to do?” - -“Go as far as you like!” cry the Recondites. - -“Stick to the common words!” insist the Champions of the Plain. - -Of course, these admonitions do not help the constructor in the least. -He is the ham in the verbal sandwich—necessary, but spread rather thin -and squashed flat. It is in the nature of things that this should be -so. No creator has had a different experience. You can please some of -the people, and the rest of it. It is part of the penalty of the -builder to receive criticism. Scarce have the birth-pangs passed when -the child is the storm-center of a tempest of contradictory comment. - -It is, of course, an indeterminable debate. The Simplicities have their -case, as have the Abstrusities. In the meantime, short of erasure and -complete rebirth, the constructor’s pattern remains. For better, for -worse, for easier, for harder, in the pocket edition or the Unabridged, -his words cross and twine all among the blacks and the whites. - -In the meantime, the schism remains. What is to come of it, we know -not. Whatever the decision may be, the constructor will not change his -status. Once a constructor, always between the millstones. - - -Prosper Buranelli -F. Gregory Hartswick -Margaret Petherbridge - - - - - - - - - - BALLADE OF CROSS WORDS - - By Ruth Franc von Phul - (Cross Word Puzzle Champion of the World) [1] - - - Once from the world I sought surcease - Between a novel’s covers pressed; - No longer there I look for peace; - Of anodynes I’ve found the best. - So, when the sun sinks in the west - Sunk, too, are husband, friends and cook— - Where do I find my treasure chest? - All in the leaves of the Cross Word Book. - - If from ennui you seek release - Purchase this book; don’t beg; invest! - Madame, she will love ze fine service - A caller intrudes? Hein? Kill ze pest! - Oh, Noah Webster, you are blest - When for a clue in your works I look— - Where is all life from “less” to “crest”? - All in the leaves of the Cross Word Book. - - What galleon sought the Golden Fleece? - What is the Welsh for “eagle’s nest”? - What is a Flemish tartan crease? - Who was it asked the Erse for “breast”? - Who can define a Baltic jest? - Who ever called it a six-pronged hook! - You will discern them, mixed and messed, - All in the leaves of the Cross Word Book. - - L’envoi - - Prince: if from affairs your soul craves rest, - Hie you to some abandoned nook. - There for your mind seek a gayer test - All in the leaves of the Cross Word Book. - - - - - - - - - -VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT IN THE SUBURBS DUE TO THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE -INFLUENCE - - -(Two neighbors, Mrs. Wordsworth and Mrs. Frazee, are spending a warm -summer afternoon together on the former’s front porch. They are -sewing.) - -Mrs. W.—What is that you are working at, my dear? - -Mrs. F.—I’m tatting Joe’s initials on his moreen vest. Are you making -that ebon garment for yourself? - -Mrs. W.—Yea. Just a black dress for every day. Henry says I look rather -naif in black. - -Mrs. F.—Well, perhaps; but it’s a bit too anile for me. Give me -something in indigo or, say, ecru. - -Mrs. W.—Quite right. There is really no neb in such solemn investments. - -Mrs. F.—Stet. - -Mrs. W.—By the way, didn’t I hear that your little Junior met with an -accident? - -Mrs. F.—Yes. The little oaf fell from an apse and fractured his artus. - -Mrs. W.—Egad! - -Mrs. F.—And to make matters worse Dr. Bloop botched it so that we had -to trek into town to a specialist. How Dr. Bloop makes his sal is a -rebus to me. - -Mrs. W.—The zany. - -Mrs. F.—Joe’s ire was so aroused that he told Dr. Bloop right to his -visage that he was a dolt and an ort. Is your offspring well? - -Mrs. W.—Not entirely. He was abed yester with a severe megrim, dark -arcs neath his orbs and as pale as talc. - -Mrs. F.—Renal? - -Mrs. W.—That is moot. You see, Dicky is so active. - -Mrs. F.—A perfect icon of his pater; restless as a little emu. - -Mrs. W.—He took a canoe out on the tarn and paddled over to the ait. -There he stepped into a fen and got his feet roric. - -Mrs. F.—Boys have such an elan for the eau. - -Mrs. W.—Why can’t they play on the muirs and in the wald nearby? I gave -him a drachm of ricin and thank goodness he was better this morn. - -Mrs. F.—I’m so glad. This torrid weather is very trying. One’s vitality -reaches its nadir in this heat, and to add to the discomfort I have an -incompetent serf to contend with. - -Mrs. W.—Oh, this esne problem. The last one I had was such a schelm I -had to let her go. Would you drink a nice cold beaker of negus? I’m so -sere. - -Mrs. F.—Don’t trouble yourself, my dear. - -Mrs. W.—Not at all. It’s Henry’s favorite quaff and he insists upon it -being on the ice at all times. He gets quite roiled if it isn’t. - -Mrs. F.—Well, we must humor our sires. I hate to hear them gnar. - -(They are interrupted by piercing juvenile shrieks growing rapidly -louder and nearer. Junior and Dicky, ages six and seven, burst into -view around the corner of the house. They take final kicks at each -other before smothering their sobs in the laps of their respective -mothers.) - -Mrs. F.—Why, Junior, what is this? - -Mrs. W.—Come, come, Dicky, aren’t you ashamed of such—— - -Dicky (Howling)—W-well, it’s h-his fault. He said I was a five-letter -word meaning a human being with inferior intelligence and wit! - -Junior—And he called me a four-letter word meaning an invisible -particle of matter! - -Dicky—And that’s what you are. - -(They mix it up once more and are disentangled with difficulty.) - -Mrs. F.—I think we had better be going, Mrs. Wordsworth. I’m so sorry. - -Mrs. W.—Male progeny will be male progeny, you know. - -(Mrs. F. drags Junior away.) - -Dicky—(Yelling after him with much feeling)—ATOM!! - -Junior—(Not too gently)—MORON!!! - - - N. D. Plume+Jean - - - —Reprinted by permission from F. P. A.’s Conning Tower, - The N. Y. World. - - - - - - - - - -RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CROSS WORD PUZZLES - -Reported by the Committee on Rules, and adopted by The Amateur Cross -Word Puzzle League of America at its meeting, September 27, 1924, in -The Wanamaker Auditorium, New York City. - - -1. Pattern - - The pattern shall interlock all over. - Only approximately one-sixth of the squares shall be black. - Only approximately one-tenth of the letters shall be unkeyed. - The design shall be symmetrical. - -2. Words - - Obsolete, and dialectic words may be used in moderation, if plainly - marked and accessible in some standard dictionary, such as - Webster’s New International (Merriam’s), Funk & Wagnalls’ and - Century. - Foreign words that are more or less familiar and are easily - accessible, may be used, but should be marked with the language to - which they belong. - Technical terms that are found in a standard dictionary may be - used. - Abbreviations, prefixes and suffixes, should be avoided as far as - possible. When used they should be plainly marked and must be - legitimate. - -3. Definitions - - Great variety may be attained in writing the definitions and as - wide a scope as possible must be left to the constructor. The only - requirement is common sense. This means that the definitions may be - of the safe and sane dictionary kind, may be literary or - historical, may employ secondary meanings cleverly, may be - legitimately funny. Synonyms that are too far removed from the word - and what Gelett Burgess calls “smarty-cat definitions” should be - avoided. - - - - - - - - - -HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS WORD PUZZLE - - -There are two essential points that must be remembered by initiates -into the cross word puzzlers’ fraternity. First, the numbers in the -squares refer to the definitions; secondly, there should be but one -letter to each white square. - -Figure 1 shows a cross word puzzle challenging each and every one of us -to solve it. Looking the puzzle over we find that 1 horizontal calls -for a seven letter word meaning “disparage.” That is not so easy, so we -leave it temporarily. We go on to the next one, which is a three letter -word meaning “a cereal grass.” What else could it be but OAT? Therefore -we ink in OAT in the proper squares. “Vice Admiral.” That most -assuredly must be VA. We place that into position. The ninth, tenth and -eleventh do not come to our minds immediately, so we pass them up. We -will catch them on the cross check. Twelve is familiar, however, and -with a little thought we place LO in the vacant squares. The rest do -not come to us, so we leave them also, and turn to the verticals. - - -EXAMPLE - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 5 | -| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 6 | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 7 | 8 |#####| |#####| 9 | | -| | |#####| |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 10 | | |#####| 11 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 12 | |#####| 13 |#####| 14 | | -| | |#####| |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 15 | | 16 |#####| | -| |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - Fig. 1 - -DEFINITIONS - -Horizontal Vertical - - 1 Disparage 1 Evolve - 6 Cereal grass 2 Toward - 7 Abbr. Vice Admiral 3 A rodent - 9 An edge-tool 4 Near -10 Urge 5 A web -11 Skill 8 Gone by -12 Behold 9 A land measure -14 Prefix: good 13 A male sheep -15 Impair 15 Indeed -17 Agreement 16 Disordered type - - -Looking over the diagram (See Figure 2) we find that one vertical calls -for a seven letter word whose third and fifth letters are V and L -respectively and which is defined as “evolve.” The V and the L give us -the clue. The word is DEVELOP. We place it in the diagram. Two, three -and four are easy, for we have three clues to work on and we find the -proper words without much difficulty. The next one is beyond us, so we -go on to the one numbered 8. We find that a three letter word—starting -with A—meaning “gone by,” is needed. The clues of A and O enable us to -get that without much trouble, and we place AGO in the square. We pass -by nine, but thirteen is easy. “A male sheep?” Why, of course, the word -is RAM. - - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 5 | -| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 6 | | |#####| | -| |#####| O | A | T |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 7 | 8 |#####| |#####| 9 | | -| V | A |#####| |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 10 | | |#####| 11 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 12 | |#####| 13 |#####| 14 | | -| L | O |#####| |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 15 | | 16 |#####| | -| |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - Fig. 2 - - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 5 | -| D | | T | R | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 6 | | |#####| | -| E |#####| O | A | T |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 7 | 8 |#####| |#####| 9 | | -| V | A |#####| |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 10 | | |#####| 11 | | | -| E | G | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 12 | |#####| 13 |#####| 14 | | -| L | O |#####| R |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 15 | | 16 |#####| | -| O |#####| | A | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | | | | | | -| P | | | M | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - Fig. 3 - - -From now on the going is easy. We have plenty of clues to the words -that we do not know. (See Figure 3.) Rechecking the horizontals, we -find that we have the first, third, fourth and fifth letters of -“disparage,” and with their aid we easily see that the word is DETRACT. -Looking for a two letter word meaning “an edge-tool,” we soon find that -there is but one word that will fit. We place AX in position. With nine -vertical beginning with an A it is easy to find that ARE is the proper -word. Ten horizontal proves to be EGG and eleven becomes ART. We say to -ourselves that if we could only get five vertical we would have the -puzzle solved. Well, why not? Is the second letter an a, e, i, o, or u? -The definition gives it as “a web.” What word will fit but TEXTURE? We -place that into position. Now, we find that we have the puzzle almost -completed. Fifteen horizontal needs a three letter word meaning -“impair.” Its middle letter must be an A. With the A to guide us that -is simple. The word is “SAP.” Fifteen and sixteen being two letter -words are easily found, and we place SO and PI into position. We now -find that we have the puzzle completed with one exception. Seventeen -horizontal has to be found. Its first, third, fourth, fifth and seventh -letters are P OMI E. A consonant is needed for the second letter, and R -seems to be the most logical choice. That gives us the word, which is -defined as “agreement.” (See Figure 4.) - - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 5 | -| D | E | T | R | A | C | T | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 6 | | |#####| | -| E |#####| O | A | T |#####| E | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 7 | 8 |#####| |#####| 9 | | -| V | A |#####| T |#####| A | X | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 10 | | |#####| 11 | | | -| E | G | G |#####| A | R | T | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 12 | |#####| 13 |#####| 14 | | -| L | O |#####| R |#####| E | U | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 15 | | 16 |#####| | -| O |#####| S | A | P |#####| R | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | | | | | | -| P | R | O | M | I | S | E | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - Fig. 4 - - -We settle back into our chair with a sigh of content at the thought of -a job well done. But that is not the finish. Rather it is but the -start. Now that we have tasted the pleasures of cross word puzzling, we -are loath to give our time to anything else. What other amusement -offers the pleasure, instruction and satisfaction that is to be found -in Cross Word Puzzles? There is but one answer to that question, -and—foregoing the movies—we settle down to the elusive task of tracking -words to their lairs. - - - - - - - - - -DO’S AND DON’T’S FOR SOLVERS - - -Don’t get scared if you can’t guess the first horizontal word. Go -through the list till you find a definition that you’re sure of. That -is the simplest method of beginning the solution. When you have written -in all the words you are sure of, you will have plenty of clues for the -unknowns. - -Don’t spend too much time with the long words unless you are sure of -them. They will appear when the short ones have been solved. Of course, -not all the short ones are easy, but they are generally more readily -attended to than the long ones. Also, there are more of them, -increasing the chances of finding familiar faces among the definitions. - -If you think a word is right, pencil it in lightly till you are sure. -This saves erosion of paper and temper. But never hesitate to try a -word that may be right. The trial and error method holds in puzzling as -it does in life. - -Remember that the horizontals furnish a sure check on the verticals, -and vice versa. - -If you are hopelessly stuck, try another puzzle. Inspiration sometimes -waits for a return engagement. - -A pleasant feeling of something attempted, something done, accompanies -the solution of a cross word puzzle. It’s good for the inferiority -complex. - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 101 - -A CHRISTMAS TREE - -By Moby Dick - - -This Christmas tree is a tour de force in consecutive two-letter words. -Even the veriest beginner should finish it in a half hour, for the -words are all fair and should come to mind immediately. This is a case -where the rule on ratio of black squares to white is purposely violated -for appropriateness of design. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | | 3 | 4 | | 5 | 6 | | 7 | 8 | -| | | | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 9 | |#####| 10 | |#####| 11 | |#####| 12 | | -| | |#####| | |#####| | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 13 | | 14 | |#####|#####|#####| 15 | 16 | | | -| | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | | |#####|#####|#####| 18 | | | | -| | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| |#####| | -| |#####| |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 19 | 20 | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| 21 | 22 | | -| | | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 23 | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| 24 | | -| | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 25 | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| 26 | | -| | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| | -| |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |#####| 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 35 | | | |#####|#####|#####| 36 | | | | -| | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Lover of wisdom -9 Exclamation -10 Conjunction -11 Negative -12 Pronoun -13 Portent -15 Deposited -17 Tailless amphibian -18 Preposition -19 Girl’s name -21 Seize in arrest -23 Printer’s measure -24 Pronoun -25 Toward -26 Sun god -27 Dental filling -31 Warble -35 Garment -36 Italian city - - -VERTICAL - -1 Pertaining to measurement of light intensity -2 Man -3 Material part of the earth -4 Bone -5 Preposition -6 Outdoor sport -7 Send out -8 Formidable -14 Simple -16 Presently -20 Latin for I love -22 Atmosphere -28 Not -29 Note of scale -30 Near -32 Conjunction -33 Perform -34 Printer’s measure - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 102 - -CHILDSPLAY - -By Hugo Kladeviko and James McIntyre - - -These contributors have made one for the tots. Likewise it is a good -one for beginners at cross word puzzling. Warm up on this one for the -holy terrors that later on will beset you. - - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | | 2 | 3 | 4 | |#####| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | | 9 | -| | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 10 | | |#####|#####|#####| 11 | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | |#####|#####|#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 12 | 13 |#####| 14 | | 15 |#####| 16 | | |#####| 17 | | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 18 | | 19 |#####| 20 | | 21 | | |#####| 22 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 23 | | | 24 |#####| 25 | | |#####| 26 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 27 | | 28 | |#####| 29 | 30 | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####|#####| 31 | |#####|#####|#####| 32 | |#####|#####|#####| -|#####|#####|#####| | |#####|#####|#####| | |#####|#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 33 |#####| 34 | | | 35 |#####| 36 | | | 37 |#####| 38 | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 39 | 40 | | |#####| 41 | 42 | |#####| 43 | | 44 | | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 45 | | |#####| 46 | | | | 47 |#####| 48 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 49 | |#####| 50 | | |#####| 51 | | 52 |#####| 53 | | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 54 | | |#####|#####|#####| 55 | | 56 |#####| | -| |#####| | | |#####|#####|#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 57 | | | | | |#####| 58 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Form of literary expression -5 Speculation -10 Constellation -11 To be mistaken -12 Thus -14 Consumed -16 Character in “Peer Gynt” -17 Upon -18 Tool for cutting threads -20 Be -22 Humped beast of burden -23 Spoken -25 Colored fluid -26 Cook in oven -27 Droop -29 Appear -31 Behold -32 Adverb and conjunction -34 Minute particle -36 Support -39 Undermines -41 Be in debt -43 Unit of linear measure -45 Fasten -46 Trapped, cornered (colloq.) -48 Caress -49 Expression of hesitancy -50 Unit of weight -51 Jurisprudence -53 Preposition, toward -54 Utensil -55 Used in ancient warfare -57 Poor in quality -58 Irritate - - -VERTICAL - -1 Church dignitary -2 Elevated R. R. -3 Leaves of a shrub of China -4 Repetition -6 Request (poet) -7 Before -8 Either -9 Citizen of New England -13 Propeller -15 Place for egress -16 Solicits -17 Hard wood -19 Foot -21 Into -22 Tuber -24 Sings with spirit -26 A broom -28 A card game -30 Attention -33 Regard -34 Mimic -35 A.M. -36 Skin -37 Speck -38 Long seat with back -40 Vent -42 You and I -44 Pasture -46 Sound -47 Mend -50 Label -52 Contest between countries -54 Father -56 Mother - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 103 - -LADIES FIRST - -By Albert Buran - - -Here is the puzzle that Mrs. Ruth von Phul did in four minutes and -twenty seconds, thereby winning the Ladies’ Championship, at the -tournament held in Wanamaker’s Auditorium in September. See if you can -clip a second off that record. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | | 3 | 4 |#####| 5 | 6 | | 7 | 8 | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 9 | |#####| 10 | | 11 | | |#####| 12 | | -| | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 13 | | | | | | 14 |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 15 | 16 | |#####| 17 | | |#####| 18 | 19 | | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 20 | | | 21 |#####| |#####| 22 | | | | -| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 23 | | | | | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 24 | | | |#####| |#####| 25 | | | 26 | -| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 27 | | |#####| 28 | | 29 |#####| 30 | | | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 31 | 32 | | | | 33 | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 34 | 35 |#####| 36 | | | | |#####| 37 | | -| | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 38 | | | | |#####| 39 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Boat hoisting contrivance -5 Prosecuting judicially -9 A pronoun -10 Pertaining to the nose -12 A conjunction -13 A thin oval board used by an artist -15 A pasture -17 The first flapper -18 A color -20 A brownish red stone -22 Mentally sound -23 Savant -24 Notice -25 Saucy -27 Completely -28 Social beginner (slang) -30 A cereal grass -31 Shelters -34 An expression of inquiry -36 A parent’s sister -37 Bone -38 Kingdom -39 To give out - - -VERTICAL - -1 Face of a timepiece (pl.) -2 Near -3 A feminine suffix -4 Narrative -5 Glut -6 Ultimo (abbr.) -7 A negation -8 To class or sort -11 XVII -13 Packages -14 Obliterators -16 A wooden frame -19 A vestibule -21 Achieved -22 A slight taste -24 A personal enemy -26 Rigid -28 Sound rhythmically -29 Stupid (Fr.) -32 Presidential nickname -33 Goddess of night (myth.) -35 A pronoun -37 An alleged force - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 104 - -THE LAZY MAN’S DELIGHT - -By B. Benas - - -After you have struggled with a terror and want to rest your weary -brain, here’s the puzzle for you. Nice and easy and well put together. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |#####|#####|#####| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | -| | | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 11 | | | | | 12 |#####| 13 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 14 | | | |#####| 15 | 16 | |#####| 17 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 18 | | |#####| 19 | | | | 20 |#####| 21 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 22 | |#####| 23 | | |#####| 24 | | 25 |#####| 26 | | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 27 | 28 | | | |#####| 29 | | | 30 | |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####| 31 | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| 32 | |#####|#####| -|#####|#####| | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| | |#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 33 | | | 34 | 35 |#####| 36 | 37 | | | 38 |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 39 | |#####| 40 | | |#####| 41 | | |#####| 42 | 43 | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 44 | | 45 |#####| 46 | | 47 | | |#####| 48 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 49 | | | 50 |#####| 51 | | |#####| 52 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 53 | | | | 54 | |#####| 55 | 56 | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 57 | | | | |#####|#####|#####| 58 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Eyelashes -6 Foundation -11 Decrees -13 Occupant -14 Titled person -15 Through -17 Used in games of chance -18 Before -19 Purport -21 Female deer -22 Selenium -23 Meadow -24 Not within -26 Degree given physicians -27 Clip -29 Plural of vegetable -31 That thing -32 Regarding -33 Character of a people -36 Fragment -39 Article -40 Epoch -41 Course -42 Behold -44 Obstruct -46 Urchin -48 Wager -49 Among -51 Brownish color -52 Make feverish -53 European cuttlefish -55 Oily matter -57 Dirge -58 Come into - - -VERTICAL - -1 Resigns -2 Accustoms -3 Body of water -4 Frozen dessert -5 Near -6 Exist -7 Conjunction -8 Reported -9 Annual receipts -10 Horse -12 Weapon -13 Soldiers collectively -16 Printer’s measure -19 A drink -20 Regret -23 Mythological stream -25 Linger -28 To reach exactly -30 Ocean -33 Hard coating -34 Metal bearing rock -35 Seasonings -36 Oscillate -37 Be able -38 Give pleasure to -39 Humble -43 Animal -45 Mature -47 Note of scale -48 Cudgel -50 Excavate -52 Female bird -54 Forever -56 Note of scale - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 105 - -NEAT SYMMETRY - -By Frank A. Ford - - -An unusual disposition of blacks and a pretty symmetry. Decorative -patterns give an esthetic charm to cross word puzzling. Before you -finish you will have brought home the bacon. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |#####| 5 | 6 | 7 |#####| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 13 | | | |#####| 14 | | | | 15 |#####| 16 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | |#####| 18 | | |#####| 19 | | |#####| 20 | | | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 21 | | | 22 |#####| 23 | | 24 | | |#####| 25 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 26 | | 27 |#####| 28 | | |#####| 29 | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 30 |#####| 31 | | 32 | |#####| 33 | 34 | | |#####| 35 |#####| -|#####| |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 36 | | 37 | | | |#####| 38 |#####| 39 | | | 40 | | 41 | -| | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 42 | | |#####| 43 | | | | | | |#####| 44 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 45 | | | 46 | | |#####| |#####| 47 | | 48 | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| |#####| 49 | | | 50 |#####| 51 | | | |#####| |#####| -|#####| |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 52 |#####| 53 | | |#####| 54 | 55 | |#####| 56 | | 57 |#####| 58 | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 59 | 60 | | |#####| 61 | | | | 62 |#####| 63 | | 64 | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 65 | | |#####| 66 | | |#####| 67 | | |#####| 68 | | | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 69 | | | 70 |#####| 71 | | 72 | | |#####| 73 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 74 | | | | |#####| 75 | | |#####| 76 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Salted smoked pig’s hip -5 An adult swine -8 Demesne estate -13 Sincere -14 Pertaining to a wall -16 Back of the neck -17 Color in spectrum -18 To deface -19 A small dram -20 A receptacle -21 Woodsmen’s implements -23 Arrogance -25 Famous French writer -26 Night moisture -28 Devoured -29 Yankee Jack tar -31 Curved structural member -33 Bay or chestnut -36 Dobbin’s headpiece -39 Slumbers -42 A lyric song -43 Quite a few -44 A pasture -45 Folds in cloth -47 Played golf -49 To interdict -51 Large Siberian river -53 Accomplished -54 To regret -56 An honorable title -59 Senile -61 Concerning the pope -63 To serve -65 Genus homo -66 Racket -67 Early man’s abode -68 Late man’s consolation -69 Every man’s foe -71 Pelted with hen fruit -73 Fermented malt liquors -74 Citrous fruit -75 An indeterminate age -76 Without active properties - - -VERTICAL - -1 Borate of sodium -2 Top of pyramid -3 Surrendered -4 Surmounting -5 A shout of triumph -6 Alternative -7 Mr. Goose -9 Indefinite article -10 An Indian viceroy -11 A precious form of silica -12 Kingly -14 Representation of earth’s surface -15 To deceive -22 A place to rest -24 Pronoun -25 A parcel post district -27 Yanked -29 Liquid measures -30 To dip up -32 The peak -34 A species of orange wood -35 Celerity -36 A twining moraceous vine -37 Opposite the wind -38 A physiological distinction -40 A mythical sprite -41 Affected with grief -46 Greedy -48 Deposited by a hen -50 Large globose fruit -51 Dull gray -52 Ship of the desert -53 Coarse cotton drilling -55 Ascending -57 A light firearm -58 Box for valuables -60 Donated -61 American dessert -62 Conducted -64 An observer -70 Behold! -72 Proceed -73 One or any - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 106 - -THE DARLING OF THE GODS - -By Ambrosian - - -This puzzle was used in the All Comers Contest, held at Wanamaker’s -Auditorium in September. The time of the winner, W. F. Hunter of Sound -Beach, Conn. was 6 minutes, 40⅕ seconds. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | | 2 |#####| 3 | 4 | 5 |#####| 6 | | 7 | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 8 | 9 | | | | 10 | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 11 | 12 |#####| 13 | | | | |#####| 14 | | -| | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 15 | 16 |#####| 17 | | |#####| 18 | |#####| -|#####| | |#####| | | |#####| | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 19 | | | 20 |#####| |#####| 21 | | | 22 | -| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 23 | | | | | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 24 | | | |#####| |#####| 25 | | | | -| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 26 | |#####| 27 | | 28 |#####| 29 | |#####| -|#####| | |#####| | | |#####| | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 30 | |#####| 31 | | | | 32 |#####| 33 | 34 | -| | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 35 | | | | | | 36 |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 37 | | |#####| 38 | | |#####| 39 | | | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 French coin -3 At a latter time -6 High mountain -8 Pole-star -11 Form of “to be” -13 Pedigrees -14 Prefix meaning two -15 Impersonal pronoun -17 Pen -18 Parent -19 Position-proud person -21 Island -23 Words parallel to this -24 Orient -25 Narrow groove -26 Negative -27 Part of anatomy -29 Mountain (abbr.) -30 Like -31 Girl’s name -33 Therefore -35 Spanish dances -37 Perceive -38 Fly -39 Possessive pronoun - - -VERTICAL - -1 Large body of water -2 Ascent -3 Exclamation -4 Splits up into parties -5 Playing card -6 Like -7 Greek letter -9 Alternative -10 Exists -12 Pertaining to ancient Greek culture (plural) -14 Votes -16 Trunk -18 Religious song -19 Personal pronoun -20 Morsel -21 Possessive pronoun -22 Founded (abbr.) -27 Stop -28 Father (French) -30 Beast of burden -31 Exclamation -32 Behold -34 Used in boat -35 Exist -36 Therefore - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 107 - -RIBS OF THREE-LETTER WORDS - -By Leonard J. Brightman - - -Over sixty three-letter words here! - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |#####| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |#####| -|#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 13 |#####| 14 | | | | |#####| 15 |#####| 16 | | | | |#####| 17 | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 18 | | | | | |#####| 19 | | 20 |#####| 21 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 22 | | |#####| 23 | | | | 24 |#####| 25 | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 26 | | |#####| 27 | | |#####| 28 | | 29 |#####| 30 | | 31 |#####| -|#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 32 | | |#####| 33 | | |#####| 34 |#####| 35 | | 36 |#####| 37 | | 38 | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 39 | |#####| 40 | | |#####| 41 | | 42 |#####| 43 | | 44 |#####| 45 | | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 46 | | |#####| 47 | | | | 48 |#####| 49 | | 50 |#####| | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 51 | 52 | | |#####| 53 | | | | | | 54 |#####| 55 | | 56 | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 57 | | | | | | |#####| 58 | | | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 59 | | | |#####| 60 | | | 61 | | | |#####| 62 | | | 63 | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 64 | | 65 |#####| 66 | | | | |#####| 67 | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 68 | 69 |#####| 70 | | 71 |#####| 72 | | |#####| 73 | | |#####| 74 | | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 75 | | 76 |#####| 77 | | 78 |#####| |#####| 79 | | |#####| 80 | | | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 81 | | 82 |#####| 83 | | 84 |#####| 85 | | |#####| 86 | | |#####| -|#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 87 |#####| 88 | | 89 |#####| 90 | | 91 | | |#####| 92 | | |#####| 93 | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 94 | | | | | 95 |#####| 96 | | |#####| 97 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 98 | | | | 99 |#####| |#####| 100 | | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 101 | | | | | | |#####| 102 | | | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Branch of medical practice -7 Quiet -14 Gracious -16 Book formed by doubled pages -18 Commonly used -19 Wrath -21 Excluded -22 Born -23 Mean fellow -25 Boy’s nickname -26 Unit -27 Shade of brown -28 Cut -30 Female of swine -32 Before -33 Pinnacle -35 Name (Fr.) -37 Knock -39 Part of verb “to be” -40 Fasten -41 Old soldier (abbr.) -43 Crow-like bird -45 Negation -46 Short hairs on surface of cloth -47 Coffins -49 Flap -51 Heavenly body -53 Fireworks -55 Decorate -57 Attack -58 Prepare the way for -59 A precious stone -60 Tropical fruit-eating bird (pl.) -62 Dissolute man -64 Rent -66 Holy person -67 A color -68 Whether -70 Bark -72 Exclamations -73 Concealed -74 Unassorted printing type -75 Small child -77 Species of fish -79 Earthen vessel -80 Procured -81 To notch -83 Affirmative -85 Wooden tank -86 Solution containing alkali -88 Decay -90 Small headless nail -92 Obstruct -94 Long narrow sword -96 Sensory organ -97 End -98 Plant of the lily family -100 Sacred cantata -101 Insect resembling dragon-fly -102 Enforced - - -VERTICAL - -2 Interest -3 Coin of British India -4 Small aromatic shrub -5 First woman -6 A note in music -8 Provided that -9 Lout -10 Ardor -11 Baseball teams -12 South American bird -13 Employment -15 Present tense plural of “to be” -17 Song -19 Hostelry -20 Attention -23 Devitalize -24 Relation -26 Fortify -27 2000 lbs. -29 Shell for seeds -31 Pale -32 Masticates -33 Point -34 Steam -36 Entangle -38 Composition in verse -40 Garden vegetable -41 Food -42 Surgical instrument -44 Irrigated -46 Pertaining to nose -47 Filipino weapons -48 Limit -50 Livelihood -52 Strike gently -53 Wagon track -54 Call of distress -56 Weary -59 Overlook -61 The soft palate (rare) -63 Departure -65 Sailor -67 Accoutre -69 Confusion -71 Recompense -73 Hovel -74 An American author -76 A large fish -78 Opposed to “no” -79 Tooth -80 Revolve -82 Aim -84 Mimic -85 Contend -86 Narrow roads -87 Vase -89 Linden tree -91 Cereal plant -92 Fragments -93 Spout -95 King (Fr.) -97 Enemy -99 Opposed to “yes” -100 Mister - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 108 - -THE WHIFFENPOOF - -By W. C. Brooks - - -Introduce this animal to your menagerie. He has a spotted coat which -may give him a terrible aspect. 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Stern II -successfully defended their title. Their time was 6 minutes, 15 -seconds. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |#####| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | -| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 9 | | | |#####| 10 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 11 | |#####| 12 | 13 | | | | | -| | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 14 | | 15 |#####| 16 | | | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | | 18 |#####| 19 | |#####|#####| -| | | | |#####| | |#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 20 | | | |#####| 21 | | 22 | 23 | -| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 24 | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| 25 | | -| | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 26 | | 27 | 28 |#####| 29 | 30 | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####| 31 | |#####| 32 | | | | -|#####|#####| | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 33 | 34 | | | 35 |#####| 36 | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 37 | | | | | 38 |#####| 39 | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 40 | | | |#####| 41 | 42 | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 43 | | | |#####| 44 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Strike sharply -5 Russian mountain range -9 Trial -10 Name of saint given to Spanish watering place -11 Preposition -12 Small fruits -14 Strange -16 Soon (plural) -17 Emperor -19 Pronoun -20 Name of queen who was mother of Edward the Confessor -21 Dispatched -24 Egyptian god -25 Alternative conjunction -26 Obstruction -29 Long -31 Prefix—not -32 Form of parasitic plant life -33 Capital of Croatia -36 Edible seed formation -37 Hinder -39 Italian particle -40 Sheltered -41 Italian dukedom famous in renaissance -43 Forbids -44 Sleep (hobo slang) - - -VERTICAL - -1 Two wheeled child’s vehicle (pl.) -2 Lowest rank in navy -3 Conjunction -4 Pin -5 Planet -6 Rest -7 Formal close for prayer -8 Bereavement -13 Egyptian god -15 Obstruction -18 Sun god -22 Disallowed legal claims -23 Supports -27 Fliers -28 Fruits used for making alcoholic beverages -29 Afternoon -30 Product of dissociation -33 King of Israel -34 Festive -35 Personal pronoun -38 Color -42 Thus - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 110 - -LONG AND LANGUID - -By H. Emerson Hough - - -This a neat construction which is filled with pleasant, diverting -words. 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- -HORIZONTAL - -1 Not ruddy -4 A tank -7 Tell -9 Man of valor -12 Eggs (anat.) -14 Domesticates -16 Anathematize -17 Silvery -20 Exactly suitable -21 To burden with -23 To clothe -24 More than enough -26 Evergreen tree -27 Bring forth young -28 Confine -30 Larger -33 Shred -35 Batter -37 Started -38 Sailor -40 Exists -42 State of equality -44 Limb -45 Part of the mouth -46 Toward -47 A meadow -49 Carrying capacity of a ship -51 Smart blow -53 Cooking vessel -54 Skin eruption -55 Fish-eagle -56 Rock containing metal -57 Uncontrolled temper -59 Mere repetition -60 A cardinal number -62 Personal pronoun (pl.) -63 Relatives -64 A beverage -66 Where pigs are confined -68 Perform -69 A size of coal -70 To level -72 Fasten with thread -74 Endeavor -75 Pilgrims -77 Did see -79 Large body of water -80 Bend downward -81 Eggs of fish -83 A primary color -85 A kind of flannel -87 Also -89 Merchant -91 Public conveyance -92 External -94 Present tense of “was” -95 Was sorry for -96 The first house-boat -97 To keep the hair in control -98 The stomach of birds - - -VERTICAL - -1 A fruit -2 One who cuts timber -3 The night before a holiday -5 On hand -6 Slight blow -7 Series -8 Similar to -9 Did have -10 Cause to be loved -11 Not shut -13 An insect -15 To be in charge of -16 Obstacle -18 To open a seam -19 To dress in one’s best -21 Title of respect -22 To be slow -25 Sphere -26 Marsh -29 A short sleep -31 Snake-like fishes -32 Shipping tickets -33 Knock -34 Lubricate -36 Substances (Lat.) -38 Coverings for the neck -39 Witty saying -41 Prophets -43 Kind of type -45 Endures -46 Played with -48 The one-spot -50 Scold -52 A card game -53 Fondle -56 Not in -58 A nobleman -59 Advise -61 At the present time -63 That which opens -65 Mourn -67 Affirmative answer -69 A dancing movement -70 Silence forcibly -71 Fail morally -73 Keeper -74 A beverage -75 Shallow dish -76 Drunkard -78 Very small -79 Mark left by a wound -80 Convulsive weeping -82 Epoch -84 Fall -86 Gamin -87 A sea bird -88 Habitation of wild beasts -90 Part of a circle -92 Conjunction -93 Concerning - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 111 - -A YULETIDE CHANT - -By Gregorian - - -Good work with a stunt pattern. Note the fine tree trunk. This is one -of those puzzles that are built around a central crossing of long -words. A day of joy and feasting to you! - - +-----+ - | 1 | - | | - +-----+-----+-----+ - | 2 | | 3 | - | | | | - +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 4 | | | | 5 | - | | | | | | - +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 6 | | | | | - | | | | | | - +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 7 | |#####| |#####| 8 | 9 | - | | |#####| |#####| | | - +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 10 | | 11 | | 12 | | | - | | | | | | | | - +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 13 | | | | | | | | 14 | - | | | | | | | | | | - +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 15 | |#####| 16 | | |#####| 17 | | - | | |#####| | | |#####| | | - +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 18 | |#####| 19 | | | | 20 |#####| 21 | 22 | - | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | - +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 23 | | 24 | |#####| |#####| 25 | 26 | | | - | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | 28 | -| | | | | | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 29 | | | | |#####| |#####| 30 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 31 | | | 32 | | 33 | | | | - | | | | | | | | | | - +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 34 | | | - | | | | - +-----+-----+-----+ - | |#####| | - | |#####| | - +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 35 | 36 | | 37 | | 38 | 39 | - | | | | | | | | - +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 40 | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | | - +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -2 Allow -4 West European capital -6 Coincide -7 Impersonal pronoun -8 Symbol of metallic element -10 Talk over -13 Garment sellers -15 Personal pronoun -16 Cunning -17 Latin diphthong -18 Geometric ratio -19 Dry and hard -21 Conjunction -23 Dionysiac poet -25 Fostering -27 Believers in basic simplicities -29 Customs (Lat.) -30 South American dance -31 Insectivorous mammals -34 Biblical character -35 Western world -40 Elder - - -VERTICAL - -1 Familiar salutation -2 Hang behind -3 Bind -4 Court -5 Mode of perception -7 Unoccupied -9 Member of Arab tribe -11 Heavenly body -12 Islands -13 Fabulous monster -14 Belonging to a sailor -18 Equestrian game -19 Top piece -20 Portion (legal) -22 Chanted -24 Closing apostrophe -26 Prevaricator -27 Printer’s measure -28 Adverb and conjunction -32 Devoured -33 Implicit -35 Since -36 Personal pronoun objective case -37 Egyptian god -38 With (prefix) -39 Measure of land - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 112 - -THE NOVELTY SHOP - -By George E. Wilcox - - -We learned a few new useful words from this one. When you’ve worked out -a new word in a puzzle, and studied its definition and pondered over -its spelling, the chances are ten to one you’ll recognize it next time -you see or hear it. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | | 4 | 5 | 6 |#####| 7 | 8 | 9 | | 10 | 11 | 12 | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 13 | | |#####| 14 | | | | | | |#####| 15 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 16 | | | 17 | | | |#####| 18 | | | 19 | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 20 | | |#####| 21 | 22 | |#####| 23 | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 24 | 25 | | |#####| 26 | | | | 27 |#####| 28 | | 29 | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 30 | | |#####| 31 | | | | | | 32 |#####| 33 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 34 | | | 35 | | | |#####| 36 | | | 37 | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| |#####| 38 | | |#####|#####|#####| 39 | | |#####| |#####| -|#####| |#####| | | |#####|#####|#####| | | |#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 40 | | 41 | | | | 42 |#####| 43 | | | | 44 | | 45 | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 46 | | |#####| 47 | | | 48 | | | |#####| 49 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 50 | | | 51 |#####| 52 | | | | |#####| 53 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 54 | | 55 |#####| 56 | | |#####| 57 | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 58 | 59 | | | | 60 | |#####| 61 | 62 | | | | 63 | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 64 | | |#####| 65 | | | | | | |#####| 66 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 67 | | | | | | |#####| 68 | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 City in Bohemia -7 Segregate -13 Thither (poet.) -14 Eighth part of a circle (pl.) -15 Vigor -16 Reconcile parties -18 Shortening of syllable -20 Those in power -21 Bite -23 Part of circle -24 Large bag -26 Slaves (Anglo Saxon) -28 Barks sharply -30 Girl’s name -31 Manifested -33 Die (Scotch) -34 River in Western Africa -36 Sailors, collectively -38 Eagle -39 Reposed -40 Institute of learning -43 Pertaining to the thigh -46 Hasten -47 Times (Latin) -49 Era -50 Term in Jewish calendar -52 Afraid (slang) -53 Stone (Scotch) -54 Strike softly -56 Cereal grass -57 Be sick -58 Branch of theology dealing with union among churches -61 Annuity shared among a number -64 Vehicle -65 Sentry -66 Negative prefix -67 Fifth letter of Greek alphabet -68 Ostensible reason - - -VERTICAL - -1 Fermentation -2 Sorrow -3 Glucoside obtained from indigo plant -4 Hawaiian trees -5 Perform -6 Implement -7 Examine -8 Pen -9 Mountain in Greece -10 Fruit of tropical tree -11 Until -12 Rising above a surface, as of water -17 Writing fluid -19 Attempt -22 Hostelry -25 Glandular -26 Good news -27 A seal rookery -29 Slavery -31 Heron-like bird -32 One of the seven arts -35 Elongated fish -37 Combining form denoting connection with the hyoid bone -40 Cup -41 Those who guide -42 American poet and philosopher -43 Platform at head of the foremast -44 Small rope used for rope ladder -45 Gentle -48 Compensate -51 Hastened -53 Pose -55 Statement -57 Poker term -59 Knock -60 Noise made by pigeons -62 Belonging to us -63 Goddess of night - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 113 - -A DOODLE BUG - -By Samuel W. Phillips - - -We decided to call this a doodle bug because it is essentially doable. -And it oughtn’t to bite any of you if you handle it gently and don’t -stick your pencil in its eye. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |#####| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 14 | | | | | |#####| 15 |#####| 16 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | | | |#####| 18 | | 19 |#####| 20 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| |#####| 21 | 22 | | | | 23 | |#####| |#####| | -| |#####| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 24 | | 25 |#####| 26 | | | | |#####| 27 | | |#####| -|#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 28 |#####| 29 | | 30 | |#####| |#####| 31 | 32 | | |#####| 33 | -| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 34 | 35 |#####| 36 | |#####| 37 | | 38 |#####| 39 | |#####| 40 | | -| | |#####| | |#####| | | |#####| | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 41 | | | |#####| 42 | |#####| 43 | |#####| 44 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | |#####| | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 45 | |#####| 46 | 47 |#####| 48 | 49 | |#####| 50 | |#####| 51 | | -| | |#####| | |#####| | | |#####| | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 52 | | | 53 |#####| |#####| 54 | | | 55 |#####| | -| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 56 | | |#####| 57 | 58 | | 59 | |#####| 60 | | |#####| -|#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 61 |#####| |#####| 62 | | | | | | 63 |#####| |#####| 64 | -| |#####| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 65 | 66 | | 67 | |#####| 68 | | |#####| 69 | 70 | | 71 | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 72 | | | | | 73 |#####| |#####| 74 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 75 | | | | | | |#####| 76 | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Deserts -7 Obese -14 Matched -16 Establishment of an invader -17 Spur -18 Beginning of a Nursery Rhyme -20 Proclamation -21 Erudite -24 Vapor -26 Direction -27 Lubricate -29 Rodents -31 Slender marine fish -34 An article (Fr.) -36 An exclamation -37 Part of a hanging scale -39 River in southern China -40 In contact with -41 Immediately -42 Preposition -43 Pertaining to type -44 Temple -45 A pronoun -46 A republic (abbr.) -48 Consume -50 Hawaiian Islands (abbr.) -51 Printers’ measure -52 An iota -54 One of two or more -56 Vehicle -57 Lodge -60 Eternity -62 Current -65 To trim -68 Number -69 Reconcile -72 Less difficult -74 Loops -75 Provokes -76 Lists - - -VERTICAL - -1 Whirl rapidly -2 A tight fitting woolen cap (Scot.) -3 A render -4 119.6 sq. yds. -5 Girl’s name -6 A clerical degree -8 Of (Fr.) -9 Frozen -10 A basket (prov.) -11 God of light (myth.) -12 So -13 Part of verb to be (Spanish) -15 A sentinel -18 Exclude -19 One (Scot.) -22 Goddess of dawn (myth.) -23 Unit of work -25 A fruit (pl.) -27 Opening -28 Simple -30 A preposition -32 Like -33 Concerning -35 Insect -37 Mimic -38 Encountered -40 Unit -47 To this extent -49 Originated -50 Half a laugh -52 Majestic -53 Blot -54 Eyes (Scot.) -55 Raucous -58 Wager -59 Lair -61 Frank -62 Skin -63 Philippine men -64 A course -66 A roe (Scot.) -67 The egg of an insect -70 Received -71 Before (poetical) -73 Relating to -74 Negative - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 114 - -BATTALION ATTENTION! - -By Major - - -Cross word puzzles must be something like an intricate plan of a -battle. The army delights in them. Here is one with word masses locking -at center, masses of good, useful words. 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- -HORIZONTAL - -1 Weapon -4 Cripple -12 Satisfied -15 Miserly -17 Mechanism -18 Native hog of old world -19 Prevent -21 Public -22 Boat -23 Lightning -25 Part of a biped -26 Party periodical -28 Sweet compound -30 Group of native huts -32 Note of scale -34 Interjection -35 Unbounded expanse -38 Into -39 Note of scale -40 High -42 Ruler -44 Silver coin of Spain -46 Spoil -47 Retain -49 Pusher -50 Aid -51 Plant -52 Cold pendant -53 Operated upon with a flat-bladed implement -54 Train -57 Scrutinize -58 Fragment -59 Coin -60 Insulate -62 Play -63 Term of endearment -64 At -65 Value -67 Act -69 Pronoun -70 Small succulent fruit -72 Curl -75 Ball -76 Woman -78 Celebrity -80 Irritating to the mind -81 Kind of oil -83 Head -85 Kind of lily -86 Educate -88 Sovereign state -89 Low haunt -90 Epitomized -91 Rent - - -VERTICAL - -1 Furthermore -2 Wind -3 Associates -5 Form of “to be” -6 Stomach -7 Tax -8 Exhalt -9 Vex -10 Poetic name for India -11 Negative prefix -12 True -13 Merit -14 Afflict -16 Play -18 Started -20 Privilege -22 Basket -24 Negative (Scotch) -26 Gold -27 Swear -29 Vociferate -30 Joint -31 Builder -33 City in Pennsylvania -36 Producer -37 Chemical element -39 Delusive reasoning -41 Hauled -43 Mode of generation -45 Water sprite -46 Birthplace of a prophet -48 Tramp -50 Pronoun -55 Explore -56 Treats -59 Entrance to a building -61 Law -64 Strained -66 Unite permanently -68 Part of war vessel -70 Capitalist -71 Matter -73 The writer or speaker -74 Part of a coat -75 Valley -76 Tool -77 Ireland -79 Weary -80 Owned -81 Native of country -82 Abbr. for hand-written book -84 Nip off -86 Negative -87 Any person whatever - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 115 - -AN OLYMPIAN DELIGHT - -By Jupiter - - -Even the eight unkeyed letters in the center can’t detract from the -solid worth of this nectar for the gods. We’re glad we didn’t take the -modest author’s suggestion to throw it in the wastebasket. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |#####| 6 | 7 | 8 |#####| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 14 | | | | |#####| 15 | | |#####| 16 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | | | |#####| 18 | | |#####| 19 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 20 | | |#####| 21 | 22 | | | | 23 | |#####| 24 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 25 | | | 26 |#####| 27 | | | | |#####| 28 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####|#####| 29 | 30 | |#####| |#####| 31 | 32 | |#####|#####|#####| -|#####|#####|#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####|#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 33 | 34 | 35 | | |#####|#####| |#####|#####| 36 | | 37 | 38 | 39 | -| | | | | |#####|#####| |#####|#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 40 | | | | | | |#####| 41 | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 42 | | | | |#####|#####| 43 |#####|#####| 44 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####|#####| |#####|#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####|#####| 45 | | 46 |#####| |#####| 47 | | |#####|#####|#####| -|#####|#####|#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####|#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 48 | 49 | 50 | |#####| 51 | 52 | | 53 | |#####| 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 58 | | |#####| 59 | | | | | | 60 |#####| 61 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 62 | | | 63 | |#####| 64 | | |#####| 65 | 66 | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 67 | | | | |#####| 68 | | |#####| 69 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 70 | | | | |#####| 71 | | |#####| 72 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Rodents of Central and South America -6 Stake in any wager -9 County in New Jersey -14 Biographical and eulogistic panegyric -15 Imitate absurdly -16 Tawny thrush -17 Serpent -18 Prohibit -19 River in India -20 Apprehend -21 Perpetual -24 Feign -25 Gaelic and Irish languages -27 Sore -28 Pismires -29 Liquid or dry measure, used especially in the Netherlands -31 Label -33 Pale -36 Hard, transparent resin -40 Hammered -41 White, amorphous or slightly crystalline very bitter alkaloid -compound -42 Be initiated into -44 As before -45 Adjust -47 Beast of burden -48 Final -51 African giraffoid ruminant -54 Organs of hearing -58 Part of verb “to be” -59 Anything by which something else is secured or fastened -61 Allow -62 Girl’s name -64 Invite -65 Animals without feet -67 Outcome -68 Shelter afforded by any object in a wind -69 Measured by revolutions of the moon -70 Ladies -71 Art (Latin) -72 Concerning; in regard to - - -VERTICAL - -1 Peas collectively -2 Shrub of genus Alnus -3 Systems of signals with arbitrary meanings -4 Epoch -5 Withered -6 Tumult; confusion -7 Subdivision of a province in modern Greece -8 Inferior tin-plate alloyed with much lead -9 Of ill repute -10 Japanese coin 1⁄100 of yen -11 Vehicle of 17th and 18th centuries -12 Belch -13 Garden walks or terraces (Class. antiq.) -22 Exclamation to check rashness -23 Facility; power -26 Most level or uniform -28 Torture -30 Novel by George Sand -32 Sour substances -33 Mimic -34 Male descendant -35 Small dwelling -37 Oppose antagonistically -38 Insect -39 Constellation -43 Commoner -46 More than sufficiently -47 Own (Scot.) -48 Disabled -49 Land that has been tilled -50 Any one of various watery animal fluids -52 Australian bear -53 Sharp points -55 Unparalleled -56 V-shaped rampart -57 Draw the contents from; tap -59 Coarse fabrics of plaited rushes -60 Festive -63 Refrigerate -66 Play on words - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 116 - -SOME LIKE ’EM HOT - -By Madeleine Lubetty - - -A neater example of Cross Word construction one doesn’t come across -often in one’s pursuit of the horizontal and vertical. 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-+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 116 | 117 |#####| |#####| 118 | | | 119 |#####|#####| 120 | | | |#####| |#####| 121 | | -| | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####|#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 122 | | | |#####| 123 | | | | | | | | | | |#####| 124 | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Fret -4 Change -12 Period of time -15 Near -16 Open space -17 Wander -18 Thus -19 Gasoline -21 Correlative of either -23 Large American lizard -26 Air -27 Nobility of birth -30 Portends -31 Member of Sheik’s tribe -33 Sharp pointed instrument -34 Exceedingly -35 Etruscan title -37 Golf term -39 Tear down -40 Assistance -41 Contraction of “it is” -44 Musical instrument -46 Despatch -48 Vessel for heating liquids -50 Large island near Florida -51 Pointed ends -53 German for “I” -54 A sty -55 A Dravidian language -56 Old Testament (abbr.) -57 Coldly -59 Note of musical scale -61 Subject -63 A continent (abbr.) -64 Clothed -65 Maker of flour -68 Resonance -70 Lavish extreme fondness -71 Kind of puzzle -72 Biblical name -73 Toward -75 Landing place in India -77 Father -78 Thick soup -80 Promissory note (abbr.) -81 Fill -83 Toe (Scot.) -85 New Zealand bird -86 Carried -88 Low -89 Stable -90 West Indian indigo plant -92 Exhaust -93 Greek letter -94 Exclamation of disgust -96 Piece of wood -98 Atmosphere -99 Noddle (Eng. dial.) -101 Encircling -105 Burial place -107 Period of time -108 Characterized by absence of power -110 Fragrant flower -112 Piled -114 Waste time -116 Indefinite article -118 Rod -120 Heroine of Lohengrin -121 Seventh note of scale -122 Satellite -123 A spirometer -124 Fabulous bird - - -VERTICAL - -1 Destiny -2 Old form of “do” (mus.) -3 Chimney post (Old Eng.) -4 Daughters of American Revolution -5 Strong metal -6 Miscreant -7 Note of musical scale -8 Denoting hesitation -9 Din -10 Enclosure -11 Large Australian bird -12 Regard with esteem -13 Ourselves -14 Plunders -19 Island in Bay of Alexandria -20 Snare -21 Genus of trees or shrubs, the true olives -22 Bolsheviks -24 In bed -25 The innermost shrine -28 Sleeping compartment -29 Slumber -32 Small loaf of bread (Scot.) -34 By way of -35 Railway engine -36 Border on -38 Disturb -40 In the year of (Lat.) -42 Sacred Egyptian bird -43 Amphibious lizard -45 Concluding speech -47 Mohammedan saber (var.) -49 Quadrangle -50 Sperm whale -52 To injure severely -55 Admission card -58 Plan -59 Impertinent -60 A seaweed -62 Skin (Fr.) -64 Symbol for cadmium -66 Within -67 Printer’s measure -69 Upon -74 Leave out -76 A western state -79 Straight piece of wood -80 Persian elf -82 To pale -84 Ingress -85 Mother -87 Capable of being tied -89 A dance (Fr.) -91 Biblical character with famous wife -94 Entreaty -95 Pacific island owned by U. S. -97 Precious metal -100 City in New York -101 Muddle -102 Upon -103 New Mexico (abbr.) -104 Triangular spade used in ditching -106 Opaque whitish fluid -107 Bivalve mollusk -108 Long space of time -109 Hurl -111 Smart -113 Very softly (mus.) -115 Sorrow (Scot.) -117 Negative -119 Prefix meaning well -120 Printer’s measure -121 Thus - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 118 - -A WINGED BEAUTY - -By H. R. Koegler - - -This two winged puzzle is of the sort that compels education. You can’t -solve it without learning something. What’s better to learn than a new -word. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | 11 | 12 | -| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 13 | |#####| 14 | | | | | 15 | | | |#####| 16 | | -| | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 17 | | | | | 18 | | 19 | | | | | 20 |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | | | | | | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 21 | 22 | | |#####| 23 | | | 24 | | 25 | | | |#####| 26 | | 27 | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 28 | | | | 29 | |#####| 30 | | 31 | | 32 | | |#####| 33 | 34 | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 35 | | |#####| 36 | | | | | | | 37 | | | | | |#####| 38 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 39 | | 40 | | |#####| 41 | | | 42 | | | |#####| 43 | | 44 | | | - | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 45 | | | | |#####| 46 | | | | | | | | 47 |#####| 48 | | | | 49 | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 50 | | | 51 | |#####|#####| 52 | | |#####|#####| 53 | 54 | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | |#####|#####| | | |#####|#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 55 | 56 |#####| 57 | | | | 58 | 59 |#####| |#####| 60 | 61 | | | | |#####| 62 | | -| | |#####| | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 63 | | |#####|#####|#####| 64 | | | | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| 65 | | | -| | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 66 | |#####| 67 | 68 | 69 | | | |#####| |#####| 70 | | | 71 | 72 | 73 |#####| 74 | | -| | |#####| | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 75 | | | | |#####|#####| 76 | | 77 |#####|#####| 78 | | | | 79 |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | |#####|#####| | | |#####|#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 80 | 81 | | | |#####| 82 | 83 | 84 | | | | 85 | 86 | |#####| 87 | | | 88 | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 89 | | | | 90 |#####| 91 | | | | | | |#####| 92 | | | | | - | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 93 | | |#####| 94 | | | | | | | 95 | | | | | |#####| 96 | | 97 | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 98 | | | 99 | | |#####| 100 | | | | 101 | | |#####| 102 | | 103 | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 104 | | | |#####| 105 | 106 | | | | 107 | | 108 | |#####| 109 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 110 | | 111 | | | | | 112 | | | 113 | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | | | | | | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 114 | 115 |#####| 116 | | | | | 117 | | | |#####| 118 | | -| | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 119 | | | | | | | | 120 | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 An authoritative command -7 A musical instrument -13 Conjunction -14 Above -15 Part in a play -16 Upon -17 A medicine -19 A pilgrim to the Holy Land -21 An eagle -23 Loud noise -25 Unaccompanied -26 Poisonous American plant -28 To provoke -30 Preceded -32 Everybody -33 Military muster roll -35 A sailor -36 Prison city in New York -37 One who elevates -38 Girl’s name -39 Throws -41 Prevalent -43 Of “Inferno” fame -45 Pole with foot rest -46 Satisfied -48 A running knot -50 New (Spanish) -52 Spring of mineral water -53 Enthusiastic -55 Conjunction -57 A measure of weight -60 City in Italy -62 A bone -63 Boy -64 Extraction -65 Corpulent -66 Man’s nickname -67 Close to -70 Genial -74 Regarding -75 Artificial waterway -76 Bleat -78 Ventures -80 Sting -82 Begets -87 A tree -89 Bony cavity of the eye -91 Severely simple -92 Essential oil -93 Assistance -94 A child’s toy -95 A pinic acid salt -96 Recent -98 Influenced by money -100 Quick of apprehension -101 Powerful explosive (abbr.) -102 Spell -104 Erect -105 Shallow vessels -107 Prophet -109 Deal out -110 Tenth part of a Roman legion -112 A draftsman -114 Aloft -116 Fermented grain -117 Pain -118 Personal pronoun -119 Optical atmospheric illusions -120 Furnished with stories - - -VERTICAL - -1 Powerful -2 Railroad (abbr.) -3 Celestial body -4 Evening -5 Oceanic birds -6 Three united -7 Verbal -8 Dyed -9 Something bestowed out of charity -10 Staggers -11 Negative -12 Breed of cats -17 To dispatch by train -18 Cotton cloth -19 Mannered -20 That which imparts circular motion -22 Respond -24 To run again -25 An inclined plane -27 Surrenders -29 Written communication -31 Small lances -32 Place for combat -34 Citrous fruit -40 Oval bullet -42 Penitent -44 Denials -45 Arctic marine hunters -46 To put existing materials in form -47 Trusts -49 Oriental -51 A state (abbr.) -54 Man’s name (abbr.) -56 Unhappy -58 Angry -59 Before -60 To seize unexpectedly -61 To grow old -62 Light pole with broad blade -67 Sharp point -68 Whole -69 Continent (abbr.) -71 Western state (abbr.) -72 Rough surfaced kitchen utensil -73 A cozy residence -75 Pertaining to the heart -76 Besiege -77 Skillful -79 Wrench for tightening nuts on screws -81 Watered silk -83 Floating on the surface -84 Swallows eagerly -85 Belonging to Ireland -86 Leased -88 Build -90 Embryo frog -92 To draw toward -93 A red ocher -97 Freed from weeds -99 A light preparation of cocoa -103 A Mohammedan ruler -106 Branches of academic study -108 Periods -111 An ugly old woman -113 Pronoun -115 Disordered type -118 Personal pronoun - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 119 - -THE MAN WHO CAME BACK - -By Joseph A. Margolies - - -Remember Puzzle 73 in Series II? Mr. Margolies swore at that time that -it was his second and last, but here he is again, and more power to his -left elbow—it’s better than ever. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | | 4 |#####| 5 | 6 | 7 | | 8 | 9 | 10 |#####| 11 | | 12 | 13 | 14 | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 15 | | |#####| 16 | | | | |#####| 17 | | | | |#####| 18 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 19 | | | 20 | |#####| 21 | | | 22 | | | |#####| 23 | 24 | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 25 | | | 26 |#####| 27 | | | | |#####| 28 | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 29 | 30 | | | | | 31 | |#####| |#####| 32 | 33 | | | | | 34 | | -| | | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| |#####| 35 | | | |#####| 36 | | 37 |#####| 38 | | | |#####| |#####| -|#####| |#####| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 39 | | 40 |#####| 41 | | | 42 | |#####| 43 | 44 | | | |#####| 45 | | 46 | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 47 | | | 48 | |#####| 49 | | | | | | |#####| 50 | 51 | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 52 | | | |#####| 53 | | | |#####| 54 | | | 55 |#####| 56 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 57 | | | |#####| |#####|#####|#####| |#####| 58 | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####|#####|#####| |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 59 | 60 | | |#####| 61 | 62 | | 63 |#####| 64 | | 65 | |#####| 66 | | 67 | | -| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 68 | | | | 69 |#####| 70 | | | | | | |#####| 71 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 72 | | |#####| 73 | 74 | | | |#####| 75 | | | 76 | |#####| 77 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| |#####| 78 | | | |#####| 79 | 80 | |#####| 81 | | | 82 |#####| |#####| -|#####| |#####| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 83 | | 84 | | | | | 85 |#####| |#####| 86 | | | | | 87 | | 88 | -| | | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 89 | | | |#####| 90 | 91 | | 92 | |#####| 93 | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 94 | 95 | | | |#####| 96 | | | | | | 97 |#####| 98 | | | 99 | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 100 | | |#####| 101 | | | | |#####| 102 | | | | |#####| 103 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 104 | | | | |#####| 105 | | | | | | |#####| 106 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Wigwam -5 Component -11 Proofs -15 Boat propeller -16 Rescuer -17 Thin dress material -18 Headgear -19 Impress -21 Oriental -23 Expiate -25 Additional -27 Scorches -28 Resound -29 Instrument used by Spanish dancers -32 Worshippers of the beautiful -35 Finishes -36 Insect -38 Afresh -39 Brawl -41 English author and critic -43 Perfume made from rose petals -45 Promptly (obs.) -47 Expunge -49 A wasting away -50 Fine-grained, laminated rock -52 Impertinent -53 Novice -54 Affected manners -56 First -57 Heavy cord -58 Man’s name -59 Animate -61 Knot -64 Consanguineous -66 What Eve was made from (pl.) -68 Belonging to an ancient Greek city -70 Narrator -71 Insertion -72 Term of address -73 Pit -75 Anthropoid ape -77 Possesses -78 Discharge -79 Pacifier -81 Shade -83 Selected again -86 Spanish lady -89 Derisive shout -90 Prevent -93 Periods of time -94 Foreigner -96 Metallic element of the chromium group -98 Point of an eccentric orbit nearest or farthest from center of -attraction -100 Destroy -101 Alleviates -102 Fish eggs -103 Indian tribe -104 Lance -105 Duplicate of original record -106 Lock of hair - - -VERTICAL - -1 Theme -2 Part of the head -3 Becomes stiffly decorous -4 Alienate -5 First lady of the land -6 Slightest -7 Language of Scottish Highlanders -8 Always -9 Scandinavian -10 A metal -11 Instructors -12 Sprout -13 A color -14 Paces -20 Observe -22 Small mountain lake -24 Sinew -26 Within, combining form -28 Vessel to heat liquids -30 Worship -31 Treatise -33 Woodland deity -34 Ejects -36 Air, combining form -37 Cloth used in the South Sea Islands -39 Meals -40 Soldier -42 Walks in pompous manner -44 Cogitator -45 Discoloration -46 Hates -48 Tale -51 Ascertain -53 Decade -55 Transgression -60 Commonplace -62 To talk publicly -63 Kind of trees -64 Above -65 Incensed -67 Animal -69 Kind of rigged vessel -71 Uninformed -74 Array -76 A number -78 Footgear -80 Unclosed -82 Snare -83 Raises -84 Scold -85 Nostrils -86 A compress of soft material -87 Progeny -88 Projecting parts of a building -91 Immense -92 Ascend -95 Part of the mouth -96 Utilize -97 Floor covering -99 Belonging to it - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 120 - -SANCTA SIMPLICITAS - -By John Fasel - - -A little too much black for the best construction, but full of ease -such as delights the puzzler in his more languid hours. Whet your -appetite with this, and then try stronger meat. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 |#####| 2 | | 3 | 4 |#####| 5 | | 6 |#####| 7 | 8 | | 9 |#####| 10 | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 11 | 12 | |#####| 13 | | | |#####| 14 | | | |#####| 15 | 16 | | -| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | | | | |#####| 18 | | |#####| 19 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 20 | | |#####| 21 | | 22 | |#####| 23 | 24 | | |#####| 25 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| |#####| 26 | | | |#####| 27 |#####| 28 | | | 29 |#####| |#####| -|#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 30 |#####| 31 | | |#####| 32 | 33 | | 34 | |#####| 35 | | 36 |#####| 37 | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 38 | 39 | | |#####| 40 |#####| 41 | | |#####| 42 |#####| 43 | | 44 | | -| | | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 45 | | |#####| 46 | | | |#####| 47 | | | 48 |#####| 49 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| |#####| 50 | | |#####| |#####| |#####| 51 | | |#####| |#####| -|#####| |#####| | | |#####| |#####| |#####| | | |#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 52 | | 53 |#####| 54 | | | |#####| 55 | | | |#####| 56 | | 57 | -| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 58 | | | 59 |#####| |#####| 60 | 61 | |#####| |#####| 62 | | | | -| | | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 63 | | 64 |#####| 65 | | | | 66 |#####| 67 | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 68 |#####| 69 | | 70 | |#####| |#####| 71 | 72 | | |#####| 73 |#####| -|#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 74 | | 75 |#####| 76 | | | 77 |#####| 78 | | | |#####| 79 | | 80 | -| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 81 | | | | | |#####| 82 | | |#####| 83 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 84 | | |#####| 85 | | | |#####| 86 | | | |#####| 87 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 88 | | | |#####| 89 | | |#####| 90 | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -2 Iranian language -5 Perverted -7 Reduce from frozen condition -11 Clear from weeds -13 Facility -14 Dark colored layer of the iris -15 A girl’s name -17 A counterstatement -18 Piercing instrument -19 Entrance court -20 Hush -21 A lectern -23 Orient -25 Lick up -26 Otherwise -28 To sow -31 Wrath -32 Beyond (prefix) -35 Cereal -38 The forearm -41 Hatchet -43 Exclamation of pleasure -45 Species of ox -46 Pertaining to the laity -47 Clotted blood -49 To agree -50 Supreme deity -51 Alkaline solution -52 Theory -54 Prefix, oily -55 Haut boy -56 Support -58 Grained sheepskin leather -60 Metal in its natural state -62 Large plant -63 To steep in water -65 To grind the teeth -67 Calm side -69 Novice -71 A cyma -74 Attempt -76 A girl’s name -78 Straightway -79 A land measure -81 Freeholder -82 Priestly vestment -83 A rain cloud -84 A seat in a church -85 Cattle of the bovine genus -86 Mischievous child -87 Even (abbr.) -88 Great quantities -89 Likewise -90 Stained - - -VERTICAL - -1 Talk in an easy manner -2 Relish -3 Pointed steel instrument -4 Ventures -5 Pliant -6 Christmas -7 Irritate -8 Maker of hats -9 To lament -10 Spring -12 Duty -16 Composed of the number two -22 Congeal -24 Beast of burden -26 Period -27 Goddess of peace -29 Color -30 Delude -31 A viscous material for writing -33 A badger-like animal -34 African blacks -36 To urge -37 Lyric poem -39 Noose used for catching cattle -40 A deep spoon -42 Lowest deck of a ship -44 Eagle’s nest -46 A card game -48 Bud -52 To weary -53 To injure -56 Of the verb “to be” -57 Aqueous vapor -59 Snare -61 Mean dress -62 Nodule of earth -64 Despot -65 Learned -66 Distinguished (abbr.) -67 Humanity -68 Licentious -70 Runic letters -72 A germ gland -73 Correct -74 Symbol -75 Yell -77 Abhor -78 An ecclesiastic -79 In bed -80 Hireling - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 121 - -A ROSE WITH A THORN OR TWO - -By Alfred A. Wicklund - - -Conscience compels the editors to warn the solver of several troublous -words lying unobtrusively among a collection of pleasant and easily -diverting ones. But that is the delight of cross word puzzling. The -solver likes a little pain mixed with his pleasure. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |#####| 5 | 6 | 7 | |#####| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | -| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 12 | | | | |#####| 13 | |#####| 14 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 15 | | | |#####| 16 | | | |#####| 17 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 18 | | | | 19 |#####| 20 | |#####| 21 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| |#####| 22 | | 23 | | | 24 | | |#####| |#####| -|#####| |#####| | | | | | | | |#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 25 |#####| 26 |#####| 27 | | | | | |#####| 28 |#####| 29 | -| |#####| |#####| | | | | | |#####| |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 30 | 31 | | 32 | | |#####|#####| 33 | | 34 | | 35 | | -| | | | | | |#####|#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 36 | | | | | |#####|#####| 37 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####|#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| |#####| 38 | | 39 | 40 | | |#####| |#####| | -| |#####| |#####| | | | | | |#####| |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 41 |#####| 42 | | | | | | | 43 |#####| 44 |#####| -|#####| |#####| | | | | | | | |#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 45 | | 46 | | |#####| 47 | |#####| 48 | | 49 | | 50 | -| | | | | |#####| | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 51 | | | |#####| 52 | | | |#####| 53 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 54 | | | | |#####| 55 | |#####| 56 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 57 | | | |#####| 58 | | | |#####| 59 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Market -5 Anything sour -8 Iron or wooden post -12 Farewell -13 One or any -14 Western sport -15 Tax -16 Small insects -17 Usage -18 Mohammedan devil -20 In accordance with -21 Brute -22 A register -27 An occupation -30 Part of dynamos -33 Form of affection -36 Higher knowledge -37 To slip away -38 Sign for giving notice -42 Repeated -45 Intoxicated -47 About -48 Entice -51 A salutation -52 One -53 Hollow tube -54 Extents -55 Proceed -56 Base of a statue -57 Zealous -58 Determined -59 Be full - - -VERTICAL - -1 An equal -2 Mexican brick -3 Small stream -4 Denoting the final end -6 Easy gallop -7 To recite in monotone -8 An arbor -9 Belief -10 Irritate -11 In law any damage -19 Vestry -21 A watch case -23 A young girl (Scotch) -24 Frustrate -25 Therefore -26 Cease -28 Dry by rubbing -29 Emitted blood -31 Upon -32 A bone (Latin) -34 Note of the scale (mus.) -35 A Roman weight -39 A farm -40 Realm -41 A crown -42 Mohammedan religion -43 Warehouse -44 A fruit -45 To melt -46 A wharf -49 Rodents -50 Be full - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 122 - -NINE CROSSES - -By Madge Sweeney - - -Fine masses of words, but not too difficult. A few unkeyed letters. -Most puzzlers complain about them, and we don’t blame them. At the same -time, it is good dictionary practise to hunt along among the “pal”s -until you come to “pali.” - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | |#####| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |#####| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 12 | | |#####|#####|#####| 13 | | |#####|#####|#####| 14 | | | -| | | |#####|#####|#####| | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 15 | | | 16 |#####| 17 | | | | 18 |#####| 19 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 20 | | 21 | | |#####| 22 | | 23 | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | 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| | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 46 | | | | |#####| 47 | | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####|#####| 48 | | | |#####| 49 | | | |#####|#####|#####| -|#####|#####|#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####|#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 50 |#####| 51 | | | | |#####| 52 | | | | 53 |#####| 54 | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 55 | 56 | | |#####| 57 | | 58 | | |#####| 59 | | 60 | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 61 | | |#####|#####|#####| 62 | | |#####|#####|#####| 63 | | | -| | | |#####|#####|#####| | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 64 | | | |#####| 65 | | | | |#####| 66 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Talented -4 Lyric poem -8 Child -12 Card game -13 Enlarge -14 Past -15 Mop -17 Ruin -19 Justify -20 Little face -22 Pithy -24 Loose outer garment (Roman) -25 Beams -27 Heavenly body -28 Hirelings -31 Proceed -33 Indian -35 Viscous liquid -36 Jot -37 Drills skull -42 Chatterer -46 Portable chair -47 Gone astray -48 Sacred chamber of Hopi Indians -49 Xmas hymn -51 One who loves to excess -52 Rising and falling of water -55 Ball of thread -57 A system of elementary manual training -59 Further -61 Outcry -62 Measure for cloth -63 Garment -64 Eye -65 Method -66 Bills - - -VERTICAL - -1 As well -2 Curve -3 Lounge -5 Shield-shaped -6 Liquid measure (1⅓ qts.) used in Turkey -7 War horse -9 Rage -10 Mature -11 Civil offense -16 Staff -17 Generate -18 Beg -19 Dolts -21 State of insensibility -23 Iron holding millstone on spindle -26 Landing wharf -27 Troubles -29 Norse singer of heroic poems -30 Apathetic -32 Deface -34 Cool -38 Kind of tea -39 Passage -40 Parts of churches -41 Growler -42 Pagan -43 Pertaining to Arum family -44 Trained -45 To secure by winding rope around cleat -50 Response -51 An affair of honor -53 Metallic vein -54 Quarrel -56 Pull with force -58 Experienced -60 Point of a story - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 123 - -THIS ONE WON’T BREAK YOUR HEAD - -By Isidore Edelstein - - -Not much here to make you go around the house shouting, “a twenty-seven -letter word meaning ‘cat’s eyeballs.’” Mr. Edelstein by no means makes -himself a fiend, as some of the constructors do. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 1 | 2 | 3 | | 4 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|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 100 | | | |#####| 101 | | | |#####| 102 | | | |#####| 103 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 104 | | | | |#####| 105 | | | | |#####| 106 | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Prostrate -5 Raving insanity -9 Inferred -13 Dread -14 Malicious glance -15 Tradition -16 Pertaining to mouth -18 Kindle -20 Figure of speech -22 Spoliation -24 Overflows -26 Utensil -27 Manners -28 Toward -30 Drift of vessel to leeward -31 Water nymphs -32 Like -33 Central part of wheel -34 Point of compass -35 Disconsolate -37 Monetary unit (abbr.) -38 Remains of fire -39 Restrain -42 Class among Hindus -45 White heron -47 Irritates -50 Ancient -53 Jet of water -55 Pay -56 Carnivore -57 Wrathful -58 Claw -59 Selection -62 Fertile spots in desert -64 Inborn -67 Earth -68 Bears -70 One who lavishes fondness -71 Inspirit -73 Single masted vessel -75 Congealed water -76 Hush -77 A newt -79 Hindu god -80 To catch -82 Obj. case of I -83 Racing horses -85 Aid -88 Exclamation -89 Mendicant monk -90 Portable bedstead -92 Abhors -94 Register -96 That which one does best -98 Despot -100 Achieves -101 Scent -102 Oppress -103 For snow running -104 Strict -105 Upper air -106 Precipitous - - -VERTICAL - -1 Wooden pin -2 Rave -3 Window built out from wall -4 Ingredient -5 Encountered -6 Orders -7 To be imminent -8 Yes -9 Esophagi -10 Vies with -11 Rainbow -12 Yellowish brown -13 Dirt -17 Thong -19 Golf term -21 An animal -23 Unite -25 Range -27 Kinds of isinglass -29 Output -32 Tree -36 Singing voice -39 A month (abbr.) -40 Pertaining to morals -41 Make amends for again -42 Wrinkles -43 Violent storm -44 Shade tree -45 Decree -46 Report passing from person to person -48 Service -49 Go in -51 Finger or toe -52 At no time -54 Before -56 Age -60 Consequently -61 Anger -63 Swell of sea -65 Apex -66 Mercenary -68 The upper air -69 Gash -72 Magic sword -74 Drugs to induce sleep -75 To cover with earth -77 Convoy -78 Blab -81 Eats quickly -83 Of a commonplace character -84 To be sick -86 Pen -87 Concise -89 Agitate -91 Either -93 Behalf -95 Our (Fr.) -96 Enemy -97 Head as of wheat -99 Blight - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 124 - -POLYGON - -By Harry R. Torr - - -It is pleasant sometimes to get away from the even square construction. -This constructor does it quite neatly. He has a nice selection of easy -and difficult words. - - +-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+ +-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+ - | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 4 | 5 | | 6 | 7 | | 8 | 9 | 10 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 11 | | | | 12 | | | | 13 | | 14 | | | | 15 | -| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 16 | |#####| 17 | | | | | 18 | | | |#####| 19 | | -| | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 20 | | 21 |#####| 22 | | | 23 | 24 | | | |#####| 25 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 26 | | | 27 |#####| |#####| 28 | |#####| |#####| 29 | | | | -| | | | |#####| |#####| | |#####| |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 30 | | | 31 |#####| 32 | | | |#####| 33 | | | | - | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 34 | | | | | 35 |#####| 36 | |#####| 37 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 38 | | | 39 |#####|#####| 40 | | | | - | | | | |#####|#####| | | | | - +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 41 | | | |#####|#####| 42 | | | | - | | | | |#####|#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 43 | 44 | 45 | | | |#####| 46 | 47 |#####| 48 | | | 49 | 50 | | -| | | | | | |#####| | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 51 | | | |#####| 52 | | | |#####| 53 | | | | - | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 54 | | | |#####| 55 |#####| 56 | |#####| 57 |#####| 58 | | | 59 | -| | | | |#####| |#####| | |#####| |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 60 | | |#####| 61 | | 62 | | | 63 | | 64 |#####| 65 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 66 | |#####| 67 | | | | | 68 | | | 69 |#####| 70 | | -| | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 71 | | 72 | | | | | | 73 | | | | 74 | | | -| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - | 75 | | | | 76 | | | 77 | | | 78 | | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - +-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+ +-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Skill -4 In that direction -6 Higher -8 A grain -11 An ocean wave -13 A non-existent place -16 Conjunction -17 Long for -18 Street car -19 Correlative of either -20 Vapor -22 Classification of diseases -25 Stripped felled tree -26 Chant -28 You and I -29 Photographic developer (abbr.) -30 Blood -32 Too -33 Attempt -34 Advance -36 Abbr. of city road -37 Tree destroyers -38 Heart -40 Cling to -41 Pastoral poem -42 Heap -43 Brave men -46 Pronoun -48 A cutter -51 So -52 Large snakes -53 True -54 Observes -56 Bone -58 Delineated -60 Period of time -61 Rushing waters -65 Woman of the garden -66 Not out -67 Folk tales -68 Famous for abuse and also a railroad -70 There -71 Civilized tribes -73 Vegetable (pl.) -75 Cut off -76 Latin “and” -77 Southern state (abbr.) -78 Form of “to be” - - -VERTICAL - -1 Censure -2 Concerning -3 Strike gently -4 Male voice -5 Metal bearers -6 Preposition -7 Fish -8 Resistance (elec.) -9 Diphthong -10 Cavalrymen -11 Marshes -12 Family -14 Method -15 Therefore -21 Winter blanket -23 Night birds -24 For fear that -25 Harp -27 Kindly -29 Toughened -31 Rusts -33 The “Almighty” -35 Prohibitionists -37 Tumor -39 Elevated R. R. -40 Abbr. measure of power -44 Perpetual -45 Ostrich -46 Plateau -47 Comfort -49 Worry -50 Raise -54 Net -55 Carried -57 Wander -59 Anti-prohibitionists -61 Also -62 Sleep -63 Head support -64 Respectful salutation -67 Either side of the mouth -69 Period of time -72 Toward -74 Conjunction - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 125 - -FILLIP FOR AN IDLE HOUR - -By Captain F. F. Stewart - - -If you have never solved a cross word puzzle before, this one might be -good for a starter. Captain Stewart displays an admirable taste for -simple words, even though he must have his black squares to get them. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | | 2 | | 3 | 4 |#####| 5 | | 6 | | 7 |#####| 8 | 9 | | 10 | | 11 | -| | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| |#####| 12 | | | |#####| |#####| 13 | | | |#####| |#####| | -| |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 14 | | | | | |#####| 15 | | | | |#####| 16 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| |#####| 17 | | 18 | |#####| |#####| 19 | 20 | | |#####| |#####| | -| |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 21 | 22 | | 23 | |#####| 24 | | 25 | | 26 | | |#####| 27 | 28 | | 29 | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 30 | | | |#####| 31 | | | |#####| 32 | | | 33 |#####| 34 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| |#####| 35 | 36 | | |#####| |#####| |#####| 37 | | 38 | |#####| |#####| -|#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 39 | | 40 | | | |#####| 41 | | 42 | | 43 |#####| 44 | | | 45 | | 46 | -| | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| |#####| 47 | | | |#####| |#####| 48 | | | |#####| |#####| | -| |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 49 | | | | |#####|#####| 50 | | | | |#####|#####| 51 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####|#####| | | | | |#####|#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| |#####| 52 | 53 | | |#####| |#####| 54 | | 55 | |#####| |#####| | -| |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 56 | 57 | | 58 | | |#####| 59 | 60 | | 61 | |#####| 62 | | 63 | | 64 | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| |#####| 65 | | | 66 |#####| |#####| |#####| 67 | | | |#####| |#####| -|#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 68 | | 69 | |#####| 70 | | 71 | |#####| 72 | 73 | | |#####| 74 | 75 | | 76 | -| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 77 | | | | 78 |#####| 79 | | | 80 | | | |#####| 81 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| |#####| 82 | 83 | | |#####| |#####| 84 | | 85 | |#####| |#####| | -| |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 86 | | | | | |#####| 87 | | | | |#####| 88 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| |#####| 89 | | | |#####| |#####| 90 | | | |#####| |#####| | -| |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 91 | | | | | |#####| 92 | | | | |#####| 93 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Engagement -5 Mixture of flour and water -8 Wire fastener -12 A good wash -13 Dark colored layer of the iris -14 Usual -15 Mixed with -16 Mien -17 Lacerate -19 Direction -21 Dodge -24 Young aquatic bird -27 Upright -30 Part -31 Birds’ house -32 Wild animal -34 Unemployed -35 Has no feet -37 Unborn plant -39 Choke -41 Old -44 Chooses -47 Or -48 Fabricated -49 Meeting place -50 Propel -51 Without evil -52 Kind of deer -54 Repose -56 A pilgrim to the Holy Land -59 Foe -62 Baby bed -65 Employs -67 Peasant -68 Helps -70 H. M. -72 Place -74 Fill to satiety -77 Guide -79 Well cooked -81 Dishonor -82 Hear ye -84 Kind of duck -86 An Indian monkey -87 African equine -88 Renter -89 Aquatic mammal -90 Flower -91 Literal meaning -92 Having lugs -93 Implement that cuts metal - - -VERTICAL - -1 Collect to a point -2 Fatal -3 Lessen -4 Story -5 A lighthouse -6 Shallow place -7 Famous prince -8 Big waters -9 Savor -10 Skinned -11 Condition of life -18 Old -20 Eras -22 Unit of electrical pressure -23 Unable to hear -25 Let it stand -26 Object of worship -28 Float on -29 Coagulated substance -31 Christmas -33 Specie of grass -36 Gratifies -38 Pertaining to an elemental force -39 Impress -40 Model -41 Swamp grass -42 Thronged -43 An abrasive -45 Belief -46 Understanding -53 Journey -55 Inhabitant of northern country -57 Mine entrance -58 Classical goddess -60 Cobra -61 Major part -63 Of the first rank -64 Soil -66 Father -67 To augur -68 Of the stars -69 Run away -71 Stream directer -73 Military explosive charge -75 Dried fruit -76 Shooting star -78 Excite -80 Unsmiling -81 Reposeful stupor -83 European river -85 Too - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 126 - -GRACEFUL - -By Agnes Stewart - - -Good words here, the kind that may not be on the tip of your tongue, -but which you will add to your vocabulary for speaking or writing. Try -out Horizontal 23, 25 or 86 at your next dinner party. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |#####| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |#####| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 14 | | | | |#####| 15 | | | | | 16 |#####| 17 | | | | 18 | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 19 | | | |#####| 20 | | | | | | | 21 |#####| 22 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 23 | | | | 24 | | | |#####|#####| 25 | | | 26 | | | | | -| | | | | | | | |#####|#####| | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 27 | |#####| 28 | | | | |#####|#####| 29 | | | | |#####| 30 | | -| | |#####| | | | | |#####|#####| | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 31 | | |#####| 32 | | 33 | 34 | | |#####| 35 | | 36 |#####| | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 37 | | | | 38 |#####| 39 | | | |#####| 40 | | | | 41 |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 42 | | | | | | 43 |#####| 44 | |#####| 45 | | | | | | 46 | -| | | | | | | |#####| | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 47 | | |#####|#####| 48 | | 49 |#####|#####| 50 | | |#####|#####| 51 | | | -| | | |#####|#####| | | |#####|#####| | | |#####|#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 52 | | |#####|#####| 53 | | |#####|#####| 54 | | |#####|#####| 55 | | | -| | | |#####|#####| | | |#####|#####| | | |#####|#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 56 | | | 57 | 58 | | |#####| 59 | 60 |#####| 61 | | 62 | 63 | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 64 | | | | |#####| 65 | | | 66 |#####| 67 | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 68 |#####| 69 | | |#####| 70 | | | | | 71 |#####| 72 | | |#####| 73 | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 74 | 75 |#####| 76 | | 77 | | |#####|#####| 78 | | 79 | | |#####| 80 | | -| | |#####| | | | | |#####|#####| | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 81 | | 82 | | | | | |#####|#####| 83 | | | | | 84 | | | -| | | | | | | | |#####|#####| | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 85 | | | |#####| 86 | | | 87 | 88 | | | |#####| 89 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 90 | | | | 91 |#####| 92 | | | | | |#####| 93 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 94 | | | | |#####| 95 | | | |#####| 96 | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Let in -5 Back of neck -9 Earliest -14 Large -15 Word -17 Deputy -19 Nurse (Hindu) -20 Shapes -22 103 -23 Lowest regions (Gr. myth.) -25 Chinese province -27 Not (prefix) -28 Short pastoral poems -29 Greek theatre -30 Towards -31 With -32 Holding (property) -35 Lair -37 Joints -39 Fleet -40 Foundation -42 Scatter -44 Father -45 Prop -47 Any -48 Spanish hero -50 Mouth -51 River (Sp.) -52 Street (abbr.) -53 One (Scot.) -54 Tree -55 Undivided -56 Slipping -59 Exists -61 Controls -64 Decree -65 Hutch -67 Hubs -69 Bird -70 Middle -72 Large cask -74 The object -76 Life principle in Hinduism -78 Resin -80 Italian river -81 Following -83 Town in Czecho-Slovakia -85 Electricity (abbr.) -86 Small bone in horse’s foot -89 Jot -90 Town in Belgian Congo -92 Icelandish giants -93 Pious -94 Dough for crust of pies -95 Disappeared -96 Coin - - -VERTICAL - -1 Indo-European -2 Valuable -3 Strict disciplinarian -4 Neuter pronoun -5 Explorer -6 Skill -7 Exclamation of ridicule -8 Evasive -10 Four -11 Wealth -12 Greek island -13 Stain -14 Town in Canal Zone -15 Young partridge -16 Eat away -18 Severity -20 Call -21 Beg -24 Snake -26 Pertaining to a system -31 Like a goose -33 Surface of cloth -34 Grape -36 Colorless gaseous element -37 A hundred weight -38 Cutting into two parts -40 Archer -41 Nets -42 Protrusion -43 Side building -45 Salve -46 Fish spawn (pl.) -49 Prefix—from -50 Myself -57 Ancient city -58 Mountain in Venezuela -59 Chemical unit -60 Imbiber -62 African country -63 Forcible separation -65 Telephone exchange -66 Sinning -68 Having two feet -70 Indian bark -71 Bellows -73 Now -75 Flower -77 Son (Gaelic prefix) -79 Inspect curiously -80 Aptly -82 Short for Rebecca -84 Portend -87 Tribe of Sioux Indians -88 Numbers (abbr.) -91 And (Latin) -93 Depart - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 127 - -SPREADEAGLE - -By R. T. and C. K. - - -The spread eagled “X” seems to be one of the most natural ways of -disposing blacks in a cross word puzzle. Do you know, by the way, that -some of the most fascinating problems in cross word puzzling lie in the -difficulty and ease involved in the various designs of the blacks. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | 6 | 7 |#####| 8 | 9 | | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |#####| -|#####| | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 14 |#####| 15 | | | |#####| 16 | | 17 | | |#####| 18 | | | |#####| 19 | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 20 | 21 | | | | | 22 |#####| 23 | | |#####| 24 | | | | | 25 | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 26 | | |#####| 27 | | | 28 | |#####| 29 | 30 | | | |#####| 31 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 32 | | | 33 |#####| 34 | | |#####|#####|#####| 35 | | |#####| 36 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####|#####|#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 37 | | | | 38 |#####| 39 | | 40 |#####| 41 | | |#####| 42 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 43 | | | 44 |#####| 45 | | 46 | | |#####| 47 | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 48 | 49 |#####| 50 | | | 51 |#####| 52 | | |#####| 53 | | | |#####| 54 | | -| | |#####| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 55 | | 56 | |#####| 57 | | 58 |#####| |#####| 59 | | |#####| 60 | 61 | | | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 62 | |#####|#####|#####| 63 | | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| 64 | |#####| -|#####| | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 65 | | | 66 |#####| 67 | | |#####| |#####| 68 | | 69 |#####| 70 | | | 71 | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 72 | |#####| 73 | 74 | | |#####| 75 | | 76 |#####| 77 | | 78 | |#####| 79 | | -| | |#####| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 80 | | | |#####| 81 | | | | 82 |#####| 83 | | | 84 |#####| | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 85 | 86 | | | |#####| 87 | | |#####| 88 | | 89 |#####| 90 | | | 91 | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 92 | | | |#####| 93 | | |#####|#####|#####| 94 | | 95 |#####| 96 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####|#####|#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 97 | | |#####| 98 | | | | 99 |#####| 100 | | | | 101 |#####| 102 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 103 | | | 104 | | | |#####| 105 | 106 | |#####| 107 | | | 108 | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 109 | | | |#####| 110 | | | | 111 |#####| 112 | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 113 | | | | | | | |#####| 114 | | | | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Subtracted -8 A written agreement -15 Clayey earth -16 An imbecile -18 A Japanese food -20 Adds to -23 To marry -24 Idle talker -26 Wager -27 The Devil -29 Weird -31 A meadow -32 Security for liberation -34 A bone in the body -35 Covered wagon -36 Stop -37 Spaces -39 A color -41 Nervous energy (slang) -42 Number one -43 Face of an instrument -45 A drunkard -47 Evergreen trees -48 Babylonian god -50 Of the same age -52 Period of time -53 Taunt -54 Personal pronoun -55 Remain -57 An avoirdupois measure -59 Part of a golf course -60 Not living -62 Either -63 Small waves -64 A preposition -65 So be it -67 Small viper -68 Hard shelled fruit -70 Distance measured by the foot -72 A college degree -73 Unoccupied -75 Stable -77 Indicative of grief -79 Seventh note of the musical scale -80 To weave -81 A weak acid -83 Kind of fish -85 The elect -87 Male child -88 Part of a pea -90 A town near Bombay -92 Member of an ancient Teutonic race -93 Short fine hair -94 A dolt -96 Final purpose -97 Opposed to science -98 An ocean-going steamship -100 A small shoot -102 Kind of pastry -103 Descriptive of heavy rainfall -105 To affect with pain -107 Captivates -109 Designating title -110 That inside -112 Exclamation -113 Star-like mark -114 Lessens - - -VERTICAL - -2 Vacated -3 A cast -4 Bottle-like vessels -5 Tree found in swamp land -6 Measure (printing) -7 Soft feathers -8 Classified regulations -9 Upon -10 Retinue -11 Ritual -12 Division of play -13 Underground apartments -14 Herbiferous vegetables -17 Regarding -19 Talked idly -21 A fruit -22 Mix -24 Snare -25 Elongated fishes -28 Encourage -30 Eternal -33 Religious term designating the people -36 Engaged -38 A cutting instrument -40 Feminine of deer -41 Leguminous plant with edible seed -42 Fabrication -44 Lighted -46 Supporter -47 Expression of contempt -49 Smallest particle of matter (pl.) -51 Pertaining to Norway -53 The Saviour -54 Abhors -56 Part of the verb “to be” -58 Bite -59 Decade -61 Devour -65 To reject -66 After the eighth -67 High in the scale (mus.) -69 Neuralgia -70 Movement of the shoulders indicating indifference -71 Without commiseration -74 To end life -75 Species of bean -76 Overturn -78 Loose talk -80 The young of a feline family -81 To drill -82 Cage -84 Suggest -86 Learning -87 Stopper -89 Challenge -91 Satisfy with food (Scot.) -93 Of better quality -95 Decisive -98 Calcium compound -99 Position -100 Toboggan -101 Strong wind -104 Woven texture -106 Within -108 Entangle -110 Exists -111 Note of the musical scale - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 128 - -YOU’LL HEAR ME CALLING YAHOO - -By Charlotte G. Davis - - -Good design, good words, good puzzle. Bring forth the Venus Pencil. -This one will give you the time of your life. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |#####| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |#####| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |#####| 14 | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 15 | | | | 16 |#####| 17 | | |#####| 18 |#####| 19 | | |#####| 20 | | -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 21 |#####| 22 | | | | 23 |#####| 24 | | 25 | | 26 | | |#####| 27 | | | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 28 | 29 |#####| 30 | | | | 31 |#####| 32 | | | | |#####| 33 | | | | -| | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 34 | | 35 |#####| 36 | | | | 37 |#####| 38 | | |#####| 39 | | | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 40 | | | 41 |#####| 42 | | | | 43 | |#####| 44 | 45 | | | | |#####| -| | | | |#####| | | | | | |#####| | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 46 | | 47 | |#####| 48 | | |#####| 49 |#####| 50 | | | |#####| 51 | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 52 | | | |#####| 53 | | | |#####| 54 | 55 | | | |#####| 56 | | -|#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 57 |#####| 58 | | | 59 |#####|#####|#####| |#####| 60 | | | |#####| 61 | | | -| |#####| | | | |#####|#####|#####| |#####| | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 62 | 63 | | |#####| 64 | 65 | 66 | | | | | | |#####| 67 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 68 | | |#####| 69 | | | |#####| |#####|#####|#####| 70 | 71 | | |#####| | -| | | |#####| | | | |#####| |#####|#####|#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 72 | |#####| 73 | | | | |#####| 74 | 75 | 76 | |#####| 77 | | | |#####| -| | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 78 | | | |#####| |#####| 79 | | |#####| 80 | | | |#####| 81 | -| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 82 | | | | | 83 |#####| 84 | | | | 85 | |#####| 86 | | 87 | | -|#####| | | | | | |#####| | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 88 | | | | |#####| 89 | 90 | |#####| 91 | | | | 92 |#####| 93 | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 94 | | | |#####| 95 | | | | 96 |#####| 97 | | | | 98 |#####| 99 | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 100 | | |#####| 101 | | | | | | 102 |#####| 103 | | | | 104 |#####| | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 105 | |#####| 106 | | |#####| |#####| 107 | | 108 |#####| 109 | | | | 110 |#####| -| | |#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 111 | | | | |#####| 112 | | | | |#####| 113 | | | | | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Carrier of goods -6 Despicable character -10 Sounded through the nose -15 African river -17 Ugly old woman -19 Space between two columns -20 Person aforesaid -22 White of egg -24 Drilled -27 Devoted woman -28 Denial -30 A fungus -32 Striking effect -33 Burning wood -34 Instrument for cooling -36 Flies high -38 Wicked spirit -39 Obscurely -40 Metallic element -42 Made one -44 Imbues -46 Untilled land -48 Incision -50 Solemn statement -52 A necessity of civilized society -53 Forbid -54 European country -56 Toward -58 Russian political body -60 Particles of earth -61 To place -62 Slender -64 Kind of engraving -67 Insect -68 Dry -69 Japanese liquor -70 Pretense -72 Denoting presence -73 Twelve -74 Mind -77 Form of ownership in English islands -78 A game -79 Precious stone -80 Regular route -82 The East -84 Hard native iron -86 A comfort in winter -88 Kind of horse -89 A vegetable spike -91 Grumble -93 Bright saying -94 Foreign poet -95 Character in Dickens -97 Killed -99 To exist -100 Morbid growth -101 Outside the law -103 New field of exploration -105 In like manner -106 A person -107 Kind of fish -109 Author’s final word -111 To join -112 Poisonous snake -113 East Indian soldier - - -VERTICAL - -2 One -3 Light carriage -4 Side glance -5 Comes close -7 Exclamation -8 Article of wearing apparel -9 A monster -11 To aid -12 Mournful -13 Affirmative -14 Notorious lawyer -16 Stiffness -18 Used with camera -20 Throws violently -21 Improper -23 Spotted -25 Sharp -26 Short slumbers -27 Mythological maiden -29 A means of propulsion -31 Short time -33 Reverence for duty -35 Pastoral -37 To astonish greatly -39 Distributed -41 Dorsal aspect of thorax in insects -43 Study of derivations -45 Browns -47 Unit of electric measurement -49 The South -51 Ancient barbarians -55 Large cask -56 Ancient king (abbr.) -57 To try -59 A virago -61 Toilet unguent -63 To grant -65 To lengthen -66 Greek philosopher -67 Courteous form of address -69 Pertaining to center of our system -71 Color -73 English seaport -75 Chunk of ice -76 African chieftains -78 A nut -80 On guard -81 Later -82 Disables -83 Water fowl -84 Superior fellow -85 Uttered -87 Small pocket -88 A decorative tree -90 Ancient -92 Rights to retain property -95 Disappear -96 Aromatic plant -98 Hub of wheel -101 Tavern -102 Youth -104 To wipe -106 Contact -108 A pronoun -110 Expressive of effort - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 129 - -BEDIAMONDED BEAUTY - -By P. R. Brown - - -This diamond studded puzzle is truly a gem. It should prove only -moderately difficult, for all its pretty designs. (You know, of course, -that a handsome design often leads the builder into difficulties from -which he escapes by resort to some musty word concealed in the depths -of the dictionary.) - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |#####| 7 |#####| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |#####| -|#####| | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 14 |#####| 15 | | | | |#####| 16 | | 17 |#####| 18 | | | | |#####| 19 | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 20 | 21 |#####| 22 | | |#####| 23 | | | | 24 |#####| 25 | | |#####| 26 | | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 27 | | 28 |#####| |#####| 29 | | | | | | 30 |#####| |#####| 31 | | | -| | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 32 | | | | | | | | |#####| 33 | | | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 34 | | |#####| |#####| 35 | | | 36 | | | |#####| |#####| 37 | | | -| | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 38 | |#####| 39 | | 40 |#####| 41 | | | | |#####| 42 | | 43 |#####| 44 | | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 45 | | | | 46 |#####| 47 | | |#####| 48 | | | | 49 |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 50 | | | | | | 51 |#####| |#####| 52 | | | | | | 53 |#####| -|#####| | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 54 | | | |#####| 55 | | | | | | | | |#####| 56 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 57 | | | 58 | | | |#####| |#####| 59 | | | 60 | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 61 |#####| 62 | | | | |#####| 63 | | 64 |#####| 65 | | | | |#####| 66 | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 67 | 68 |#####| 69 | | |#####| 70 | | | | 71 |#####| 72 | | |#####| 73 | | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 74 | | 75 |#####| 76 |#####| 77 | | | | | | 78 |#####| |#####| 79 | | | -| | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 80 | | | | | | | | |#####| 81 | | | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 82 | | |#####| |#####| 83 | | | 84 | | | |#####| |#####| 85 | | | -| | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 86 | |#####| 87 | | 88 |#####| 89 | | | | |#####| 90 | | 91 |#####| 92 | | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 93 | | | | 94 |#####| 95 | | |#####| 96 | | | | 97 |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 98 | | | | | | |#####| |#####| 99 | | | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - - -1 Striking part of a bell -8 That which draws -15 At right angles to ship’s keel -16 Head covering -18 Pains -20 Pronoun -22 To be incorrect -23 Procreated (arch.) -25 Period of time -26 Southern state (abbr.) -27 Sign of the Zodiac -29 Inferior crown -31 An enclosure -32 One who applies -33 Not permanent -34 A uniting force -35 Atmospheric conditions -37 A digit -38 Past tense (suffix) -39 Deity (Latin) -41 Fathers -42 Head covering -44 Personal pronoun -45 An Oriental shrub or tree -47 Also not -48 Flies aloft -50 Harkens -52 A medicinal plant -54 A raw hide -55 Entrapped again -56 Calcium oxide -57 An allowance made by court order -59 Registers -62 Muzzle -63 Long church seat -65 Light pith helmet -67 Land measure -69 Periods of time (abbr.) -70 Preserved -72 Married -73 Parent -74 A spigot -77 Verbal pledges -79 Remote -80 Teachers -81 Corrupt (obs.) -82 Pinch -83 Primness -85 Hazard -86 Toward -87 Offer of price -89 Periods of time -90 A domestic animal -92 Ahead -93 Morning -95 Mythical female being (Norse) -96 Harbor -98 Larynx (combining form) -99 One who obliterates - - -VERTICAL - -2 Musical syllable -3 Man’s name (abbr.) -4 Relevant -5 Equality of value -6 Printer’s measure -7 A dark-skinned foreigner (colloq.) -9 God of noon-day sun -10 One -11 Professing a certain religion -12 A beverage -13 Bone -14 Expands -16 Beyond question -17 Large feline carnivore -19 Soldiers’ drinking flask -21 Lukewarm -23 Removes bones from -24 Weeds -26 Poisonous fluid -28 To open (arch.) -29 Cry of a bird -30 Dark viscid oily fluid -31 Peevish mood -36 Former French palace—now museum -39 Fate -40 Burdensome -42 First name of a President of the U. S. -43 Cooked on a gridiron -45 Elevations -46 Concerning -48 Odor -49 Steps in a fence -50 A grassy field -51 Filthy habitation -52 To mimic -53 Squares of type -58 Death rate -60 Agent -61 Government grants -63 Followed up -64 Uniters of metal -66 Heels over -68 A popular diversion -70 To convey -71 Ruminant, possessive -73 Open inner court (Sp.) -75 Young dog -77 A small report -78 To explore secretly -79 Capricious hobby -84 Raised platform -87 An obstruction -88 Clamor -90 Boon companion -91 Obtain -93 Parent -94 Worthless (colloq. abbr.) -96 Personal pronoun -97 Negative reply - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 130 - -FOR INSOMNIACS - -By Dennis R. Smith - - -We are told that puzzles put people to sleep and prevent nervous -breakdowns by taking the subject’s mind off his troubles. This one -should have therapeutic qualities, for according to the ratio rule it -could have at least 38 black squares, whereas it has only 33. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |#####| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 14 | | | | | |#####| 15 |#####| 16 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | |#####| 18 | | 19 | | 20 | | |#####| 21 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 22 | |#####| 23 | | | | | | | | 24 |#####| 25 | | -| | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 26 | | 27 | |#####| 28 | | | | |#####| 29 | 30 | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 31 | | | | 32 |#####| 33 | | |#####| 34 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 35 | | | 36 | |#####| 37 | 38 | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 39 | | | | |#####|#####|#####| 40 | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 41 |#####| 42 | | | | 43 |#####| 44 | | | | |#####| 45 | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 46 | 47 | | | |#####| 48 | 49 | |#####| 50 | | | 51 | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 52 | | | |#####| 53 | | | | 54 |#####| 55 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 56 | |#####| 57 | 58 | | | | | | 59 | |#####| 60 | | -| | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 61 | | 62 |#####| 63 | | | | | | |#####| 64 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 65 | | | 66 | | |#####| |#####| 67 | | 68 | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 69 | | | | | | |#####| 70 | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Indian squaws -7 Sociable -14 Drier -16 An injury -17 Obtain -18 One who slanders -21 A broad ferryboat -22 A denial -23 A lynx -25 Symbol of metallic element -26 Island connected with life of Napoleon -28 To shut in -29 Land measure (pl.) -31 To wait -33 Suffix denoting superlative -34 To eat away -35 To reward -37 Form -39 Intentions -40 To avoid -42 American journalist -44 Tail-like plait of hair -46 “That is to say” (two words) -48 Name of either boy or girl -50 Vehicles on runners -52 Stop -53 Nobleman of lowest grade -55 Part of the eye -56 Anglo-French (abbr.) -57 Impartation of knowledge -60 Greek letter -61 Egg of a louse -63 A country -64 A prefix denoting through -65 Willows -67 Projecting edge in carpentry -69 A copper alloy -70 Small device for throwing a stream of liquid - - -VERTICAL - -1 Loadstones -2 A small space -3 Strike -4 In the year of our Lord -5 Mother of Helen of Troy -6 Acute crest of a mountain range -8 Flower (Fr.) -9 Decorative plant -10 Denoting equality -11 Upper part of apron -12 Lent -13 Enclosed -15 Young sheep -19 Noted -20 Ditches used as fortifications -23 Religious order -24 Canvas covered with waterproof material -27 Tool used to make holes for small nails -30 Smallest European deer -32 Fungus used in cooking -34 Edge of a roof -36 Combining form meaning within (Greek) -38 Ejaculation meaning “alas” -41 Furnace used by alchemists -43 Location -44 Proportional share -45 Soothe -47 Simple -49 Mouths (more common as adjective) -51 Eating principal meal of the day -53 Saclike cavity -54 Simpleton -58 Loose soil -59 Smell -62 Fasten -64 Confused noise -66 Prefix, geological epoch -68 Seventh tone of musical scale - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 131 - -HOCUS POCUS - -By M. H. Foster - - -Doesn’t this look easy, a simple little pattern that seems certain to -be filled with such words as “dog” and “cat?” The editors did not want -the solver to have the shock of picking this one as a light ten -minutes, and then find himself involved in tormenting perplexities. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |#####| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 10 | | | | |#####|#####|#####| 11 | | | | 12 | -| | | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 13 | |#####| 14 | | |#####| 15 | | |#####| 16 | | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | 18 | | |#####| 19 |#####| 20 | | 21 | | | -| | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 22 | | | |#####| 23 | | 24 |#####| 25 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 26 | | |#####| 27 | | | | 28 |#####| 29 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 30 | | | | | | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 31 | 32 | |#####| 33 | | | | |#####| 34 | 35 | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 36 | | | 37 |#####| 38 | | |#####| 39 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 40 | | | | 41 |#####| |#####| 42 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 43 | |#####| 44 | | |#####| 45 | | |#####| 46 | | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 47 | | 48 | | |#####|#####|#####| 49 | | 50 | | | -| | | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 51 | | | | |#####| 52 | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Proper name -5 Lawful -10 Freeman of the lowest rank (anc. English) -11 Highest mountain in Africa -13 King of Bashan (Bib.) -14 Common nickname -15 Study with care -16 One -17 A semicircular base -20 Combining form for a gaseous element -22 Roman god of war -23 Good (Fr.) -25 Places where two parts come together -26 Number -27 Malicious burning of another’s house -29 Biblical character -30 Shocking -31 Rested -33 Moderately wet -34 Entire man, body and mind -36 A county seat in Oklahoma -38 Bring to court -39 Madam (German) -40 Smells -42 Fertile spot in a waste -43 Note of scale -44 Negation -45 Facility resulting from practice -46 Any powerful deity -47 To furnish with an engine -49 A man who does woman’s work -51 Town in Siberia -52 Testing of an alloy - - -VERTICAL - -1 Part of Mediterranean sea -2 Behold -3 Songs -4 Kinds -6 Holy picture -7 Mountain between France and Italy -8 Preposition -9 Headdress (pl.) -10 Sound judgment -12 Unusually -18 Extended written exposition -19 Friend of Cicero, Roman comic actor -21 Plaguers -23 Broth (pl. Scot.) -24 Sound -27 Limb -28 Negative -32 Rub oil upon -35 Mirth -37 Cotton goods used for overalls -39 Destiny (pl.) -41 Descendants -42 Globes -48 Leave -50 Exclamation used in double as a farewell - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 132 - -A WORD FEST - -By Aard-vark - - -The gentleman whose nom-de-plume appears above—look it up if you think -there ain’t no such word—is a highly trained dictionary hound. He pulls -out some amazing words sometimes. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |#####| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |#####| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 14 | | | |#####| 15 | | | | |#####| 16 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | | | 18 |#####| 19 | | |#####| 20 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 21 | |#####| 22 | | 23 | |#####| 24 | 25 | | |#####| 26 | | -| | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####| 27 | | | |#####|#####|#####| 28 | | | 29 |#####|#####| -|#####|#####| | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | |#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 30 | 31 | |#####| 32 | | 33 | 34 | 35 | | |#####| 36 | 37 | 38 | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 39 | | | 40 |#####| 41 | | | | |#####| 42 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 43 | |#####| 44 | 45 | | |#####| 46 | | 47 | |#####| 48 | | -| | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 49 | | 50 | | |#####| 51 | 52 | |#####| 53 | | 54 | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 55 | | |#####| 56 | 57 | | | | 58 | |#####| 59 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####| 60 | 61 | | |#####|#####|#####| 62 | | 63 | |#####|#####| -|#####|#####| | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | |#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 64 | 65 |#####| 66 | | | 67 |#####| 68 | | | |#####| 69 | 70 | -| | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 71 | | 72 | | |#####| 73 | 74 | |#####| 75 | | 76 | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 77 | | | |#####| 78 | | | | 79 |#####| 80 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 81 | | | |#####| 82 | | | | |#####| 83 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Poisonous tree -5 Theme or subject (mus.) -10 Color of unbleached stuff -14 Style -15 Tusks -16 Spoils -17 Kind of wind -19 Man’s name -20 Kind of cross shape -21 All right -22 To offer to verify -24 Obstruct -26 Roman copper coin -27 An arrow poison -28 Besides -30 The earth (Prov.) -32 Kind of scepter -36 Separate portion -39 Species of duck -41 Household utensils -42 Empty -43 Chinese cash -44 Scope -46 Prefix, air -48 Verb intransitive -49 Seed of canary grass -51 Anything small -53 Offcut -55 Knot (rare) -56 Contemporary -59 Beverage -60 Irregularly employed person -62 To remove -64 First month of Jewish year -66 Spanish dollar -68 Original sin (symbol.) -69 Always -71 Passed -73 Pass over ridge -75 Float of mill wheel -77 Dark -78 Lowest deck of vessel -80 Deer -81 Inner sole of a shoe -82 The nether world -83 Allowance for waste - - -VERTICAL - -1 To -2 Bring together compactly -3 Vessel for consecrated wine -4 Covered vehicle -5 Syllable of scale -6 Crosswise -7 To take away (obs.) -8 Rainbow -9 Suffix signifying “to make” -10 Genus of venomous snakes -11 Coop or pen -12 Ecclesiastical court of Rome -13 Indian tribe -18 Common newt (obs. Sp.) -20 Blow or thump -23 Serving to inspire fear -25 Rigid -27 Artificial international language -29 Originally the highest note in scale -30 Glory -31 Turbid -33 Enraged -34 To cause -35 Growing out -37 Window -38 Witness (leg.) -40 Pertaining to language of Indo-China -42 Good -45 Snatched away -47 Religious book -50 Segment of the hind limb -52 Bone -54 Rested -57 A matter -58 Unknown land -61 To set on end -63 To suffer -64 The southwest wind -65 Kind of plum cake -67 An annual plant, good for food -68 A genus of succulent plant -69 Away from the wind -70 Spume -72 Name of King Arthur’s lance -74 Original -76 Joke -78 An exclamation -79 A paragraph added to a writing - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 133 - -SMALL BUT MIGHTY - -By Irvan Neckerman - - -Mr. Neckerman, well enough known to those that solved the first two -Cross Word Puzzle Books, has concocted one of his choice brews. 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America -8 Dealer in unctuous substances -9 Billet -16 Strong emotion -18 Turkish weight -23 Recompense formerly given by murderers -24 To toil -26 Shrub of the holly family -28 Mass of ice -29 Towering -31 To throw again -33 Yeast -35 Vermillion red -36 Blistered -40 Measures of linen thread -42 Scotch highlanders -44 Well-known Japanese -46 Seed of a leguminous herb -48 Part of head -49 Unspent - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 134 - -THE BUTTERFLY - -By Mr. and Mrs. Ottokar T. Cadek - - -This winged masterpiece represents an achievement in the interlocking -of long words in a beautiful design. 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Eng.) -37 Borders -39 Swine -41 Beverage -42 Cleverness -44 Concavity -45 Candor -48 One of an early sect of Christians -49 Thrust in fencing -52 Automobile -54 Discover -55 Renounces -57 Priestly -59 Distinctive characters -60 Last (obs.) -61 Moths -62 Shreds -63 Negative -64 Pronoun -65 Hypothetical natural force -66 Pronoun -68 Claws -72 Of God -74 Set -78 Gallic priest -79 Perpetual -82 Cooks -84 Keeper of funds -86 Spanish hero -87 Old French coins -90 Female bird -91 Diplomatic representative -94 Female rabbit -95 Surround -97 Scratched -98 Admonish -100 Imitate -101 Tinge -103 Small crane on a ship -104 Consume -106 Secretion of the kidneys -107 Fowl -109 Encircle -111 Number -112 Unite -113 Grating -114 Revelry -116 Silly -117 Eats sparingly -119 Projecting -121 Old soldier -122 Grow slender -124 Indian nurse -125 Point of compass -126 Jot -127 Offense -128 Wrecks -129 Corroded -130 Spawn - - -VERTICAL - -1 Mohammedan prince -2 Blossoming -3 Farthest -4 Note of the scale -5 Wrong -6 Hydrometer -7 Deceased -8 Hip bones -9 State of U. 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A. -10 Units -11 Move -12 Sowbug -13 Assyrian city -14 Study -15 Part of “to be” -16 Preposition -17 Hence -18 Become inert -19 Love of children -20 More intelligent -21 Orient -22 In the place quoted (abbr.) -23 Forked pipes -26 Flings (coll.) -27 Substance used for polishing -38 Woman’s robe (obs.) -39 Drove -40 Angel -42 Compressed -43 Young oyster -44 Examples -46 Voice; used in music -47 Split -50 Greedy -51 Drink -53 Punctuation mark -56 Slug -58 Rest -59 Japanese statesman -63 Knotted -67 Stool -68 Wooden plates -69 American Unitarian Association (abbr.) -70 Childish utterances -71 English poet -72 Beautiful -73 Vague -74 Checkered -75 Part of a flower -76 Obtain with difficulty -77 Disinfect -78 Flood -80 Scandinavian navigator -81 Poker term -83 Breathed heavily -84 Pronoun -85 Concerning -88 Parent -89 Bristle -92 Tablet -93 Louse egg -96 Pertaining to the muses -99 Rush -102 National reservation -105 Accession -108 Phoebus -110 Suffuse -112 Norse pantheon -113 Pike (Scot.) -115 Coronet -118 Vacant -120 Identify -123 Shed freely - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 135 - -SAFE AND SANE - -By “Old Nick” - - -Many puzzlers will find an ideal example of what a Cross Word should -be. In design, interlock, words and definitions it is very near to -perfection. 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- -HORIZONTAL - -1 Antithesis of reverse manner -8 Make clear -15 Loyal -16 Edible grain -18 Brother -19 Variety of quartz -20 Agitate -21 Disease -23 Ceremonial plate -25 Son (Scotch and Irish) -27 An arch -28 Part of “to be” -29 Bulky packages -31 Couch -32 Evergreen tree -34 Otherwise -35 Finch-like bird -37 Sharer -39 Reproach -40 Adjustable fronts of armor headpieces -41 Dishearten -42 Delayed -44 Enchantment -46 About -48 Restrain -49 In addition -51 Oblique direction -52 Energy -53 Nevertheless -55 Female -56 Keen watcher -58 One (Scotch) -59 Play on words -60 Card game -62 Hymenopterous insect -63 Tibetan antelope -65 Bring forth young -66 Lay prior claim to -67 Condemn -68 Metal collar (obs.) -69 Foodstuffs container -71 Mimic -72 Plant moisture -74 Term of respectful address -75 Man (Latin) -77 Wavy -79 Precious object -81 Immense fabulous bird -83 Printer’s type measure -84 Part of an ornamental edging -86 Toddler -87 Fertile spot -89 Interjection of surprise -90 Nautical rope -92 Certifies -94 Contemptuous insinuation -95 Dangerous snowslide -96 Taste -97 Originator -99 Method of painting -101 As far as -103 Harden -104 Single spot -106 Showers -107 Close to -108 Carp-like fish -110 Squares of type sizes -111 Unable to move -113 Genie -114 Japanese waistband -115 Exceedingly -117 Kind of conveyance -118 Rule of action -120 A hybrid -121 Indispensable -122 Adorns - - -VERTICAL - -1 Capacity to smell -2 Shine -3 Large covered wagon -4 Mode of metropolitan travel -5 Surgical instrument -6 Observe -7 Bark -8 Eagle -9 Expression of mild wonder -10 Diagram -11 Execute -12 Literary miscellany -13 Novice -14 Discharge of waste matter -17 Tally -18 Nourished -21 Cloaks -22 Heir -24 Trying -25 Sicilian wine -26 Forgive -29 Poisoned -30 Cleave asunder -32 Invitations -33 Attractive woman (slang) -35 Small cask -36 Anarchistic -37 Rough oblong mass of metal -38 Title of a recent play -43 Physical exercises -45 Metallic element -47 Apodal fish -49 Craft -50 Excavated -52 Firearm -54 Sot -56 Prank -57 Saponaceous -59 Parental pet name -61 Metalliferous mineral -62 Pertinent -64 Took sustenance -65 Extremity -68 Storage receptacle -70 Kind of fruit -71 High (musical) -73 Court -74 Touchy -75 Throb -76 Turns as on an axis -78 Fanciful fiction -79 Entrance guard -80 Incorrectly forwarded -82 Benevolent works -84 Versifiers -85 Backgammon -87 Different -88 Prominent stage artists -90 Small Roman copper coin -91 Gnar -92 Performance -93 Mineral spring -98 Abate -100 Softly -102 Lofty lyrics -104 Somewhat -105 King of the elves -107 Competent -109 Species of vetch -111 Evil -112 Small street boy -114 Exterior -116 The (archaic) -117 Subdominant tone of the scale -119 Editorial pronoun -120 But (musical) - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 136 - -THE LITTLE TERROR - -By Irvan Neckerman - - -Mr. Neckerman thinks obsolete words need an airing. He’s afraid they’ll -get motheaten. We’ll say he does his best to prevent any such -catastrophe. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |#####| 6 | | 7 | 8 | 9 | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 10 | | | | | | |#####| 11 | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 12 | | | | |#####| 13 | 14 | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 15 | | |#####| 16 | | | | | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | 18 | | | |#####| 19 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| |#####| -|#####| |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 20 | | 21 | 22 | 23 |#####| 24 | 25 | 26 | | 27 | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 28 | | | | |#####| 29 | | |#####| | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 30 | | | | |#####| 31 | | | 32 | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 33 | | |#####| 34 | | | | | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 35 | | | | |#####| 36 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Opening in a forest -6 Fanatical -10 Dealers in small wares -11 The name of King Arthur’s lance -12 Bag -13 Elevate -15 Cover -16 Feast -17 Parts with -19 Milestone -20 Mild -24 The red monkey -28 Vessel -29 Kind of rubber tree -30 Expression of good wishes -31 Sheet; surface -33 Discarded call -34 Importune -35 Rectify -36 Premonitions - - -VERTICAL - -1 Reinforcements -2 Counseled -3 Confuse -4 To prepare for weavers’ use (obs.) -5 Crowds -6 Employers -7 Crossbeam (Prov.) -8 Round shield -9 Anoint -14 Suffer -18 Sanctity (arch.) -20 Used up -21 An umbelliferous plant -22 Born -23 One of an ancient order of priests -24 Hit (fencing term) -25 To disturb -26 Tent -27 Printers’ marks -32 God of shepherds (myth.) - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 137 - -CRUTCHES AND CROSSES - -By Knacker - - -Here’s a stiff one, with enough mythology and history in it to keep -even the scholars guessing. 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-+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 146 | | | | | | |#####| 147 | | | | | | |#####| 148 | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Breastwork -8 Town, Heard Co., Ga. -15 Unproductive -22 Cupidity -23 Half-free people of the Frankish Empire -24 God of Himalaya Mt. (India Myth) -25 Sleep; death -26 Cotton cloth -28 Mt. of California -30 Singing girls of Egypt; hired mourners -31 Greek God of war -32 One who charges exorbitant interest -33 Buddhist title -34 Fermented liquor -35 West African tribe -36 Comely -37 Terms of respect -38 Half the square of a type -39 Cymae -43 Kidneys -46 Instances of disease -48 35.31 cubic feet -51 Oil of orange blossoms -53 Flip -54 Among -55 Cauterized -56 Mexican tree -58 Gryphon -60 Inner court -61 Restrains again -64 More arid -65 Retracted -68 Delightful region -69 Minute insect found in cheese -71 One-half an em (Pl.) -72 Laid hold of -73 Prong -74 Faction -75 Russian Capital under Jenghiz Khan -77 Bears young -78 Scrutinize -79 Supposing that -80 Simple rural people -81 State (abbr.) -82 Concave vessel -85 Authority on games -87 To travel by auto -90 Finely divided carbon -92 Reverberate -93 Comply -94 Chance -96 Divorce seekers’ Paradise -97 Genuine -98 Inured -100 Humble -102 Abandons hope -104 Decorated with climbing plants -105 Market basket -107 Prophets -108 Inflexible -110 Plucky -111 A chief (Brit. India) -113 Consecrate -116 Delay -117 Tapestry -118 Home of the Krupps -120 Pertaining to punishment -121 Forward -122 Narrow aperture -123 Hebrew term for world -125 Tramp -126 Priestly caste of Persians -129 Penthouse -132 Italian scholar of 15th century -134 Sudden fall into water -136 Elderly -137 Ethers -138 Triangular sail -139 Olden time -140 Cylindrical plant stems -142 Blooming -144 More fatigued -146 Ormazd’s daughter -147 Impressed -148 Acquiesces - - -VERTICAL - -1 Model -2 Mean -3 Demolish -4 Branches of learning -5 Jumble -6 Town in County Yorkshire, Eng. -7 Harasser -8 Coquetting -9 Cereal -10 Scent -11 Chinese measure of about ⅓ mile -12 Wide mouthed jar -13 Approach -14 Slayer -15 Clips close -16 Tinges -17 Them (colloq.) -18 River in Hungary -19 Formerly one of the four divisions of Yeovil -20 Well known Brussels professor, authority on Diptera -21 Immortalized -27 Entices -29 Swerved aside -40 Corroded -41 Lower subdivision of rocks of Tertiary era -42 Trail of a deer -44 A specie of valerian -45 Steeple -46 Coffee-houses -47 Mohammedan Prince -48 Bristle -49 Pollutes -50 Amorous -52 Separate articles -55 Pillages -57 American R. R. -59 Over-subtle -60 One in servitude because of debt -61 Dwells -62 Building -63 Wandered -65 Ridiculed severely (colloq.) -66 To inspire with ardent love -67 Indicates -70 Before time -72 Trend -76 Frosting -77 Sweet potato (U. S.) -83 Lad (colloq.) -84 Dealer in stockings -85 Flower nectar -86 Son of Boaz (Bible) -88 Units -89 Perfumed -90 Famish -91 Devotional prayer -94 Sharpens -95 Equanimity (obs.) -99 Solitary -100 Buddhist priest -101 Portuguese coin -103 To look inquiringly -105 Accessories -106 Repaired -108 Pores -109 Finch-like bird -110 Fourpence -112 Hand-to-hand fight -114 Stool -115 Absconders -117 Famous Italian architect (1512–1572) -119 Bay on Vanua Levu, Fiji Islands -122 Frozen rain -124 Explosive charges -127 Bacterium -128 Conception -130 Gait of horse -131 Mountain in Thessaly -132 Blow delivered with open hand -133 Top of the head -134 Funeral pile -135 Lower part of the back -141 Si -143 Square type body -145 Roman weight - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 138 - -THAT STRANGE CIRCUS ANIMAL! - -By Gertrude B. Chestresmith - - -Here is an ornamental design with some useful words in it. The locking -is very pretty and as for that circus animal in its midst, it’s about -time he strayed into a Cross Word Puzzle. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####|#####|#####| 1 | 2 | 3 | | 4 | | 5 | 6 | 7 |#####|#####|#####|#####| -|#####|#####|#####|#####| | | | | | | | | |#####|#####|#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 8 | 9 | 10 | | | |#####| |#####| 11 | | | 12 | 13 | 14 |#####| -|#####| | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 15 | | | | |#####| 16 | | 17 |#####| 18 | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 19 | | | |#####| 20 | |#####| 21 | 22 |#####| 23 | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | |#####| | |#####| | |#####| | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 24 | | | |#####| 25 | | | 26 | | | |#####| 27 | | | 28 | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 29 | | |#####| 30 |#####| 31 | | | | |#####| 32 |#####| 33 | | | -| | | |#####| |#####| | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 34 | |#####| 35 | | 36 |#####| 37 | | |#####| 38 | | 39 |#####| 40 | | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 41 | | | | 42 |#####| |#####| 43 | | | | 44 |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 45 | | | |#####| 46 | | | | | | |#####| 47 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 48 | | 49 | | |#####| |#####| 50 | | 51 | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 52 | 53 |#####| 54 | | |#####| 55 | | 56 |#####| 57 | | |#####| 58 | | -| | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 59 | | 60 |#####| |#####| 61 | | | | 62 |#####| |#####| 63 | | | -| | | |#####| |#####| | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 64 | | | 65 |#####| 66 | | | | | | |#####| 67 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 68 | | | 69 |#####| 70 | |#####| 71 | |#####| 72 | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | |#####| | |#####| | |#####| | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 73 | | | | 74 |#####| 75 | 76 | |#####| 77 | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 78 | | | | | 79 |#####| |#####| 80 | | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####|#####|#####| 81 | | | | | | | | |#####|#####|#####|#####| -|#####|#####|#####|#####| | | | | | | | | |#####|#####|#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Foolish fellow -8 Territory of emperor -11 Raises -15 Racket -16 Remark -18 Assembly -19 Fine powder -20 Near -21 Maiden changed into heifer by Juno -23 Remove surface -24 Shove -25 Touching at one point -27 Point of compass -29 100 square meters -31 Writer of game book -33 Female deer -34 Note of scale -35 Child’s game -37 Paternal relative -38 Make or mend -40 North River (abbr.) -41 Fertile spot -43 Popular violinist -45 Passage -46 Like swine -47 Desert -48 Cleanse -50 Put off -52 Conjunction -54 Napoleon’s marshal “Bravest of the brave” -55 Goddess of mischief -57 Turret or high hill -58 Exclamation of surprise -59 Born -61 Grown up -63 Bed -64 Animal cries -66 Eating away -67 Wild European plum -68 Bursting sounds -70 Male designation -71 By the grace of God (abbr.) -72 Aperture for sliding piece -73 Magistrate, ancient Rome -75 Scotch for “no” -77 Annoy -78 Withdraw -80 Guard -81 Mitigates - - -VERTICAL - -1 Suspension of proceedings -2 Anger -3 Myself -4 Meadow -5 Tellurium (symbol) -6 Anglo-Saxon money -7 Horses (obs.) -8 Bear -9 Lover of cheese -10 Exclamation of disgust -12 Blast furnace fuel -13 Union of three -14 Strong man of old -16 Ecclesiastical council -17 Submit -20 Exclamation of dislike -22 Single -24 Meanness -26 Imaginary hillside animal of circus -28 End -30 Chauffeur’s necessity -32 Jewel -35 Green and yellow finch -36 One of wandering band -38 Frozen rain -39 Bet -41 Over -42 Bucket on yoke -43 Terminus -44 Also not -49 Entangle -51 Mist -53 Harvester -55 Decorate -56 Cut out -58 Plunderer -60 Aftersong -61 Prepare for war -62 To dress up -63 Cathedral precinct -65 Revolving roasting bar -67 Blow -69 Skid -72 Views -74 Reckoning of years -76 Keel billed cuckoo -77 Golf term -79 Deity (Heb.) -80 Knights Templar (abbr.) - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 139 - -NOT SO EASY AS IT LOOKS - -By M. B. Gillung - - -Some of these concoctions of short words are terrors. This one is by no -means the most difficult puzzle in the book, but it has places where -you may have to stop for a moment’s thought. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | | 7 | 8 |#####| 9 | 10 | | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | | -| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 16 | | | | |#####| 17 | | 18 | | |#####| 19 | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 20 |#####| 21 | | | | 22 |#####| 23 | | |#####| 24 | | | | |#####| 25 | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 26 | 27 |#####| 28 | | | | 29 |#####| |#####| 30 | | | | |#####| 31 | | -| | |#####| | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 32 | | 33 |#####| 34 | | | | |#####| 35 | | | | |#####| 36 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 37 | | | 38 |#####| 39 | | |#####| 40 |#####| 41 | | |#####| 42 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 43 | | | | 44 | | |#####| 45 | | 46 |#####| 47 | | 48 | | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 49 | | | |#####| 50 | | | | 51 |#####| 52 | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 53 | 54 |#####| |#####| 55 | 56 | | | | | | 57 | |#####| |#####| 58 | | -| | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 59 | | | | |#####| 60 | | |#####| 61 | | |#####| 62 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 63 | |#####| |#####| 64 | | | | 65 | | | | 66 |#####| |#####| 67 | | -| | |#####| |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 68 | | 69 | |#####| 70 | | | | |#####| 71 | 72 | | 73 |#####| | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 74 | 75 | | | | | 76 |#####| 77 | | |#####| 78 | | | | | 79 | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 80 | | | |#####| 81 | | 82 |#####| |#####| 83 | | |#####| 84 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 85 | | |#####| 86 | | | | |#####| 87 | | | | 88 |#####| 89 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 90 | |#####| 91 | | | | |#####| 92 |#####| 93 | | | | 94 |#####| 95 | | -| | |#####| | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 96 | | | | |#####| 97 | | 98 |#####| 99 | | | | 100 |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 101 | | | | |#####| 102 | | | | 103 |#####| 104 | | | | 105 |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 106 | | | | | | | | |#####| 107 | | | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Flow -9 Voracious -16 Down -17 Spiral -19 Interstices -21 Speak -23 Queer (colloq.) -24 Boozer -26 Whether -28 Makes a whirring sound (Scot.) -30 He-animals -31 Senior (abbr.) -32 So -34 Chigoe -35 Aureolas -36 Sediment -37 Horde -39 Swab -41 Supplicate -42 Equality -43 Liberates -45 Rested -47 Paramount -49 Sea eagle -50 Rulers -52 Bird -53 Mother -55 Hesitates -58 Denoting presence -59 Similitude -60 Macerate -61 Buddy -62 Mold -63 Not (Scotch) -64 Enslaves -67 Forward -68 Ardor -70 Net -71 Heap (obs.) -74 Spreaders -77 Reams (pl. abbr.) -78 King salmon -80 Rainbow -81 Three-toed sloths -83 Silent -84 Cab -85 Scrap -86 Shoot -87 Sarcasms (obs.) -89 River -90 Canadian province (abbr.) -91 Irrigate -93 Chilling -95 Tin -96 Initiated -97 Flush -99 Doorkeeper -101 Dispassionate -102 Shoe -104 Minus quantities -106 Reasseverates -107 Politicians - - -VERTICAL - -2 Note of scale -3 Sock -4 Vessel for coal -5 Couple -6 Plain -7 Thorium (abbr.) -8 Ever -9 Verge -10 Implement -11 Fables -12 Contends -13 Rages -14 Over -15 We -18 Ear -20 Sagacities -22 Therefores -24 Memoirs -25 Predeterminations -27 Animate -29 Dine -30 Queen -31 Pretend -33 Relinquish -36 Stead -38 Fines -40 Allurement -42 Vibrating -44 Printer’s measure -45 Nimble (obs.) -46 Snares (arch.) -48 Afternoon -50 Countenances -51 Vapid -54 Receptacle for wine -56 Grave -57 Wing -58 Past -64 Fascinate -65 Chink -66 Blundering -68 Prepare for publication -69 A Latin diphthong -72 Sloth -73 Growl (obs.) -75 Deviates -76 Whistle -78 Placidity -79 Spindle -82 Gentleman -83 A drinking cup -86 Sapients -88 Tanks -91 Ensnares -92 Boy -94 Impression -96 Serpent -97 Chief -98 Joke -100 Riddle -101 Selenium -102 Thoroughfare (abbr.) -103 Titanium -105 Strontium - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 140 - -WEARY WILLIE - -By Margaret Wade - - -If the constructor felt like Weary Willie after filling in this -criss-cross pattern, which has only twelve unkeyed letters, there are -bound to be a lot of W. W.’s among those who try to solve it. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |#####| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |#####| -|#####| | | | | | |#####| | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 12 | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| 13 | | | | | 14 | -| | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 15 | | | | | | 16 |#####| 17 | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 18 | | |#####| 19 | | | 20 | | | |#####| 21 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 22 | | | 23 |#####| 24 | | | | |#####| 25 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 26 | | | | 27 |#####| 28 | | |#####| 29 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 30 | | | 31 |#####| |#####| 32 | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####|#####| 33 | | | |#####| 34 | | | |#####|#####|#####| -|#####|#####|#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####|#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 35 |#####| 36 | | | |#####| 37 |#####| 38 | | | 39 |#####| 40 | -| |#####| | | | |#####| |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 41 | 42 | | | |#####| 43 | | 44 |#####| 45 | | | 46 | | -| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 47 | | | |#####| 48 | | | | 49 |#####| 50 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 51 | | |#####| 52 | | | | | | 53 |#####| 54 | | | -| | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 55 | | | 56 | | | |#####| 57 | | | 58 | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 59 | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| 60 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 61 | | | | | |#####| 62 | | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | | |#####| | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Constructors -6 Quarrels -12 Nautical -13 Crescent shaped -15 The actinia -17 Near the middle -18 Trespass -19 Principal commodities in a market -21 Conjunction -22 Track of a deer -24 Stopped -25 Moulding -26 Alleviated -28 Secret watcher -29 Waste matter -30 Girl’s name -32 Vegetable -33 Undivided whole -34 Examine minutely -36 Departs -38 Apron for vehicle -41 Loudly -43 Equal value -45 Mistake -47 Melts (Scot.) -48 Kind of acid -50 Dry -51 Finis -52 Former gold coin of Europe -54 Author of “Fables in Slang” -55 Vain person -57 Moslem enemy of Christendom -59 Remains -60 Country houses -61 To steal workers’ tools -62 Small portion of food (Univ. Eng.) - - -VERTICAL - -1 Capital of Philippine Islands -2 Gritty -3 Book by Kipling -4 Biblical character, son of Seth -5 Hires -7 Var. of clead, to clothe (dial. Eng.) -8 Hastens -9 Insect -10 Model -11 Stones (Scot.) -12 Assembles -14 First in origin -16 Devours -17 To surfeit -20 Bishop of Rome -23 Subtile -25 Speakers -27 Ate -29 An author -31 The infernal regions -32 Kind of napkin -35 Move rapidly -36 Kind of boat -37 Vehicle -39 Molasses -40 To trim feathers -42 Hesitate -43 Support -44 Rivers (Span.) -46 Severe trial -48 Snake borne as a charge (Fr. Her.) -49 Part of brain -52 Early inhabitant of Scotland -53 Part of “esse” (Lat.) -56 Small singing bird -58 Higher part of scale - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 141 - -WORDS AND MUSIC - -By Mr. and Mrs. Ottokar T. Cadek - - -Mr. Cadek is quite a figure in that field of music where the string -quartette raises its austere voice. But no feat of counterpoint is more -difficult than the placing against each other of two long words such as -in 19 and 26 Horizontal or 72 and 78 Horizontal. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| -|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| | | | | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####|#####| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |#####| 9 | | |#####| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |#####|#####|#####| -|#####|#####|#####| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | |#####|#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####| 14 | | | | | 15 |#####| |#####| 16 | | | | | 17 |#####|#####| -|#####|#####| | | | | | |#####| |#####| 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|#####| | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 77 | |#####| 78 | | | | | | | | | | 79 |#####| 80 | |#####| -|#####| | |#####| | | | | | | | | | | |#####| | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####| 81 | 82 | | | | |#####| |#####| 83 | | | | 84 | |#####|#####| -|#####|#####| | | | | | |#####| |#####| | | | | | |#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####|#####| 85 | | | |#####| 86 | | 87 |#####| 88 | | | |#####|#####|#####| -|#####|#####|#####| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | |#####|#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| 89 | | | | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| -|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| | | | | |#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Froth -5 Nimbus -9 Number -10 Forbid -14 Clogs -16 Thin -18 Article -19 Motors -22 Point of compass -24 Break -26 Metrical recantations -27 Conducted -28 Ages -30 Distinguished service order -31 Retained -32 Hinder -33 Scolds -35 Golf term -37 Excavate -38 Surplus -40 Distal segment of hind leg -42 Near -44 Chaste -45 Lessen gradually -46 Spiritual essence in modern occultism -47 Light -48 Blank -49 Brave -50 King of Bashan (Josh. 12) -51 Drizzle -53 Plunder -55 Half an em -56 River in Scotland -57 Descendants of Shem -60 Evil spirit -62 State in Germany -63 Entrances -64 Pays court to -66 Book of the Bible -68 Single -70 U. S. coin -71 Contains -72 Alienated -76 Pinch -77 Part of “to be” -78 Exposed -80 Abbreviation of a coin -81 Concealed -83 Holding -85 Disorder -86 Japanese statesman -88 Unit of force -89 Vast depth - - -VERTICAL - -2 River in Italy -3 State of being contrary to fundamental law -4 Pronoun -5 Exclamation -6 Sleeveless haircloth garment -7 Melt suddenly, as snow -8 Perfume -10 Roofed -11 Beverages -12 Conveyance -13 Note of Guido’s scale -14 Trapped -15 Phoebus -16 Executed -17 Administers extreme unction (obs.) -18 Seasoned -20 King of Phrygia (myth.) -21 Hissed -23 Whirlpool -25 Parchments written on twice -27 Jugglery -29 Farinaceous food -31 Trust -33 Germane -34 Junctions of two surfaces -36 Prowess -38 Rages -39 Relieves -41 Portents -43 Lamb or yearling sheep -46 Crude metal -52 Inferior -54 Strove -56 March away -58 Irish poet -59 City in Italy -61 Cellular volcanic lava -62 Hedge -65 Clan -67 Ancient seaport of Cicilia -69 Cauterized -72 Consequences -73 Article -74 Acquire -75 Disown -78 Exercise (obs.) -79 Press for payment -82 Printers’ unit -84 Concerning -86 In the same place (abbr.) -87 Bone - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 142 - -DON’T BE CROSS - -By Daniel O’Leary - - -The old slogan—“one cross word leads to another”—seems to have been -taken literally here. Get out your Webster New International before -calling the whole family into conference. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |#####| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |#####| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 18 | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| 19 | | |#####|#####|#####| 20 | | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 21 | | | | | | 22 |#####| 23 | | | | 24 |#####| 25 | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | 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-| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Thorny -7 Dele -11 Shudders -18 Brigand -19 Unit -20 Bring to light -21 Ideal -23 Father -25 Fall, glide, slip (rare) -26 Common metal -27 Outburst -29 Jewels -31 Edge of a dress -32 Lime tree -34 Wooden water vessels -35 Musical group -36 Work slowly through -37 Composition -39 Satiate -41 Wagers -42 Give syntax -43 Row -45 Muscular cords -47 Facts -48 Adam’s son -50 Frighten -51 Famous Italian actress -53 Room in a house -55 Golf term -56 Pie -59 Water container -61 Corrode -63 Severed -65 Not mad -67 Natural metal -68 Type of fly -69 Elongated fish -70 Beverage -71 Wax -73 Glisten -75 Sober; steady -77 Gentle -78 Anger -80 Veteran -82 White ant -84 Old (Scotch) -85 Musical instrument -87 Animal fat -89 Swell of the sea -90 Playthings -92 Boy’s name -95 Fruit -97 Risqué -98 Soft drinks -100 Not tight -102 Island in the Pacific -103 Oversatisfy -104 Strip of wood -106 Sleigh -107 Altitude -108 Says -110 Prizes -112 Anglo-Saxon money account -113 E. Indian gums -115 Direct -117 Contriver -119 Forever (poet.) -120 Period of time -121 Far East -122 Continued stories -123 Melt ore -124 Barns - - -VERTICAL - -1 Throw out hastily -2 Feels sorry for -3 Master of a style of literature -4 Short sleep -5 Pertaining to the ear -6 Fastens -8 Loud noise -9 Insect -10 Percolate -12 Greeting -13 Sickness -14 By the way of -15 Projection -16 Those who get up -17 Stopped -22 Body of ancient temple -23 Mailed -24 That which is kept -25 Rainbow -28 Flesh -30 Sciences -33 Pertaining to the uninitiated -36 Wets -38 Cycle of time -40 Growing out -41 Parts of the body -42 Bygone days -44 Annoy -46 Owing -47 Powder -49 Turned northward -51 Newspapers -52 Era -53 Docks -54 Product of coniferous trees -56 Fold -57 Gates (obs.) -58 Not water-tight -60 Part of “to be” -62 Lair -64 Fondle -66 Born -72 Shoulder of a bastion -73 I -74 All -75 Baseless column -76 Band instrument -77 Metre (Greek) -79 Tempt -81 Lessen -83 Flour -85 Speeders -86 Vault -88 Controls -89 Speak confusedly -90 Companion -91 Sea mammal -93 Army officer -94 Hurls again -96 Biblical character -97 Rodents -99 Soot from flue of mercury furnace -101 Calm -103 Metal -105 Spartan slave -108 Bone of arm -109 Part of a plant -110 Calf -111 Girl’s name -114 Three (prefix) -116 Before -118 Pen point - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 143 - -A MILITARY SALUTE - -By Sergeant - - -This one comes from West Point. Note the fine central backbones of long -words. You will observe something interesting about these two. -Incidentally, is there anything finer than the way difficulties -dissolve once long words like these flash into your mind? - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | | 7 |#####| 8 | | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | | 14 | -| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 15 | | | | |#####| 16 | 17 | |#####| 18 | | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 19 | 20 |#####| 21 | | | |#####| 22 | | |#####| 23 | | | |#####| 24 | | -| | |#####| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 25 | | 26 |#####| 27 | | |#####| 28 | | |#####| 29 | | |#####| 30 | | | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 31 | | | 32 |#####| 33 | | 34 | | | | 35 | | |#####| 36 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 37 | | | | 38 |#####| 39 | |#####| |#####| 40 | |#####| 41 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | |#####| |#####| | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 42 | | | | | 43 | |#####| 44 | | 45 |#####| 46 | 47 | | | | | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####|#####|#####| 48 | |#####| 49 | | | | 50 |#####| 51 | |#####|#####|#####| | -| |#####|#####|#####| | |#####| | | | | |#####| | |#####|#####|#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | |#####| 56 | | | | | | 57 |#####| 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 62 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 63 | | | | |#####| 64 | | | | | | |#####| 65 | | | | 66 | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####|#####|#####| 67 | 68 |#####| 69 | | | | |#####| 70 | |#####|#####|#####| | -| |#####|#####|#####| | |#####| | | | | |#####| | |#####|#####|#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | | | 75 |#####| 76 | | |#####| 77 | | | 78 | 79 | 80 | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 81 | | | | |#####| 82 | 83 |#####| |#####| 84 | |#####| 85 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | |#####| |#####| | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 86 | | | |#####| 87 | | | 88 | | 89 | | | 90 |#####| 91 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 92 | | |#####| 93 | | |#####| 94 | | |#####| 95 | | 96 |#####| 97 | | | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 98 | |#####| 99 | | | |#####| 100 | | |#####| 101 | | | 102 |#####| 103 | | -| | |#####| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 104 | | | | |#####| 105 | | |#####| 106 | | | | 107 |#####| | -| |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 108 | | | | | | | | |#####| 109 | | | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Pertaining to images -8 Concealed passengers -15 Blaze -16 Reptile -18 Ancestors -19 Continually -21 Earring -22 Arable land -23 Reward (Fr.) -24 Two (prefix) -25 God of thunder -27 More than enough -28 Evil -29 A color -30 Arabian shrub -31 Sacred symbol -33 Tendered -36 Official seat (leg.) -37 Sailing ship -39 Toward -40 Adjective suffix meaning “of” -41 Word of unknown meaning found in the Bible -42 Side bars of pair of spectacles -44 Support -46 Variety of pyroxene -48 Article -49 Fruits -51 Personal pronoun -52 Measure of weight -56 Peaceful -58 Weights -62 Paradoxical -63 Proportion -64 Crushed -65 Begin -67 Sun god -69 Ricochets -70 Conjunction -71 Pillars -76 Once (obs.) -77 Makes level (Engl. dial.) -81 South American armadillos -82 Exclamation -84 Live -85 Flag -86 The number of muses -87 Respiration -91 Japanese spirit gods -92 To beat (Scot.) -93 Vat -94 Knot -95 Branch -97 Thrice -98 Printing unit -99 Genus of shrubs -100 A large weight -101 Heap (obs.) -103 Egyptian deity -104 Kilns -105 Tavern -106 Hatred -108 Designating a crystalline acid -109 Machine run by mixture of gases - - -VERTICAL - -1 Pertaining to the classification of facts -2 Whether -3 Ancient -4 Separate -5 Company -6 Accounts -7 Mohammedan ruler -8 Temporary cross timber used in shipbuilding -9 Large hawks -10 Telegraphed -11 Barren -12 Irritate (obs.) -13 Because -14 Seamstresses -17 Independence -20 Warble -24 Territory governed by a ban -26 Space -30 Prickly plant of the glasswort family -32 Hew -34 Hawaiian bird -35 Concerning -36 Fruit of India yielding a yellow dye -38 Stages -41 Protected -43 Measure of type -44 Share -45 A worsted yarn -47 Part of verb “to be” -49 Notches -50 Margins -53 Biblical character -54 Soak -55 The first name of a character in the “Arabian Nights” -56 The goddess of dawn -57 Chief (Sp.) -59 Age -60 Dexterity -61 Stain -63 Those who disavow -66 Breathe -68 Article -70 Mystic ejaculation used by Hindus -72 A narcotic -73 Alley -74 Accustom by practice (obs.) -75 Contemptuous irony -77 Member of a legislative body -78 A vessel -79 Handle of a joiner’s plane -80 Greek poet -83 Personal pronoun -84 Prefix denoting two -87 Enough! (It. interj.) -88 Garret -89 Reddish orange dye -90 Order -93 Trough used in smelting -96 Chief -99 Strike -102 Sow (Scot.) -104 Suffix meaning oil -107 A tone of the diatonic scale - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 144 - -OCEAN WAVES - -By Mrs. H. A. Wolfe - - -Don’t get seasick, although it is a little difficult. We have to do -something to please those crusty puzzlers who snort with contempt at -easy problems. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 5 | 6 |#####| 7 | 8 | | 9 | 10 |#####| 11 | 12 | 13 | | 14 | 15 | 16 | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 17 | | | |#####| 18 | | | | |#####| 19 | | | | | |#####| 20 | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 21 | | | | 22 | | |#####| 23 | | 24 | | |#####| 25 | | | 26 |#####| 27 | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | 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- -HORIZONTAL - -1 African spear -7 Language of Semitic origin -11 Climbing -17 Dead (Scotch) -18 Reverie -19 Harangues -20 Title -21 One who bequeaths -23 Ties -25 Too -27 Behold -28 Quality -29 Every third day -33 Fat -34 Bathe -35 Monsters -37 Non-poisonous strangling serpent -39 To sort -41 A kind of pastry -43 Island in the British West Indies -45 Land measure -47 Condition -48 Staggers -50 Half -51 Large volumes -53 Nightfall -54 Friend -55 Roman earth goddess -57 Decay -58 Nickname (female) -60 Royal banner -63 Combined -66 German province -69 Metal -70 Unit -72 Farm -76 Forests -81 Female singer -84 Fine -85 Incite -87 Point of the compass -88 Anger -89 Vehicle -91 College slang for a gathering -93 Horse -95 Vestige -97 Change -99 Bird -100 Drudge -102 Number -103 Dust collector -105 Corrode -106 Exhausted -108 Spanish lady -109 Fears -112 To make indented lines -115 Obstruction -118 Note of scale -120 Appendage -121 Expiate -123 Care -125 Fortify -127 Religious song of praise -128 Avarice -129 Reptile -130 Musical instrument -131 Worthless -132 Main component - - -VERTICAL - -1 Increases -2 Perceive -3 Hindu deity -4 Revises -5 Worshippers -6 Annoy -7 Schedule -8 Pattern -9 A measure -10 Previous -11 Celestial body -12 Pertaining to the Gaels (combining form) -13 Allot -14 Exists -15 Nothing -16 Increase -22 Thorn (Scotch) -24 Mountain top ice -26 Equipped for propulsion -30 Lake in North America -31 At no time -32 Mountains in Eastern U. S. -36 Sandstorm -37 Club -38 Country in the Near East -40 Follower of the Dutch founder of Anabaptists -41 Wealth -42 Girl’s name -44 Rest -46 Scavenger fishes -48 Invade -49 Totals -52 Swamps -54 Assumption -56 Tyro -59 Suffix radical (chem.) -60 Suffix diminutive -61 Tear -62 Prefix, out -63 Tooth -64 Pronoun -65 Article -67 Dim -68 Affirmative -70 Suffix toward -71 Suffix one who -73 Small portable organs -74 Southern state (abbr.) -75 Orient -76 Previously existed -77 Place for the seal on legal papers -78 Southwestern state -79 Murdered -80 Pertaining to Italian volcano -82 Roman emperor -83 Cereal -85 Printer’s measures -86 Fruit of the vine -89 Dirt removers -90 Sharp rejoinder -92 Suffix quality -94 Occurrence -96 Antagonistic -97 Shades -98 Recompenses -101 Employ -103 Quarter in London -104 City in Nevada -107 Quaver -110 Scale -111 Biblical character Old Testament -113 Plant -114 Placed -116 Black -117 Give -119 Weary -122 Dark viscid oil -124 Insect exudation -126 Personal pronoun - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 145 - -WAFFLED WORDS - -By Mrs. Eric Crull - - -Some people mumble their words, but what is more appropriate than this -waffling of Mrs. Crull’s? This is medium well done—by which we refer -not to quality, but to difficulty. Try it when the simple ones seem too -easy and the difficult ones too tough. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 5 | 6 | 7 |#####|#####|#####| 8 | 9 | 10 | | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | -| | | | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 15 | | | |#####| 16 | | | 17 |#####| 18 | | | |#####| 19 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 20 | | | |#####| 21 | | | | 22 | | | | |#####| 23 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 24 | | |#####| 25 | | |#####| 26 | | |#####| 27 | | 28 |#####| 29 | | | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####|#####| 30 | | |#####| 31 | | | | 32 |#####| 33 | | 34 |#####|#####| | -| |#####|#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####|#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 35 | 36 | 37 | | |#####| 38 | | | | | | 39 |#####| 40 | | 41 | 42 | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 43 | | | |#####| 44 | | |#####| |#####| 45 | | 46 |#####| 47 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 48 | | |#####| 49 | | |#####| 50 | | 51 |#####| 52 | | 53 |#####| 54 | | | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 55 | | 56 | | |#####| 57 | | | | 58 |#####| 59 | | 60 | | |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####|#####| 61 | | | | | | |#####| 62 | | | | | | |#####|#####| -|#####|#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####|#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 63 | | | | |#####| 64 | | 65 | | |#####| 66 | | | | 67 |#####| -|#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 68 | | |#####| 69 | | 70 |#####| 71 | | |#####| 72 | | |#####| 73 | | 74 | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 75 | | | 76 |#####| 77 | | 78 |#####| |#####| 79 | | |#####| 80 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | |#####| |#####| | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 81 | | | | 82 |#####| 83 | | 84 | | 85 | | |#####| 86 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####|#####| 87 | | 88 |#####| 89 | | | | |#####| 90 | | |#####|#####| | -| |#####|#####| | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | |#####|#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 91 | 92 | 93 |#####| 94 | | 95 |#####| 96 | | |#####| 97 | | |#####| 98 | 99 | | -| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 100 | | | 101 |#####| 102 | | 103 | | | | 104 | | |#####| 105 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | | | | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 106 | | | |#####| 107 | | | |#####| 108 | | | |#####| 109 | | | | -| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 110 | | | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| 111 | | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Ancient burial place -8 Dormant -15 Metallic rocks -16 Instrument -18 Vegetable -19 Medicinal herb -20 Low -21 Plateau -23 Design -24 Shake -25 Wager -26 Salutation -27 Lair -29 Rider Haggard’s heroine -30 Body organ -31 To add to -33 Small point -35 To rule -38 Stigmatized -40 Mythological queen -43 Hence -44 Pony of India -45 To bite lightly -47 To chastise -48 Clamor -49 Performed -50 A numeral -52 To tangle -54 Compete -55 A tribal symbol -57 A large bird -59 Adventitious sounds (med.) -61 Finery -62 Beyond -63 Girl’s name -64 A measure -66 Boisterous -68 A color -69 Attempt -71 Transgression -72 Piece of connecting pipe -73 Little Eva’s friend -75 A cereal -77 Placed -79 Of equal value -80 Legend -81 Contiguous (poet.) -83 Of greater density -86 Drunkard -87 Sailor -89 Not the same -90 Moisture -91 Pronoun -94 Weight -96 Pitch -97 A metal -98 Denoting three -100 Field -102 Scriptural animals -105 Fold -106 Heroine of a Wagnerian opera -107 Always -108 Cozy spot -109 A girl’s name -110 One who slows up -111 A kind of acid - - -VERTICAL - -1 Summoned -2 A space -3 Lacerate -4 Cleopatra’s finish -5 An amphibious mammal -6 Ditch or trench -7 Popular style of hairdressing -8 Salt water -9 Earth -10 Done with -11 Soft food -12 Troubles -13 Biblical character -14 Produce -17 South American animal -18 Mix -22 Dusk -25 Bar -28 Immediately -30 Self -31 Skill -32 Retreat -34 Shoe latchet -36 Latin verb (form of “to be”) -37 A great menace -38 Evil -39 Not bright -41 Perpetual motion (compound word) -42 Raised platform -44 Used in building -46 Associate -49 Relating to debts -50 A green spot -51 Fairylike -53 A beautiful lake -56 One of Dickens’s characters -57 Finish -58 Consume calories -60 Hawaiian decoration -63 Name of a street -65 Kind of cloth -67 Long ago -68 Change -70 Still -72 A black substance -74 Name of a boat (historical) -76 Corrode -78 Also -79 Through -80 Depressed -82 A rodent -84 Extreme -85 A bird -86 A number -88 Dressed -90 Flat plates -92 Robust -93 Once -95 Glacier ice -97 Thunder -98 Relate -99 Branches -101 Common European gull -103 Possessive pronoun -104 Also -105 Chemical base - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 146 - -THE QUESTION MARK - -By Mrs. E. I. Ashton - - -This puzzle is well named, to say the least, and those curving question -marks will try the endurance of the solver to the utmost. Some of you -will get out your Atlases and love this. Others in despair will throw -themselves in the Siberian river and drown their woes. Good luck to all -of you! - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|/////| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |#####|#####|#####| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |/////| -|/////| | | | | | |#####|#####|#####| | | | | | |/////| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 11 |/////| 12 | | | |#####| 13 | 14 | 15 |#####| 16 | | | |/////| 17 | -| |/////| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | |/////| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 18 | 19 |/////| 20 | |#####| 21 | | | | 22 |#####| 23 | |/////| 24 | | -| | |/////| | |#####| | | | | |#####| | |/////| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 25 | | 26 | | |#####| 27 | |/////| 28 | |#####| 29 | | 30 | | | -| | | | | |#####| | |/////| | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 31 | | | | |#####| 32 | |/////| 33 | |#####| 34 | | | | | -| | | | | |#####| | |/////| | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 35 | | | | | 36 |#####| 37 | 38 | | |#####| 39 | | | | | -| | | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####|#####| 40 | | | 41 | | | |#####|#####| 42 | |#####|#####| | -| |#####|#####| | | | | | | |#####|#####| | |#####|#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -|#####| 43 | 44 |#####| 45 | | | |#####|#####| 46 | 47 | |#####| 48 | 49 |#####| -|#####| | |#####| | | | |#####|#####| | | |#####| | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 50 |#####| |#####| 51 | | |#####|#####| 52 | | | | 53 |#####| |#####| -| |#####| |#####| | | |#####|#####| | | | | |#####| |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 54 | 55 | |#####| 56 | |#####|#####| 57 | | | | | | 58 | |#####| -| | | |#####| | |#####|#####| | | | | | | | |#####| -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 59 | |#####| 60 | |#####| 61 | 62 | | |/////| 63 | | | |#####| 64 | -| | |#####| | |#####| | | | |/////| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 65 | | |#####| 66 | | |/////|/////|/////| 67 | |#####| 68 | | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | |/////|/////|/////| | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 69 | | |#####| 70 | | | 71 |/////| 72 | | |#####| 73 | | -| |#####| | | |#####| | | | |/////| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 74 | | |#####|#####| 75 | | |/////| 76 | | |#####| 77 | | -| |#####| | | |#####|#####| | | |/////| | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 78 | | | | | | | | | | 79 | | | | | | | -| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 80 | | |#####|#####| 81 | | | | | | |#####| 82 | | -| |#####| | | |#####|#####| | | | | | | |#####| | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 A science -6 Most loyal -12 A city in Nevada -13 Queen of the fairies -16 Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudarum (abbr.) -18 Paid (abbr.) -20 Ecclesiastical abbreviation -21 A great nation of ancient Syria -23 Prefix meaning together -24 One of the United States (abbr.) -25 Barren open country -27 Conjunction -28 Thou (Ger.) -29 A perfume (obs.) -31 Babylonian goddess -32 Or (Latin) -33 Chinese book of rights and ceremonies -34 One of the Banda Islands -35 A hero of the Trojan war -37 Spanish ecclesiastical historian -39 A fish -40 Any pointed saying -42 Thee (French) -43 Adverb -45 Ancient Roman poet -46 Russian penal colony -48 Female parent -51 Human beings -52 Famous Austrian electrician of 19th century -54 Night (Latin) -56 Preposition -57 To mark with degrees -59 Assyrian god -60 Bromine (abbr.) -61 Native of Turkey -63 Irritating sensation -65 A young dog -66 King of ancient Britain -67 Pronoun -68 Indefinite article -69 Tree -70 Portuguese chronicler -72 Part of the anatomy -73 Prefix meaning “twice” -74 A Hawaiian food -75 Grassy plant -76 River in Siberia -77 Silver (abbr.) -78 Philosophical theory of Hume and Kant -80 Tributary of Drina River -81 Foot coverings -82 Each (abbr.) - - -VERTICAL - -2 Conjunction -3 Bequeath -4 Transformation into human shape -5 Word of refusal -7 One of the United States (abbr.) -8 Unlawful -9 Interrogation point -10 If (French) -11 Monster of Greek mythology -13 A plant -14 Preposition -15 Pandemonium -17 Mountains in Bolivia -19 River in Venetia -21 German political economist of 19th century -22 Night (French) -24 Geological term -26 At suit of (abbr.) -30 To bind -36 Torn asunder -38 Ancient Cappadocian goddess -41 A spirituous liquor -44 A sacred box -46 Prefix, through -47 A town in southeastern Africa -49 Noted American humorist -50 To introduce something new -52 Town in southeastern Slavonia -53 Lymph vessels -55 Cape in Scotland -57 A province in Spain -58 A digraph -60 A famous modern pianist -61 Gratuity (colloq.) -62 Federations -64 A riddle -65 Ecclesiastical term -68 To humble -71 Egyptian god -72 A queen of Navarre -79 No date (abbr.) - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 147 - -NOT A FLIVVER - -By Frank A. Ford - - -Mr. Ford is not one of those puzzle builders, who, grown sated with -simple things, grow perverse in their madness for the dark and -recondite. And, if you are inclined to call Mr. Ford a Master of -Unkeyed Letters—well, just try your hand at constructing a twenty-one -square puzzle. - -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 1 | | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |#####| 6 | 7 | | 8 | 9 |#####| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | | 15 | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| |#####| 16 | | | |#####| 17 | | |#####| 18 | | 19 |#####| 20 | | | |#####| | -| |#####| | | | |#####| | | |#####| | | |#####| | | | |#####| | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ -| 21 | 22 | | | |#####| 23 | | | |#####| 24 | | | 25 |#####| 26 | | | 27 | | -| | | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | |#####| | | | | | 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| | | -| | | | | | | |#####| | | | | |#####| | | | | | | | -+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ - - -HORIZONTAL - -1 Confirms -6 Ahead -10 Fur-bearing animal -16 On the top of -17 Rodent -18 Possesses -20 Marsh -21 Traffic -23 To whine like a child -24 Retired -26 A balanced stone -28 Concealed -29 Quality of being rigidly perfect -31 To bestow -33 Vessel -34 Otherwise -36 To give a dinner to -38 Fixed allowance -39 Not more than one time -40 Second tone of diatonic scale -41 Projecting ridge -43 Female of the sheep -45 Manner of continuity -47 Pronoun -48 Decline -49 Different -52 Repeats noisily -54 Withdraw -56 To border upon -57 Tract of land surrounded by water -59 Harmonized -60 The hawthorn -62 Appropriate -64 A disciple of Zeno -66 Hymenopterous insects -67 Suitable -68 Measure of yarn -70 Knock lightly -72 Wide mouth pitcher -73 Calm -74 The European hedge sparrow -75 The reverse side of a coin -79 Period of time -80 Before -82 Unite -83 A percoid fish -86 A mistake -88 Name of a letter -90 Sliding weight on a steelyard -91 Dallied -92 Amounts -94 Progeny -97 Impartial -100 A number -101 Protuberant glands -103 Not near -105 Printer’s measure -107 Fur-bearing animal -109 Dread -110 A weight -112 Exclamation -113 Method of preserving -115 Address -117 Mark -118 Was indebted -120 Native metal -121 Annoy -123 Garment -125 Of the verb “to be” 126 Without content -128 Roman garment -129 Letters of ancient Scandinavians -130 Female fox -132 Lime, clay and sand mixture -134 External covering of down, or fiber -135 Quadruped of genus Equus -136 Procreate -137 Loud voiced herald -138 English theologian and philologist -139 To quiet - - -VERTICAL - -1 Pollen containers -2 Species of batrachians -3 Stop -4 To erect a mast (naut.) -5 Preposition -6 Not real -7 An article -8 Species of fish -9 Small drum -11 Of the verb “to be” -12 A plant of the cabbage genus -13 To show affection -14 Musical instrument -15 Cloth of firm texture -17 Destroyed -19 Governing body -22 Stir up -23 Conceited fellow -25 Fruit -27 Curve -30 A mammary gland -32 Inclines -35 Lifts up -37 Differ -39 Finely finished -42 One of Tennyson’s heroines -43 Biblical character -44 Measure of physics -46 Used in painting -48 Of the verb “go” -50 Species of plant -51 The swell of the ocean -53 Crystallized rain -54 Pathway -55 Countries -57 Pertaining to a Latin race -58 Punch block -59 A sense -61 A rich kind of India satin -63 Mature -65 Summary of professed principles -67 Destroyed -68 Caustic -69 Mimic -71 The box containing the Host (obs. Sp.) -76 Application of knowledge -77 Metal -78 Preparation for the skin -81 Saws again -83 Vegetable -84 Inspection of a deed or bond (law) -85 Prefix meaning through -87 Empty declamation -89 Title -90 Lamb brought up by hand -91 Porous stone -93 River of Hades (myth.) -95 Large inland body of salt water -96 Employ -98 Merits -99 Takes a reverse motion -101 Native of Great Britain -102 Descendants -104 Rhythmical flow of language -106 First part of day -108 Cardinal point of compass -111 Disease -112 Hither -114 Obsolete spelling of realm -116 Authorized -117 Mixture of white lead and lime -119 Covered with wax -121 Bold -122 Variety of turnip (obs.) -123 Game of cards -124 Producing injury -127 Girl’s nickname -131 Anger -133 Behold -136 Note on diatonic scale - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 148 - -THE SQUARE ROOT OF CROSS WORDS - -By Irvan Neckerman - - -How does he get that way? Here are some conversational words cheek to -cheek with monstrosities dragged forth from their native obscurity. 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greatest -38 To penetrate -39 Across -40 Information -43 Abraham’s birthplace -44 Syllable of diatonic scale -50 Unwilling to hear -53 Special gifts -55 Transported -56 Chaplet or wreath -57 To invite -58 Ancient heretical sect -59 Combining form, meaning stone -60 Heard -62 Weight of twelve grains -63 To lower -65 A walk or passageway -66 Wild goat of the Bible -67 Conclusion -68 For fear that - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 149 - -THE OLD ARMY GAME - -By Charley Cinderglass and Stoney Lonesome - - -Remember “West Pointer” in Series I? The soldiers are at it again. -There ought to be some healthful dictionary practice here. 37 Vertical, -by the way, appears to have been conned from some erudite work on -natural history. 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- -HORIZONTAL - -1 Spoil or mar -6 Species of rodents -11 Reduces -15 A petty dude -19 The sun god -21 Woe -22 A genus of American monkeys -23 A musical note -24 Belonging to a thing -26 Eat grass -27 Issue -28 Maker of honey -29 Produce designs on metal -31 Small wild ox (zool.) -32 Tidy -33 Stupid -34 The European finch (zool.) -36 Headmen (Hindu.) -38 Foundations (var.) -39 Showing favors -41 Silt (hyd. engine) -43 Exile -44 A compass box (naut.) -46 One who fishes with a net -47 A reptile -48 Scrapes together -50 Amphibians -51 Recital -52 Prominent people -56 Scatter -57 Etheral salt (chem.) -62 A vessel for holding soup -64 Dries by receding tide (reformed spelling) -65 Broil in a covered pan -66 The angel of the bottomless pit -68 Reduce in grade -69 Steeple -70 Crest -73 The carcass of a whale after blubber is removed (var.) -75 A bone of the forearm -76 Deep dislike -77 Crafts -79 At the (obs.) -80 Member -81 Trait -82 A fish -84 Evening (poetical) -85 So -86 Shout -87 Mist (meteorol.) -89 Regarding -90 Species of birds -91 A storehouse for arms -93 Judges -94 Serving as a type - - -VERTICAL - -2 Force of mesmerism -3 Contraction meaning “the thing exists” -4 Obstruct -5 A cry of joy -6 The European owl (zool.) -7 Rank -8 Those who are in -9 The euphonic form of ad before g -10 Attempts -12 An instrument used by engineers -13 Pertaining to the Upper Archaean rocks -14 To affirm solemnly -15 The animals of any given period -16 Fur bearing animals -17 The winged cap of mercury -18 Celts -20 Looks after -23 Machines for cutting down trees -25 Shade -28 Bent outward -30 A genus of marine decapod crustaceans -33 The goddess of the hunt -35 Cozy corner -37 Small S. African antelope -38 The muse who presided over history -40 Having tresses -42 Epistles -44 Cross shaped -45 Arctic forked-tailed gulls (zool.) -48 Abyssinian title -49 Unite by stitches -52 Fasteners -53 A series of tubes -54 The palm cockatoo (zool.) -55 Advise (Scot.) -58 Shirt (Scot.) -59 Head-dress -60 Social standing -61 Enter again -63 Noticeable -65 A spirituous liquor -67 Idea -68 A window in a roof -69 Sea birds -71 Wahoo -72 Marine gastropod (zool.) -74 A pony -76 Stops -78 Rain, wind and snow -81 Rodent -83 Small -86 Head covering -88 Short sleep -90 Mother -92 Note of musical scale - - - - - - - - - -PUZZLE NO. 150 - -AN INDENTED TERROR - -By J. T. Delaney - - -“With such friends one does not need enemies,” an old proverb goes. 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burbot -29 Submerged marine plant -31 Purgative principle of rhubarb, etc. -33 Sharp flavor -34 Physician or surgeon -36 Equable -37 Secular -38 Italian sou -39 Stalk -41 Cuchullin’s wife in Celtic mythology -43 Steal -44 Simple -45 Bellow -47 Exudation from certain plants -49 Obstruct -51 Flow in a stream -52 Property -54 Greek letter -56 Outlying districts -60 Inner bark of trees -61 Wilful disobedience -66 Avail -67 Philippine date plum -69 Struggle -70 Round hill or point of land -71 Auditory -72 Heelless slipper -73 Move suddenly and rapidly -74 Interpret writing -75 Assign -77 Clever -78 Fall of earth into a mine, etc. -80 Path -81 Globular flask once used for ointments, etc. -83 Comfortable -84 Revolving platform with seats for children -86 Native amorphous silica -87 Significant date -89 Play on words (pl.) -90 Pastoral composition -92 Cannon -94 Inclination -95 Rabbit -97 Entrance -99 Dry -101 Trial -104 Worship -106 Chart -107 Variety of chalcedony -109 Household deities -112 Assuredly (slang) -113 Spanish copper coin -115 Terrible woman -117 Erudition -118 Tuneful -120 Italian game resembling tennis -122 Typical genus of the mustards -124 Remove hair -125 Silk cotton tree -126 Itch -127 Satiate -128 Dishearten -129 Furnace -130 Swarm (Eng.) -131 Sudden involuntary movement -132 Footgear for snow travel - - -VERTICAL - -1 Sulphide of iron, copper, etc. -2 Esteem -3 Bone of the arm -4 Select group -5 Sieve -6 Detected by the ear -7 Seaweed -8 Pass a rope through -9 Region of fancies -10 Gateway to Buddhist temple -11 Adored one -12 Anarchist of most extreme type -13 Vibrant effect on a tambourine -17 Satiate -18 African medicinal plant -19 Panel -21 Of heroic proportions -22 Give heed -23 Consequently -25 Famish (Eng.) -26 Bullfinch (Eng. and Scot.) -30 Affirm -32 Metal blocks for stamping, etc. -35 Epistle in dactylic hexameters -38 Partition -40 Petulant grimace -42 Gratify -43 Disturbance -44 Debate -46 Plant with large spathe and starchy corn -48 Passable -50 Prong -51 Prescription given merely to satisfy a patient -53 Tally -55 Affectionate -56 Itch -57 Absolute -58 Consider the subjective objectively -59 Negro name -60 Trunk -62 Pertaining to the eye -63 Biblical name -64 Box of wooden slats -65 Warble -68 Parcel of jewels -69 Guinea pig -73 Moves with rapidity -76 Plunder -77 Associate -78 Faucet -79 Back part of the neck -80 Small beak-like process -82 Title of nobility -83 Outer garment -85 Dwarf -88 Typical genus of parrots -91 Passable -93 Resounding -94 Mass of ice -95 Designating a certain valve gear and engines so equipped -96 European bunting -98 Hamlet -100 Unusual -102 Marketable -103 Derivative of atropine -104 Culmination -105 Ocean -106 Brownish purple -108 Place to sleep (slang) -110 Indian of an Iroquoian tribe -111 Bar of a soap frame -113 One summoned -114 Fragrant -115 Designating the numerals from which Arabic numbers are derived -116 Notches -119 Point in time -121 Designating a common bean -123 Native corporal in India - - - - - - - - - -ADONIS’ DREAM - -By Mrs. E. 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- -HORIZONTAL - -1 Latin for “I love” -4 Opera by Verdi -8 Tragedy by Sardou -13 Transgression -14 French for “Mrs.” -16 Prejudice -17 Instrument for writing -18 Adverb -19 Bales (abbr.) -21 French for “bone” -22 A quality pencil or a planet -23 Ancient state in Asia Minor -27 Lair -29 Anew -30 Gold (abbr.) -32 Any cleaning agent -34 Name of one of the British Isles -35 South African antelope -37 Pronoun -39 That is (abbr.) -40 Royal mail (abbr.) -41 A color -43 Indefinite article -44 Ancient worshippers of Venus -47 Not (French) -48 Section of a foot (abbr.) -49 Tincture for wounds -50 Preposition -51 God willing (abbr.) -52 Cipher of several letters -53 Preposition -54 Preposition -56 Form of verb “to be” -57 River in Nevada -58 Lament, complaint (French) -60 Means of travel -65 Obliterators -69 Waterfall -70 Exclude -73 A dignitary -74 American temperance society (abbr.) -75 Rage -76 Liable -77 Comrade (coll.) -79 An organ -81 Lake in Galway -82 Pronoun -84 Unit -86 Consumption (coll.) -87 Adverb -88 A parent (coll.) -89 Post scriptum (abbr.) -90 A Phoenician god - - -VERTICAL - -1 A Roman coin -2 An island in the Aegean Sea -3 Preposition -4 Entertains, diverts -5 A wicked spirit -6 French for “of” -7 Indefinite article -9 Bay in Siberia -10 Arabian seaport -11 One of the United States -12 Variety -15 Goddess of love -20 Pull roughly -21 A form of poetry -24 New England (abbr.) -25 Form of verb “to be” -26 An exclamation -28 Word of refusal -29 “Pertaining to” (suffix) -31 Spanish feminine for “a” -33 Reflector -34 An annual plant of southern Asia -36 Affecting the whole -38 Tint, color -39 Ancient Indians -41 Opera by Verdi -42 Prefix meaning “in” -45 Household dish -46 Town in south of France -51 River in Morocco -55 A game of chance -56 Receive -59 A kingdom of antiquity -61 Deed -62 Ornamental vessel -63 To, at (prefix) -64 African -65 Hinder -66 Italian historian -67 Town in central Persia -68 Undermine -70 Species of animal -71 Any plane surface -72 Peruse -78 From (Latin) -80 Conjunction -83 Pronoun -85 Northeast (abbr.) - - - - - - - - - -NOTE - - -[1] Winner of the Woman’s Singles and of Challenge Round, First -National All-Comers Cross Word Puzzle Tournament, held at the Wanamaker -Auditorium, September 26th–27th, 1924. - - - - - - - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE -BOOK *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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Gregory Hartswick</p> -<p style='display:block; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em;'>Margaret Petherbridge</p> -<p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Contributor: Ruth Franc von Phul</p> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Release Date: August 20, 2022 [eBook #68792]</p> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Language: English</p> - <p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em; text-align:left'>Produced by: Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)</p> -<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE BOOK ***</div> -<div class="front"> -<div class="div1 cover"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divBody"> -<p class="first"></p> -<div class="figure cover-imagewidth"><img src="images/front.jpg" alt="Original Front Cover." width="590" height="720"></div><p> -</p> -</div> -</div> -<div class="div1 frenchtitle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divBody"> -<p class="first center large">THE CROSS WORD<br> -PUZZLE BOOK -</p> -<p class="center"><i>Third Series</i> -</p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="answers" class="div1 notice boxed"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#answers.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="main"><span class="sc">Answers</span></h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">If you wish a copy of The Book of the Correct Answers for <i>The Cross Word Puzzle Book—Third Series</i>, sent with our compliments, use the enclosed postal. -</p> -<p>Should you lose the postal, ten cents in stamps, sent to Simon and Schuster (The Plaza -Publishing Company), 37 West 57th Street, New York City, will bring a copy of the -answers by return mail. -</p> -<p>A recent questionnaire shows that the overwhelming majority of cross word puzzle fans -prefer to get the answers on application rather than with the book. This makes the -solving of the puzzles more entertaining and more instructive. -</p> -<p><i>Please turn to pages 114–121 of this book for announcements of importance to all interested -in Cross Word Puzzles.</i> -</p> -</div> -</div> -<div class="div1 titlepage"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divBody"> -<p class="first"></p> -<div class="figure titlepage-imagewidth"><img src="images/titlepage.png" alt="Original Title Page." width="431" height="720"></div><p> -</p> -</div> -</div> -<div class="titlePage"> -<div class="docTitle"> -<div class="mainTitle">THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE BOOK</div> -<div class="subTitle"><i>Third Series</i></div> -<div class="subTitle"><span class="sc">A Third Anthology of Fifty New Cross Word Puzzles Selected as the Best of the Thousands -Submitted to the New York World, Published Here Exclusively for the First Time, and -Edited</span></div> -</div> -<div class="byline"><i>By</i> -<br> -<span class="docAuthor">PROSPER BURANELLI</span><br> -<span class="docAuthor">F. GREGORY HARTSWICK</span><br> -<span class="docAuthor">MARGARET PETHERBRIDGE</span> -<br> -<i>with a</i><br> -BALLADE OF CROSS WORDS -<br> -<i>by</i><br> -<span class="docAuthor"><span class="sc">Ruth Franc von Phul</span></span><br> -<i>Cross Word Puzzle Champion of the World</i></div> -<div class="docImprint">SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC.<br> -THE PLAZA PUBLISHING COMPANY<br> -<span class="sc">New York</span> ⸬ 1924</div> -</div> -<p></p> -<div id="imprint" class="div1 imprint"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#imprint.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="main"><span class="sc">The Cross Word Puzzle Books</span></h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first center"><span class="sc">Printed by the Select Printing Company, New York</span> -</p> -<p class="center"><span class="sc">Bound by the H. Wolff Company, New York</span> -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table> -<tr> -<td colspan="2" class="colspan cellLeft cellRight cellTop subhead"><i>Third Series</i> (<span class="sc">PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 7, 1924</span>) -</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">First Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">40,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Second Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">25,000 copies -</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> Total Third Series To-date </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight"><span class="sum">65,000 copies -</span></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td colspan="2" class="colspan cellLeft cellRight subhead"><i>Second Series</i> (<span class="sc">PUBLISHED AUGUST 10, 1924</span>) -</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">First Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">10,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Second Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">10,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Third Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">15,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Fourth Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">25,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Fifth Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">25,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Sixth Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">25,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Seventh Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">25,000 copies -</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> Total Second Series To-date </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight"><span class="sum">135,000 copies -</span></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td colspan="2" class="colspan cellLeft cellRight subhead"><i>First Series</i> (<span class="sc">PUBLISHED APRIL 18, 1924</span>) -</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">First Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight"> 3,600 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Second Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight"> 3,600 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Third Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight"> 5,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Fourth Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight"> 5,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Fifth Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight"> 6,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Sixth Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">10,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Seventh Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">15,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Eighth Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">25,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Ninth Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">25,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Tenth Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">25,000 copies</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">Eleventh Edition </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight">25,000 copies -</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> Total First Series To-date </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight"><span class="sum">148,200 copies -</span></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom"> TOTAL TO-DATE </td> -<td class="xd31e218 cellRight cellBottom"><span class="sum">348,200 copies</span></td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -</p> -<p class="center">Copyright, 1924, and All Rights Reserved by<br> -SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC.<br> -THE PLAZA PUBLISHING COMPANY<br> -<span class="sc">37 West 57th Street<br> -New York, N. Y.</span> -</p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="ack" class="div1 notice boxed"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#ack.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="main"><span class="sc">Acknowledgement</span></h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first"><i>The publishers and editors of the Cross Word Puzzle Books wish to record the debt -of all Cross Word fans to The New York World for its pioneer work in the field. Cross -Word Puzzles have been run in the Sunday World for over twenty years and their present -nation-wide vogue had its origin in and received its greatest impetus from the Puzzle -Page of the Sunday World Magazine. The fifty cross word puzzles in this book are all -entirely new and have never been printed before in any publication.</i> -</p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="endorsement" class="div1 notice boxed"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#endorsement.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="main"><span class="sc">Official Endorsement</span></h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first"><i>The original Cross Word Puzzle Books, published by Simon and Schuster, are the only -ones officially endorsed by the Amateur Cross Word Puzzle League of America and edited -in conformity with the rules of cross word puzzle construction promulgated by the -League and printed on page 9 of this book.</i> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb1">[<a href="#pb1">1</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="preface" class="div1 preface"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#preface.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="main">PREFACE</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">Controversy, which is the breath of life to any of the arts or sciences, has reared -its head among the ranks of Cross Word solvers. The air is filled with ’tis and ’tain’t. -The clan is divided into schools, which is well for the vitality of puzzling. It is -undoubtedly true that a house divided against itself cannot stand; but it is also -veritable that an art divided against itself flourisheth exceedingly. -</p> -<p>The schism that is causing all the noise, reduced to its simplest terms, is stated -in the question, “Shall the Cross Word Puzzle be made hard or easy?” -</p> -<p>On the one hand stand the pundits, with thesaurus and dictionary armed. They crave -queer words and exotic definitions. They thrill to the cross-clue unravelling of some -strange combination of vowels and consonants resembling nothing ever uttered by human -tongue, but which their reference-books declare is a genuine word, with meanings and -inflections and everything. They delight in extracting a simple word from its definition -of secondary or tertiary meaning: when “express generally” is solved as “air” they -greet the word so often defined as “mixture of gases” with cries of delight; “introduce -as an antagonist” is found to be “pit,” and tears of joy are shed over the relief -from the common “hole” or “depression.” -</p> -<p>Thus the solvers who revel in the recondite. Opposed to them stand the serried ranks -of those whose pleasure lies in the accomplishment; who do not wish their onward march -to <span class="pageNum" id="pb2">[<a href="#pb2">2</a>]</span>victory delayed by forests of Javanese shrubs or oceans full of rajidae with enlarged -pectoral fins. Nor do they wish words torn far from their daily, or at least semi-weekly, -use. A Leer by the river’s brim a simple Sly Glance is to them, and not an Annealing-furnace. -</p> -<p>A third element enters the lists at this point—the constructors. When a man has a -superb puzzle almost finished, with complete interlock and no abbreviations or unkeyed -letters, he frequently finds a space left into which nothing will go except a particularly -rare combination of letters—let us say, for example, TIL. The constructor runs hastily -through his vocabulary and finds no TIL; he has a vague recollection of such a word -somewhere in his poetic remembrances; but the familiar abbreviation of “until” is -“till,” and the constructor has no wish to add the damning parenthesis-enclosed “poet. -contr.” after his definition. He tries all the combinations possible; none will fit. -Torn between despair and hope he seeks Webster’s Unabridged. Trembling finger runs -down the columns. Ah! Between “tikur” and “tilbury,” in small type, as though ashamed -of existence, he finds what he seeks. “Til—Sesame.” Into the construction goes the -word, and the puzzle is finished. Observe that the constructor had no desire to introduce -this exotic syllable; he did not even know that there was such a word in any language. -If he could have written “tic,” or “tie,” or “tin,” or “tip,” or “tis,” or “tit,” -he would have done so. But “til” was his sole refuge, and the Unabridged bore him -nobly out. Thus, says the constructor, why should the solver rage when he discovers -“sesame” among the definitions? Let him try to make one himself, etc., etc. -</p> -<p>Returning a moment to the pundits’ side of the argument, observe a fact. If any solver -had been asked, before he took <span class="pageNum" id="pb3">[<a href="#pb3">3</a>]</span>up cross words, to give offhand the name of Egypt’s sun-god, a three-letter word meaning -island, a four-letter word for handbag, the name of a large Australian bird, or the -sash affected by the ladies of cherry-blossom land, it is odds but that he would have -been reduced to stammering evasions. But even a tyro at the glorious game can now -rattle off by rote the words Ra, Uit, Etui, Moa, Obi. In running down the definitions -of a new puzzle it is not the household words that set him scribbling frantically, -but such old friends as the above. So, contend the punditti, a word that may be a -nameless horror at the moment becomes through association a friend in time of trouble. -</p> -<p>True enough, answer the believers in the simplicities, but the introduction of such -words is evidence of laziness on the part of the constructor. Moreover, their constant -use tends to eliminate them, their places to be taken by other literal monstrosities. -And there is much in this contention. Where now are the Emu and the Eel? Time was, -and not so long ago, that every other construction was the combined aviary and aquarium -necessary to harbor these two; today they are one with Nineveh and Tyre. And so it -may well be with Ra and Uit and Etui. They will march one by one into the shades where -lurk the other gallant words that died of over-work. And the strange combinations -that take their places will also abide their little hour, and go their way. -</p> -<p>Once again the constructor beats on the table and demands to be heard. “Where,” he -asks, “do I get off? Am I to be barred from including words that finish my design -because a group of you insist that no word not included in everyday vocabularies appear -in the little white squares? Or am I to suffer under the lash of scorn because a few -of you mock my brilliant construction wherein no exotic letter-combination <span class="pageNum" id="pb4">[<a href="#pb4">4</a>]</span>rears its head?—a construction that cost me more time than if I had allowed a few -oddities, I may add. What am I to do?” -</p> -<p>“Go as far as you like!” cry the Recondites. -</p> -<p>“Stick to the common words!” insist the Champions of the Plain. -</p> -<p>Of course, these admonitions do not help the constructor in the least. He is the ham -in the verbal sandwich—necessary, but spread rather thin and squashed flat. It is -in the nature of things that this should be so. No creator has had a different experience. -You can please some of the people, and the rest of it. It is part of the penalty of -the builder to receive criticism. Scarce have the birth-pangs passed when the child -is the storm-center of a tempest of contradictory comment. -</p> -<p>It is, of course, an indeterminable debate. The Simplicities have their case, as have -the Abstrusities. In the meantime, short of erasure and complete rebirth, the constructor’s -pattern remains. For better, for worse, for easier, for harder, in the pocket edition -or the Unabridged, his words cross and twine all among the blacks and the whites. -</p> -<p>In the meantime, the schism remains. What is to come of it, we know not. Whatever -the decision may be, the constructor will not change his status. Once a constructor, -always between the millstones. -</p> -<p class="signed"><span class="sc">Prosper Buranelli</span><br> -<span class="sc">F. Gregory Hartswick</span><br> -<span class="sc">Margaret Petherbridge</span> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb5">[<a href="#pb5">5</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="ballade" class="div1 notice"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#ballade.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="main">BALLADE OF CROSS WORDS</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first center"><i>By</i> -</p> -<p class="center"><span class="sc">Ruth Franc von Phul</span> -</p> -<p class="center small">(Cross Word Puzzle Champion of the World)<a class="noteRef" id="xd31e442src" href="#xd31e442">1</a> -</p> -<div class="lgouter"> -<div class="lg"> -<p class="line">Once from the world I sought surcease -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">Between a novel’s covers pressed;</p> -<p class="line">No longer there I look for peace; -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">Of anodynes I’ve found the best. -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">So, when the sun sinks in the west</p> -<p class="line">Sunk, too, are husband, friends and cook— -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">Where do I find my treasure chest?</p> -<p class="line">All in the leaves of the Cross Word Book.</p> -</div> -<div class="lg"> -<p class="line">If from ennui you seek release -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">Purchase this book; don’t beg; invest!</p> -<p class="line">Madame, she will love ze fine service -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">A caller intrudes? Hein? Kill ze pest! -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">Oh, Noah Webster, you are blest</p> -<p class="line">When for a clue in your works I look— -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">Where is all life from “less” to “crest”?</p> -<p class="line">All in the leaves of the Cross Word Book.</p> -</div> -<div class="lg"> -<p class="line">What galleon sought the Golden Fleece? -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">What is the Welsh for “eagle’s nest”?</p> -<p class="line">What is a Flemish tartan crease? -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">Who was it asked the Erse for “breast”? -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">Who can define a Baltic jest?</p> -<p class="line">Who ever called it a six-pronged hook! -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">You will discern them, mixed and messed,</p> -<p class="line">All in the leaves of the Cross Word Book.</p> -</div> -<div class="lg"> -<h4><span class="sc">L’envoi</span></h4> -<p class="line">Prince: if from affairs your soul craves rest, -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">Hie you to some abandoned nook.</p> -<p class="line">There for your mind seek a gayer test -</p> -<p class="line xd31e448">All in the leaves of the Cross Word Book.</p> -</div> -<p><span class="pageNum" id="pb6">[<a href="#pb6">6</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div class="footnotes"> -<hr class="fnsep"> -<div class="footnote-body"> -<div class="fndiv" id="xd31e442"> -<p class="footnote"><span class="fnlabel"><a class="noteRef" href="#xd31e442src">1</a></span> Winner of the Woman’s Singles and of Challenge Round, First National All-Comers Cross -Word Puzzle Tournament, held at the Wanamaker Auditorium, September 26th–27th, 1924. <a class="fnarrow" href="#xd31e442src" title="Return to note 1 in text.">↑</a></p> -</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> -<div id="enrichment" class="div1 notice"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#enrichment.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="main">VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT IN THE SUBURBS DUE TO THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE INFLUENCE</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">(<i>Two neighbors, Mrs. Wordsworth and Mrs. Frazee, are spending a warm summer afternoon -together on the former’s front porch. They are sewing.</i>) -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—What is that you are working at, my dear? -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—I’m tatting Joe’s initials on his moreen vest. Are you making that ebon garment for -yourself? -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—Yea. Just a black dress for every day. Henry says I look rather naif in black. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—Well, perhaps; but it’s a bit too anile for me. Give me something in indigo or, say, -ecru. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—Quite right. There is really no neb in such solemn investments. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—Stet. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—By the way, didn’t I hear that your little Junior met with an accident? -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—Yes. The little oaf fell from an apse and fractured his artus. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—Egad! -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—And to make matters worse Dr. Bloop botched it so that we had to trek into town to -a specialist. How Dr. Bloop makes his sal is a rebus to me. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—The zany. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—Joe’s ire was so aroused that he told Dr. Bloop <span class="pageNum" id="pb7">[<a href="#pb7">7</a>]</span>right to his visage that he was a dolt and an ort. Is your offspring well? -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—Not entirely. He was abed yester with a severe megrim, dark arcs neath his orbs and -as pale as talc. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—Renal? -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—That is moot. You see, Dicky is so active. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—A perfect icon of his pater; restless as a little emu. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—He took a canoe out on the tarn and paddled over to the ait. There he stepped into -a fen and got his feet roric. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—Boys have such an elan for the eau. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—Why can’t they play on the muirs and in the wald nearby? I gave him a drachm of ricin -and thank goodness he was better this morn. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—I’m so glad. This torrid weather is very trying. One’s vitality reaches its nadir -in this heat, and to add to the discomfort I have an incompetent serf to contend with. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—Oh, this esne problem. The last one I had was such a schelm I had to let her go. -Would you drink a nice cold beaker of negus? I’m so sere. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—Don’t trouble yourself, my dear. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—Not at all. It’s Henry’s favorite quaff and he insists upon it being on the ice at -all times. He gets quite roiled if it isn’t. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—Well, we must humor our sires. I hate to hear them gnar. -</p> -<p>(<i>They are interrupted by piercing juvenile shrieks growing rapidly louder and nearer. -Junior and Dicky, ages six <span class="pageNum" id="pb8">[<a href="#pb8">8</a>]</span>and seven, burst into view around the corner of the house. They take final kicks at -each other before smothering their sobs in the laps of their respective mothers.</i><span class="corr" id="xd31e585" title="Not in source">)</span> -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—Why, Junior, what is this? -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—Come, come, Dicky, aren’t you ashamed of such—— -</p> -<p><i>Dicky</i> (Howling)—W-well, it’s h-his fault. He said I was a five-letter word meaning a human -being with inferior intelligence and wit! -</p> -<p><i>Junior</i>—And he called me a four-letter word meaning an invisible particle of matter! -</p> -<p><i>Dicky</i>—And that’s what you are. -</p> -<p>(<i>They mix it up once more and are disentangled with difficulty.</i>) -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. F.</i>—I think we had better be going, Mrs. Wordsworth. I’m so sorry. -</p> -<p><i>Mrs. W.</i>—Male progeny will be male progeny, you know. -</p> -<p>(<i>Mrs. F. drags Junior away.</i>) -</p> -<p><i>Dicky</i>—(Yelling after him with much feeling)—ATOM!! -</p> -<p><i>Junior</i>—(Not too gently)—MORON!!! -</p> -<p class="signed"><span class="sc">N. D. Plume+Jean</span> -</p> -<p class="small">—<i>Reprinted by permission from F. P. A.’s Conning Tower, The N. Y. World.</i> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb9">[<a href="#pb9">9</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="rules" class="div1 notice"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#rules.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="main">RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CROSS WORD PUZZLES</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first"><i>Reported by the Committee on Rules, and adopted by The Amateur Cross Word Puzzle League -of America at its meeting, September 27, 1924, in The Wanamaker Auditorium, New York -City.</i> -</p> -<p>1. <span class="sc">Pattern</span> -</p> -<ul> -<li>The pattern shall interlock all over. -</li> -<li>Only approximately one-sixth of the squares shall be black. -</li> -<li>Only approximately one-tenth of the letters shall be unkeyed. -</li> -<li>The design shall be symmetrical.</li> -</ul><p> -</p> -<p>2. <span class="sc">Words</span> -</p> -<ul> -<li>Obsolete, and dialectic words may be used in moderation, if plainly marked and accessible -in some standard dictionary, such as Webster’s New International (Merriam’s), Funk -& Wagnalls’ and Century. -</li> -<li>Foreign words that are more or less familiar and are easily accessible, may be used, -but should be marked with the language to which they belong. -</li> -<li>Technical terms that are found in a standard dictionary may be used. -</li> -<li>Abbreviations, prefixes and suffixes, should be avoided as far as possible. When used -they should be plainly marked and must be legitimate.</li> -</ul><p> -</p> -<p>3. <span class="sc">Definitions</span> -</p> -<ul> -<li>Great variety may be attained in writing the definitions and as wide a scope as possible -must be left to the constructor. The only requirement is common sense. This means -that the definitions may be of the safe and sane dictionary kind, may be literary -or historical, may employ secondary meanings cleverly, may be legitimately funny. -Synonyms that are too far removed from the word and what Gelett Burgess calls “smarty-cat -definitions” should be avoided.</li> -</ul><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb10">[<a href="#pb10">10</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="howto" class="div1 notice"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#howto.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="main">HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS WORD PUZZLE</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">There are two essential points that must be remembered by initiates into the cross -word puzzlers’ fraternity. First, the numbers in the squares refer to the definitions; -secondly, there should be but one letter to each white square. -</p> -<p>Figure 1 shows a cross word puzzle challenging each and every one of us to solve it. -Looking the puzzle over we find that 1 horizontal calls for a seven letter word meaning -“disparage.” That is not so easy, so we leave it temporarily. We go on to the next -one, which is a three letter word meaning “a cereal grass.” What else could it be -but OAT? Therefore we ink in OAT in the proper squares. “Vice Admiral.” That most -assuredly must be VA. We place that into position. The ninth, tenth and eleventh do -not come to our minds immediately, so we pass them up. We will catch them on the cross -check. Twelve is familiar, however, and with a little thought we place LO in the vacant -squares. The rest do not come to us, so we leave them also, and turn to the verticals. -</p> -<p>EXAMPLE -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 5</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 6</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 7</td> -<td> 8</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 9</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">10</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>11</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">12</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td> </td> -<td>16</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">17</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -</p> -<p class="center"><span class="sc">Fig. 1</span> -</p> -<p>DEFINITIONS -</p> -<p>Horizontal -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Disparage</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Cereal grass</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Abbr. Vice Admiral</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> An edge-tool</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Urge</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Skill</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Behold</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Prefix: good</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Impair</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Agreement</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>Vertical</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Evolve</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Toward</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> A rodent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Near</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> A web</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Gone by</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> A land measure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> A male sheep</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Indeed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Disordered type</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb11">[<a href="#pb11">11</a>]</span></p> -<p>Looking over the diagram (See Figure 2) we find that one vertical calls for a seven -letter word whose third and fifth letters are V and L respectively and which is defined -as “evolve.” The V and the L give us the clue. The word is DEVELOP. We place it in -the diagram. Two, three and four are easy, for we have three clues to work on and -we find the proper words without much difficulty. The next one is beyond us, so we -go on to the one numbered 8. We find that a three letter word—starting with A—meaning -“gone by,” is needed. The clues of A and O enable us to get that without much trouble, -and we place AGO in the square. We pass by nine, but thirteen is easy. “A male sheep?” -Why, of course, the word is RAM. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1 </td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2 </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3 </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4 </td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 5 </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="solved"><span class="number">6</span> O</td> -<td class="solved">A</td> -<td class="solved">T</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft solved"><span class="number">7</span> V</td> -<td class="solved"><span class="number">8</span> A</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 9 </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">10 </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>11 </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft solved"><span class="number">12</span> L</td> -<td class="solved">O</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>13 </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14 </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15 </td> -<td> </td> -<td>16 </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">17 </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -</p> -<p class="center"><span class="sc">Fig. 2</span> -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop solved"><span class="number">1</span> D</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop solved"><span class="number">2</span> T</td> -<td class="cellTop solved"><span class="number">3</span> R</td> -<td class="cellTop solved"><span class="number">4</span> A</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 5 </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft solved">E</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="solved"><span class="number">6</span> O</td> -<td class="solved">A</td> -<td class="solved">T</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft solved"><span class="number">7</span> V</td> -<td class="solved"><span class="number">8</span> A</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="solved">T</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 9 </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft solved"><span class="number">10</span> E</td> -<td class="solved">G</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>11 </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft solved"><span class="number">12</span> L</td> -<td class="solved">O</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="solved"><span class="number">13</span> R</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14 </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft solved">O</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15 </td> -<td class="solved">A</td> -<td>16 </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom solved"><span class="number">17</span> P</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom solved">M</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -</p> -<p class="center"><span class="sc">Fig. 3</span> -</p> -<p>From now on the going is easy. We have plenty of clues to the words that we do not -know. (See Figure 3.) Rechecking the horizontals, we find that we have the first, -third, fourth and fifth letters of “disparage,” and with their aid we easily see that -the word is DETRACT. Looking for a two letter word meaning “an edge-tool,” we soon -find that there is but one word that will fit. We place AX in position. With nine -vertical beginning with an A it is easy to find that ARE is the proper word. Ten horizontal -<span class="pageNum" id="pb12">[<a href="#pb12">12</a>]</span>proves to be EGG and eleven becomes ART. We say to ourselves that if we could only -get five vertical we would have the puzzle solved. Well, why not? Is the second letter -an a, e, i, o, or u? The definition gives it as “a web.” What word will fit but TEXTURE? -We place that into position. Now, we find that we have the puzzle almost completed. -Fifteen horizontal needs a three letter word meaning “impair.” Its middle letter must -be an A. With the A to guide us that is simple. The word is “SAP.” Fifteen and sixteen -being two letter words are easily found, and we place SO and PI into position. We -now find that we have the puzzle completed with one exception. Seventeen horizontal -has to be found. Its first, third, fourth, fifth and seventh letters are P OMI E. -A consonant is needed for the second letter, and R seems to be the most logical choice. -That gives us the word, which is defined as “agreement.” (See Figure 4.) -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop solved"><span class="number">1</span> D</td> -<td class="cellTop solved">E</td> -<td class="cellTop solved"><span class="number">2</span> T</td> -<td class="cellTop solved"><span class="number">3</span> R</td> -<td class="cellTop solved"><span class="number">4</span> A</td> -<td class="cellTop solved">C</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop solved"><span class="number">5</span> T</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft solved">E</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="solved"><span class="number">6</span> O</td> -<td class="solved">A</td> -<td class="solved">T</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight solved">E</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft solved"><span class="number">7</span> V</td> -<td class="solved"><span class="number">8</span> A</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="solved">T</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="solved"><span class="number">9</span> A</td> -<td class="cellRight solved">X</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft solved"><span class="number">10</span> E</td> -<td class="solved">G</td> -<td class="solved">G</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="solved"><span class="number">11</span> A</td> -<td class="solved">R</td> -<td class="cellRight solved">T</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft solved"><span class="number">12</span> L</td> -<td class="solved">O</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="solved"><span class="number">13</span> R</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="solved"><span class="number">14</span> E</td> -<td class="cellRight solved">U</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft solved">O</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="solved"><span class="number">15</span> S</td> -<td class="solved">A</td> -<td class="solved"><span class="number">16</span> P</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight solved">R</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom solved"><span class="number">17</span> P</td> -<td class="cellBottom solved">R</td> -<td class="cellBottom solved">O</td> -<td class="cellBottom solved">M</td> -<td class="cellBottom solved">I</td> -<td class="cellBottom solved">S</td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom solved">E</td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -</p> -<p class="center"><span class="sc">Fig. 4</span> -</p> -<p>We settle back into our chair with a sigh of content at the thought of a job well -done. But that is not the finish. Rather it is but the start. Now that we have tasted -the pleasures of cross word puzzling, we are loath to give our time to anything else. -What other amusement offers the pleasure, instruction and satisfaction that is to -be found in Cross Word Puzzles? There is but one answer to that question, and—foregoing -the movies—we settle down to the elusive task of tracking words to their lairs. -<span class="pageNum" id="pb13">[<a href="#pb13">13</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="dosdonts" class="div1 last-child notice"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#dosdonts.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="main">DO’S AND DON’T’S FOR SOLVERS</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">Don’t get scared if you can’t guess the first horizontal word. Go through the list -till you find a definition that you’re sure of. That is the simplest method of beginning -the solution. When you have written in all the words you are sure of, you will have -plenty of clues for the unknowns. -</p> -<p>Don’t spend too much time with the long words unless you are sure of them. They will -appear when the short ones have been solved. Of course, not all the short ones are -easy, but they are generally more readily attended to than the long ones. Also, there -are more of them, increasing the chances of finding familiar faces among the definitions. -</p> -<p>If you think a word is right, pencil it in lightly till you are sure. This saves erosion -of paper and temper. But never hesitate to try a word that may be right. The trial -and error method holds in puzzling as it does in life. -</p> -<p>Remember that the horizontals furnish a sure check on the verticals, and vice versa. -</p> -<p>If you are hopelessly stuck, try another puzzle. Inspiration sometimes waits for a -return engagement. -</p> -<p>A pleasant feeling of something attempted, something done, accompanies the solution -of a cross word puzzle. It’s good for the inferiority complex. -<span class="pageNum" id="pb15">[<a href="#pb15">15</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -</div> -<div class="body"> -<div id="pz101" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz101.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 101</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">A CHRISTMAS TREE</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Moby Dick</span> -</p> -<p>This Christmas tree is a <i>tour de force</i> in consecutive two-letter words. Even the veriest beginner should finish it in a -half hour, for the words are all fair and should come to mind immediately. This is -a case where the rule on ratio of black squares to white is purposely violated for -appropriateness of design. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 8</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 9</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>10</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>11</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>12</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">13</td> -<td> </td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">19</td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td>22</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">23</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>24</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">25</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>26</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">27</td> -<td>28</td> -<td>29</td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td>32</td> -<td>33</td> -<td>34</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">35</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">36</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb14">[<a href="#pb14">14</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Lover of wisdom</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Exclamation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Conjunction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Negative</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Portent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Deposited</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Tailless amphibian</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Preposition</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Girl’s name</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Seize in arrest</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Printer’s measure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Toward</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Sun god</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Dental filling</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Warble</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Garment</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Italian city</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Pertaining to measurement of light intensity</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Man</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Material part of the earth</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Bone</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Preposition</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Outdoor sport</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Send out</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Formidable</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Simple</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Presently</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Latin for I love</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Atmosphere</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Not</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Note of scale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Near</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Conjunction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Perform</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Printer’s measure</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb17">[<a href="#pb17">17</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz102" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz102.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 102</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">CHILDSPLAY</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Hugo Kladeviko</span> and <span class="sc">James McIntyre</span> -</p> -<p>These contributors have made one for the tots. Likewise it is a good one for beginners -at cross word puzzling. Warm up on this one for the holy terrors that later on will -beset you. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 9</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>10</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>11</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">12</td> -<td>13</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td>15</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">18</td> -<td> </td> -<td>19</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>24</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td> </td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>29</td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">33</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>35</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>37</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight">38</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">39</td> -<td>40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>41</td> -<td>42</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>43</td> -<td> </td> -<td>44</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>46</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>47</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>48</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">49</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>50</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>51</td> -<td> </td> -<td>52</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>53</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>54</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>55</td> -<td> </td> -<td>56</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">57</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">58</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb16">[<a href="#pb16">16</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Form of literary expression</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Speculation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Constellation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> To be mistaken</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Thus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Consumed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Character in “Peer Gynt”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Upon</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Tool for cutting threads</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Be</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Humped beast of burden</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Spoken</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Colored fluid</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Cook in oven</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Droop</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Appear</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Behold</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Adverb and conjunction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Minute particle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Support</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Undermines</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Be in debt</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Unit of linear measure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Fasten</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Trapped, cornered (colloq.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Caress</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Expression of hesitancy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Unit of weight</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Jurisprudence</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Preposition, toward</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Utensil</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Used in ancient warfare</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Poor in quality</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Irritate</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Church dignitary</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Elevated R. R.</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Leaves of a shrub of China</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Repetition</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Request (poet)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Before</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Either</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Citizen of New England</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Propeller</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Place for egress</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Solicits</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Hard wood</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Foot</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Into</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Tuber</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Sings with spirit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> A broom</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> A card game</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Attention</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Regard</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Mimic</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> A.M.</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Skin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Speck</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Long seat with back</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Vent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> You and I</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Pasture</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Sound</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Mend</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Label</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Contest between countries</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Father</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Mother</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb19">[<a href="#pb19">19</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz103" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz103.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 103</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">LADIES FIRST</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Albert Buran</span> -</p> -<p>Here is the puzzle that Mrs. Ruth von Phul did in four minutes and twenty seconds, -thereby winning the Ladies’ Championship, at the tournament held in Wanamaker’s Auditorium -in September. See if you can clip a second off that record. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 8</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 9</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>10</td> -<td> </td> -<td>11</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>12</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>14</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">15</td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td>19</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>21</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">26</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td>29</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">34</td> -<td>35</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>37</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">38</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">39</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb18">[<a href="#pb18">18</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Boat hoisting contrivance</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Prosecuting judicially</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> A pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Pertaining to the nose</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> A conjunction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> A thin oval board used by an artist</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> A pasture</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> The first flapper</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> A color</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> A brownish red stone</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Mentally sound</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Savant</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Notice</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Saucy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Completely</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Social beginner (slang)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> A cereal grass</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Shelters</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> An expression of inquiry</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> A parent’s sister</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Bone</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Kingdom</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> To give out</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Face of a timepiece (pl.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Near</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> A feminine suffix</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Narrative</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Glut</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Ultimo (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> A negation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> To class or sort</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> XVII</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Packages</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Obliterators</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> A wooden frame</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> A vestibule</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Achieved</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> A slight taste</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> A personal enemy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Rigid</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Sound rhythmically</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Stupid (Fr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Presidential nickname</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Goddess of night (myth.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> A pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> An alleged force</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb21">[<a href="#pb21">21</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz104" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz104.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 104</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">THE LAZY MAN’S DELIGHT</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">B. Benas</span> -</p> -<p>After you have struggled with a terror and want to rest your weary brain, here’s the -puzzle for you. Nice and easy and well put together. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">10</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">11</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>12</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>20</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">22</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td>25</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>26</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>29</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>34</td> -<td>35</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>36</td> -<td>37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>38</td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">39</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>42</td> -<td class="cellRight">43</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">44</td> -<td> </td> -<td>45</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>46</td> -<td> </td> -<td>47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>48</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>50</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>51</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>52</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">53</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>54</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>55</td> -<td>56</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">57</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">58</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb20">[<a href="#pb20">20</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Eyelashes</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Foundation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Decrees</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Occupant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Titled person</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Through</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Used in games of chance</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Before</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Purport</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Female deer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Selenium</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Meadow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Not within</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Degree given physicians</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Clip</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Plural of vegetable</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> That thing</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Regarding</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Character of a people</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Fragment</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Article</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Epoch</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Course</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Behold</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Obstruct</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Urchin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Wager</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Among</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Brownish color</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Make feverish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> European cuttlefish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Oily matter</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Dirge</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Come into</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Resigns</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Accustoms</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Body of water</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Frozen dessert</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Near</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Exist</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Conjunction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Reported</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Annual receipts</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Horse</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Weapon</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Soldiers collectively</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Printer’s measure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> A drink</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Regret</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Mythological stream</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Linger</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> To reach exactly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Ocean</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Hard coating</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Metal bearing rock</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Seasonings</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Oscillate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Be able</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Give pleasure to</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Humble</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Animal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Mature</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Note of scale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Cudgel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Excavate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Female bird</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Forever</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Note of scale</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb23">[<a href="#pb23">23</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz105" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz105.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 105</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">NEAT SYMMETRY</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Frank A. Ford</span> -</p> -<p>An unusual disposition of blacks and a pretty symmetry. Decorative patterns give an -esthetic charm to cross word puzzling. Before you finish you will have brought home -the bacon. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop">11</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">12</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">13</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>15</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>22</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td>27</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>29</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>30</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>33</td> -<td>34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>35</td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">36</td> -<td> </td> -<td>37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>38</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>39</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>40</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">41</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">42</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>43</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>44</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>46</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>47</td> -<td> </td> -<td>48</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>50</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>51</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">52</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>53</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>54</td> -<td>55</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>56</td> -<td> </td> -<td>57</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight">58</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">59</td> -<td>60</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>61</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>62</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>63</td> -<td> </td> -<td>64</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">65</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>66</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>67</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>68</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">69</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>70</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>71</td> -<td> </td> -<td>72</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>73</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">74</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">75</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">76</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb22">[<a href="#pb22">22</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Salted smoked pig’s hip</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> An adult swine</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Demesne estate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Sincere</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Pertaining to a wall</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Back of the neck</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Color in spectrum</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> To deface</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> A small dram</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> A receptacle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Woodsmen’s implements</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Arrogance</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Famous French writer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Night moisture</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Devoured</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Yankee Jack tar</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Curved structural member</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Bay or chestnut</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Dobbin’s headpiece</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Slumbers</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> A lyric song</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Quite a few</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> A pasture</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Folds in cloth</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Played golf</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> To interdict</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Large Siberian river</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Accomplished</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> To regret</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> An honorable title</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Senile</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Concerning the pope</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> To serve</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Genus homo</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Racket</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Early man’s abode</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Late man’s consolation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Every man’s foe</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> Pelted with hen fruit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> Fermented malt liquors</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Citrous fruit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> An indeterminate age</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Without active properties</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Borate of sodium</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Top of pyramid</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Surrendered</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Surmounting</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> A shout of triumph</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Alternative</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Mr. Goose</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Indefinite article</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> An Indian viceroy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> A precious form of silica</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Kingly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Representation of earth’s surface</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> To deceive</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> A place to rest</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> A parcel post district</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Yanked</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Liquid measures</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> To dip up</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> The peak</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> A species of orange wood</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Celerity</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> A twining moraceous vine</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Opposite the wind</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> A physiological distinction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> A mythical sprite</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Affected with grief</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Greedy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Deposited by a hen</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Large globose fruit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Dull gray</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Ship of the desert</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Coarse cotton drilling</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Ascending</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> A light firearm</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Box for valuables</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Donated</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> American dessert</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Conducted</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> An observer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Behold!</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Proceed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> One or any</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb25">[<a href="#pb25">25</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz106" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz106.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 106</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">THE DARLING OF THE GODS</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Ambrosian</span> -</p> -<p>This puzzle was used in the All Comers Contest, held at Wanamaker’s Auditorium in -September. The time of the winner, W. F. Hunter of Sound Beach, Conn. was 6 minutes, -40⅕ seconds. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 7</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 8</td> -<td> 9</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>10</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">11</td> -<td>12</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td>16</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>20</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">22</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td> </td> -<td>28</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>29</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">30</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>32</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>33</td> -<td class="cellRight">34</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>36</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">37</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">38</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">39</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb24">[<a href="#pb24">24</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> French coin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> At a latter time</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> High mountain</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Pole-star</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Form of “to be”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Pedigrees</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Prefix meaning two</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Impersonal pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Pen</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Parent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Position-proud person</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Island</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Words parallel to this</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Orient</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Narrow groove</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Negative</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Part of anatomy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Mountain (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Like</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Girl’s name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Therefore</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Spanish dances</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Perceive</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Fly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Possessive pronoun</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Large body of water</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Ascent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Exclamation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Splits up into parties</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Playing card</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Like</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Greek letter</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Alternative</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Exists</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Pertaining to ancient Greek culture (plural)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Votes</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Trunk</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Religious song</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Personal pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Morsel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Possessive pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Founded (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Stop</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Father (French)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Beast of burden</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Exclamation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Behold</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Used in boat</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Exist</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Therefore</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb27">[<a href="#pb27">27</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz107" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz107.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 107</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">RIBS OF THREE-LETTER WORDS</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Leonard J. Brightman</span> -</p> -<p>Over sixty three-letter words here! -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 13</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 15</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> 17</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 20</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 24</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> 26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 29</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 31</td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 32</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 34</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 36</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 37</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> 38</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 39</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 42</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 43</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 44</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 45</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 46</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 48</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 50</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 51</td> -<td> 52</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 53</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 54</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 55</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 56</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> 57</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 58</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 59</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 60</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 61</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 62</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> 63</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 64</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 65</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 66</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 67</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 68</td> -<td> 69</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 70</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 71</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 72</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 73</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 74</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 75</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 76</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 77</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 78</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 79</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 80</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> 81</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 82</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 83</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 84</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 85</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 86</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 87</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 88</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 89</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 90</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 91</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 92</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> 93</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 94</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 95</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 96</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 97</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 98</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 99</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>100</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">101</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">102</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom black"></td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb26">[<a href="#pb26">26</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Branch of medical practice</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Quiet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Gracious</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Book formed by doubled pages</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Commonly used</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Wrath</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Excluded</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Born</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Mean fellow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Boy’s nickname</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Unit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Shade of brown</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Cut</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Female of swine</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Before</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Pinnacle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Name (Fr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Knock</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Part of verb “to be”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Fasten</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Old soldier (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Crow-like bird</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Negation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Short hairs on surface of cloth</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Coffins</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Flap</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Heavenly body</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Fireworks</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Decorate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Attack</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Prepare the way for</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> A precious stone</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Tropical fruit-eating bird (pl.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Dissolute man</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> Rent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Holy person</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> A color</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Whether</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Bark</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Exclamations</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> Concealed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Unassorted printing type</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> Small child</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Species of fish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> Earthen vessel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Procured</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">81</span> To notch</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">83</span> Affirmative</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">85</span> Wooden tank</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> Solution containing alkali</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">88</span> Decay</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Small headless nail</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">92</span> Obstruct</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">94</span> Long narrow sword</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">96</span> Sensory organ</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">97</span> End</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">98</span> Plant of the lily family</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">100</span> Sacred cantata</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">101</span> Insect resembling dragon-fly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">102</span> Enforced</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Interest</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Coin of British India</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Small aromatic shrub</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> First woman</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> A note in music</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Provided that</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Lout</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Ardor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Baseball teams</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> South American bird</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Employment</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Present tense plural of “to be”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Song</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Hostelry</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Attention</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Devitalize</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Relation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Fortify</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> 2000 lbs.</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Shell for seeds</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Pale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Masticates</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Point</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Steam</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Entangle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Composition in verse</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Garden vegetable</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Food</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Surgical instrument</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Irrigated</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Pertaining to nose</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Filipino weapons</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Limit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Livelihood</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Strike gently</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Wagon track</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Call of distress</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Weary</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Overlook</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> The soft palate (rare)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Departure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Sailor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Accoutre</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Confusion</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> Recompense</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> Hovel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> An American author</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> A large fish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> Opposed to “no”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> Tooth</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Revolve</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">82</span> Aim</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> Mimic</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">85</span> Contend</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> Narrow roads</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">87</span> Vase</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">89</span> Linden tree</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">91</span> Cereal plant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">92</span> Fragments</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">93</span> Spout</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">95</span> King (Fr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">97</span> Enemy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">99</span> Opposed to “yes”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">100</span> Mister</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb29">[<a href="#pb29">29</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz108" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz108.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 108</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">THE WHIFFENPOOF</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">W. C. Brooks</span> -</p> -<p>Introduce this animal to your menagerie. He has a spotted coat which may give him -a terrible aspect. But you’ll find him gentle and kindly most all the time. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">11</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>12</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">15</td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>20</td> -<td>21</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">22</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td>26</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">28</td> -<td> </td> -<td>29</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td>32</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>33</td> -<td>34</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>37</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>38</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>39</td> -<td>40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>42</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>43</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">45</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>46</td> -<td> </td> -<td>47</td> -<td> </td> -<td>48</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>49</td> -<td> </td> -<td>50</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight">51</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">52</td> -<td>53</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>54</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>55</td> -<td>56</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">57</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>58</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>59</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>60</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>61</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">62</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>63</td> -<td>64</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>65</td> -<td>66</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>67</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>68</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">69</td> -<td> </td> -<td>70</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>71</td> -<td>72</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>73</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>74</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>75</td> -<td>76</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>77</td> -<td> </td> -<td>78</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">79</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">80</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb28">[<a href="#pb28">28</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Atone</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Legendary origin 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Occidental</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Dash</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Disagreeable</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Babylonian deity</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> River in Italy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> Political unit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Surface of fibres</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Poises</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Turf</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Period of time</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> Yale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Before</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Greek prefix—two</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> Preposition</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb31">[<a href="#pb31">31</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz109" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz109.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 109</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">MIXED DOUBLES</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Gregorian</span> -</p> -<p>This puzzle was used in the mixed doubles contest held in Wanamaker’s Auditorium in -September, when Mr. and Mrs. William A. Stern II successfully defended their title. -Their time was 6 minutes, 15 seconds. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 8</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 9</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>10</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">11</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>12</td> -<td>13</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">14</td> -<td> </td> -<td>15</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>18</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td>22</td> -<td class="cellRight">23</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">24</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">26</td> -<td> </td> -<td>27</td> -<td>28</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>29</td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">33</td> -<td>34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>35</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>38</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>39</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>41</td> -<td>42</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">43</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">44</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb30">[<a href="#pb30">30</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Strike sharply</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Russian mountain range</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Trial</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Name of saint given to Spanish watering place</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Preposition</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Small fruits</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Strange</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Soon (plural)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Emperor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Name of queen who was mother of Edward the Confessor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Dispatched</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Egyptian god</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Alternative conjunction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Obstruction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Long</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Prefix—not</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Form of parasitic plant life</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Capital of Croatia</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Edible seed formation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Hinder</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Italian particle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Sheltered</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Italian dukedom famous in renaissance</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span 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class="itemNumber">15</span> Obstruction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Sun god</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Disallowed legal claims</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Supports</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Fliers</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Fruits used for making alcoholic beverages</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Afternoon</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Product of dissociation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> King of Israel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Festive</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Personal pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Color</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Thus</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb33">[<a href="#pb33">33</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz110" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz110.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 110</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">LONG AND LANGUID</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">H. Emerson Hough</span> -</p> -<p>This a neat construction which is filled with pleasant, diverting words. 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weeping</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">82</span> Epoch</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> Fall</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> Gamin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">87</span> A sea bird</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">88</span> Habitation of wild beasts</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Part of a circle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">92</span> Conjunction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">93</span> Concerning</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb35">[<a href="#pb35">35</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz111" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz111.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 111</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">A YULETIDE CHANT</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Gregorian</span> -</p> -<p>Good work with a stunt pattern. Note the fine tree trunk. This is one of those puzzles -that are built around a central crossing of long words. A day of joy and feasting -to you! -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td> 2</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 3</td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td> 4</td> -<td> 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blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>14</td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>20</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td>22</td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">28</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">29</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td>34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td>35</td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td>37</td> -<td> </td> -<td>38</td> -<td>39</td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom blank"></td> -<td class="cellBottom blank"></td> -<td class="cellBottom blank"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">40</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom blank"></td> -<td class="cellBottom blank"></td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom blank"></td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb34">[<a href="#pb34">34</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Allow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> West European capital</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Coincide</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Impersonal pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Symbol of metallic element</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Talk over</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Garment sellers</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Personal pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Cunning</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Latin diphthong</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Geometric ratio</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Dry and hard</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Conjunction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Dionysiac poet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Fostering</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Believers in basic simplicities</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Customs (Lat.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> South American dance</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Insectivorous mammals</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Biblical character</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Western world</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Elder</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Familiar salutation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Hang behind</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Bind</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Court</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Mode of perception</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Unoccupied</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Member of Arab tribe</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Heavenly body</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Islands</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Fabulous monster</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Belonging to a sailor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Equestrian game</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Top piece</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Portion (legal)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Chanted</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Closing apostrophe</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Prevaricator</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Printer’s measure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Adverb and conjunction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Devoured</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Implicit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Since</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Personal pronoun objective case</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Egyptian god</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> With (prefix)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Measure of land</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb37">[<a href="#pb37">37</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz112" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz112.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 112</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">THE NOVELTY SHOP</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">George E. Wilcox</span> -</p> -<p>We learned a few new useful words from this one. When you’ve worked out a new word -in a puzzle, and studied its definition and pondered over its spelling, the chances -are ten to one you’ll recognize it next time you see or hear it. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop">11</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">12</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">13</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">24</td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>27</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td>29</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>32</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>38</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>39</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">40</td> -<td> </td> -<td>41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>42</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>43</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>44</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">45</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">46</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>48</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>49</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">50</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>51</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>52</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>53</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>54</td> -<td> </td> -<td>55</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>56</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>57</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">58</td> -<td>59</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>60</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>61</td> -<td>62</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>63</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">64</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>65</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>66</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">67</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">68</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb36">[<a href="#pb36">36</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> City in Bohemia</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Segregate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Thither (poet.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Eighth part of a circle (pl.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Vigor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Reconcile parties</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Shortening of syllable</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Those in power</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Bite</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Part of circle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Large bag</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Slaves (Anglo Saxon)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Barks sharply</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Girl’s name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Manifested</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Die (Scotch)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> River in Western Africa</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Sailors, collectively</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Eagle</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Reposed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Institute of learning</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Pertaining to the thigh</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Hasten</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Times (Latin)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Era</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Term in Jewish calendar</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Afraid (slang)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Stone (Scotch)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Strike softly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Cereal grass</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Be sick</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Branch of theology dealing with union among churches</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Annuity shared among a number</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> Vehicle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Sentry</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Negative prefix</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Fifth letter of Greek alphabet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Ostensible reason</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Fermentation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Sorrow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Glucoside obtained from indigo plant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Hawaiian trees</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Perform</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Implement</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Examine</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Pen</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Mountain in Greece</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Fruit of tropical tree</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Until</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Rising above a surface, as of water</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Writing fluid</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Attempt</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Hostelry</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Glandular</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Good news</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> A seal rookery</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Slavery</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Heron-like bird</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> One of the seven arts</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Elongated fish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Combining form denoting connection with the hyoid bone</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Cup</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Those who guide</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> American poet and philosopher</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Platform at head of the foremast</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Small rope used for rope ladder</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Gentle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Compensate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Hastened</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Pose</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Statement</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Poker term</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Knock</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Noise made by pigeons</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Belonging to us</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Goddess of night</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb39">[<a href="#pb39">39</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz113" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz113.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 113</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">A DOODLE BUG</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Samuel W. Phillips</span> -</p> -<p>We decided to call this a doodle bug because it is essentially doable. And it oughtn’t -to bite any of you if you handle it gently and don’t stick your pencil in its eye. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop">11</td> -<td class="cellTop">12</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">13</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td>19</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td>25</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">28</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>29</td> -<td> </td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight">33</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">34</td> -<td>35</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>37</td> -<td> </td> -<td>38</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>39</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>40</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>42</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>43</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">45</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>46</td> -<td>47</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>48</td> -<td>49</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>50</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>51</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>52</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>53</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>54</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>55</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>56</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>57</td> -<td>58</td> -<td> </td> -<td>59</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>60</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">61</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>62</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>63</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight">64</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">65</td> -<td>66</td> -<td> </td> -<td>67</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>68</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>69</td> -<td>70</td> -<td> </td> -<td>71</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">72</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>73</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>74</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">75</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">76</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb38">[<a href="#pb38">38</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Deserts</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> 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class="itemNumber">36</span> An exclamation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Part of a hanging scale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> River in southern China</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> In contact with</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Immediately</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Preposition</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Pertaining to type</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Temple</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> A pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> A republic (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Consume</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Hawaiian Islands (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Printers’ measure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> An iota</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> One of two or more</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Vehicle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Lodge</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Eternity</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Current</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> To trim</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Number</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Reconcile</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Less difficult</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Loops</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> Provokes</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Lists</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Whirl rapidly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> A tight fitting woolen cap (Scot.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> A render</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> 119.6 sq. yds.</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Girl’s name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> A clerical degree</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Of (Fr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Frozen</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> A basket (prov.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> God of light (myth.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> So</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Part of verb to be (Spanish)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> A sentinel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Exclude</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> One (Scot.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Goddess of dawn (myth.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Unit of work</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> A fruit (pl.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Opening</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Simple</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> A preposition</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Like</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Concerning</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Insect</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Mimic</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Encountered</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Unit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> To this extent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Originated</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Half a laugh</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Majestic</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Blot</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Eyes (Scot.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Raucous</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Wager</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Lair</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Frank</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Skin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Philippine men</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> A course</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> A roe (Scot.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> The egg of an insect</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Received</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> Before (poetical)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> Relating to</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Negative</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb41">[<a href="#pb41">41</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz114" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz114.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 114</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">BATTALION ATTENTION!</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Major</span> -</p> -<p>Cross word puzzles must be something like an intricate plan of a battle. The army -delights in them. Here is one with word masses locking at center, masses of good, -useful words. Map out your campaign—keep at it until the last long smile. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop">11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop">12</td> -<td class="cellTop">13</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">14</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>16</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>20</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>24</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">27</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>29</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight">31</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">32</td> -<td>33</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>34</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>35</td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td>37</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>38</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>39</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">40</td> -<td> </td> -<td>41</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>42</td> -<td>43</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>44</td> -<td> </td> -<td>45</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>46</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>48</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>50</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">51</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>52</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">53</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>54</td> -<td>55</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>56</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>57</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">58</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>59</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>60</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>61</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>62</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">63</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>64</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>65</td> -<td> </td> -<td>66</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>67</td> -<td>68</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>69</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>70</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>71</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>72</td> -<td>73</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>74</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>75</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>76</td> -<td> </td> -<td>77</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>78</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>79</td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">80</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>81</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>82</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>83</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">84</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">85</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>86</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>87</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>88</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">89</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">90</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">91</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb40">[<a href="#pb40">40</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Weapon</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Cripple</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> 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class="itemNumber">34</span> Interjection</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Unbounded expanse</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Into</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Note of scale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> High</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Ruler</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Silver coin of Spain</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Spoil</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Retain</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Pusher</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Aid</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Plant</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Cold pendant</li> -<li 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fruit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Curl</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> Ball</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Woman</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> Celebrity</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Irritating to the mind</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">81</span> Kind of oil</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">83</span> Head</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">85</span> Kind of lily</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> Educate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">88</span> Sovereign state</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">89</span> Low haunt</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Epitomized</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">91</span> Rent</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Furthermore</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Wind</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Associates</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Form of “to be”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Stomach</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Tax</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Exhalt</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Vex</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Poetic name for India</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Negative prefix</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> True</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Merit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Afflict</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Play</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Started</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Privilege</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Basket</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Negative (Scotch)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Gold</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Swear</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Vociferate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Joint</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Builder</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> City in Pennsylvania</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Producer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Chemical element</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Delusive reasoning</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Hauled</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Mode of generation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Water sprite</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Birthplace of a prophet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Tramp</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Explore</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Treats</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Entrance to a building</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Law</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> Strained</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Unite permanently</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Part of war vessel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Capitalist</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> Matter</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> The writer or speaker</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Part of a coat</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> Valley</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Tool</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Ireland</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> Weary</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Owned</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">81</span> Native of country</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">82</span> Abbr. for hand-written book</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> Nip off</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> Negative</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">87</span> Any person whatever</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb43">[<a href="#pb43">43</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz115" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz115.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 115</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">AN OLYMPIAN DELIGHT</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Jupiter</span> -</p> -<p>Even the eight unkeyed letters in the center can’t detract from the solid worth of -this nectar for the gods. We’re glad we didn’t take the modest author’s suggestion -to throw it in the wastebasket. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop">11</td> -<td class="cellTop">12</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">13</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>26</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>29</td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">33</td> -<td>34</td> -<td>35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td>37</td> -<td>38</td> -<td class="cellRight">39</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">42</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>43</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>45</td> -<td> </td> -<td>46</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">48</td> -<td>49</td> -<td>50</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>51</td> -<td>52</td> -<td> </td> -<td>53</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>54</td> -<td>55</td> -<td>56</td> -<td class="cellRight">57</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">58</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>59</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>60</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>61</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">62</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>63</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>64</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>65</td> -<td>66</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">67</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>68</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>69</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">70</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">71</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">72</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb42">[<a href="#pb42">42</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Rodents of Central and South America</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Stake in any wager</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> County in New Jersey</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Biographical and eulogistic panegyric</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Imitate absurdly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Tawny thrush</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Serpent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Prohibit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> River in India</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Apprehend</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Perpetual</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Feign</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Gaelic and Irish languages</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Sore</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Pismires</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Liquid or dry measure, used especially in the Netherlands</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Label</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Pale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Hard, transparent resin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Hammered</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> White, amorphous or slightly crystalline very bitter alkaloid compound</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Be initiated into</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> As before</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Adjust</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Beast of burden</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Final</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> African giraffoid ruminant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Organs of hearing</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Part of verb “to be”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Anything by which something else is secured or fastened</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Allow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Girl’s name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> Invite</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Animals without feet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Outcome</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Shelter afforded by any object in a wind</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Measured by revolutions of the moon</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Ladies</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> Art (Latin)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Concerning; in regard to</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Peas collectively</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Shrub of genus Alnus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Systems of signals with arbitrary meanings</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Epoch</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Withered</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Tumult; confusion</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Subdivision of a province in modern Greece</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Inferior tin-plate alloyed with much lead</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Of ill repute</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Japanese coin 1⁄100 of yen</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Vehicle of 17th and 18th centuries</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Belch</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Garden walks or terraces (Class. antiq.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Exclamation to check rashness</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Facility; power</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Most level or uniform</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Torture</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Novel by George Sand</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Sour substances</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Mimic</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Male descendant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Small dwelling</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Oppose antagonistically</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Insect</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Constellation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Commoner</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> More than sufficiently</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Own (Scot.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Disabled</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Land that has been tilled</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Any one of various watery animal fluids</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Australian bear</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Sharp points</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Unparalleled</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> V-shaped rampart</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Draw the contents from; tap</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Coarse fabrics of plaited rushes</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Festive</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Refrigerate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Play on words</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb45">[<a href="#pb45">45</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz116" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz116.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 116</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">SOME LIKE ’EM HOT</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Madeleine Lubetty</span> -</p> -<p>A neater example of Cross Word construction one doesn’t come across often in one’s -pursuit of the horizontal and vertical. Don’t worry about the unkeyed letters—the -design and words more than make up for them. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop">11</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">12</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">13</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">23</td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td>25</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>27</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td>29</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>32</td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">35</td> -<td> </td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>38</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">39</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>41</td> -<td>42</td> -<td> </td> -<td>43</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">46</td> -<td>47</td> -<td> </td> -<td>48</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>50</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>51</td> -<td> </td> -<td>52</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">53</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>54</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">55</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>56</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>57</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">58</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">59</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb44">[<a href="#pb44">44</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Arched</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Resanctified</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Carnelian</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Virus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Silk fabric</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Violent ejector of air</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Right of property</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Caesar’s bad day</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Pertaining to a nest</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Found on dice</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Animal’s friend (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> A playing card</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> A nut</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Combustible matter</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> A Mexican blanket</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> French Cathedral town</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Guardian</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Card game</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Short instants</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> “Let it stand”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Matted</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> The Father</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Biblical name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> And others (Latin)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Primary</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Halt</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> The Czar</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> A dress</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> African nut</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Famous French writer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Ardor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Antagonists</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Fresh hair combing (two words)</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Co-operates</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Gold district</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> A plant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Relating to (suffix pl.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Close of day</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> To deduce</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Turn</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Man’s name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> To praise</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Pastoral poem</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> A hare</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Pendant ornaments</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Citizen of large American city</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Change form</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Boat</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Harass</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Non-professional</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> The end</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Enroll</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Biblical name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> To injure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Perfume</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Room of the Last Supper</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Small casket</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Reptile</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Gets up</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Native of Tuscany</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Act (suffix)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Fertile soil</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> To travel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Harmonize</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> A stair</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Oriental first name</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb47">[<a href="#pb47">47</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz117" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz117.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 117</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">A SPECKLED SPECIALTY</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Agnes Stewart</span> -</p> -<p>Though non-symmetrical, this pattern shapes itself to spell out a number of fascinating -words. You chemists ought to know all your symbols by heart at the rate those useful -two-letter combinations are being brought into the limelight by cross words. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 13</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 14</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 15</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 18</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 21</td> -<td> 22</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 25</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 29</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 32</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 35</td> -<td> 36</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 38</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 39</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 41</td> -<td> 42</td> -<td class="cellRight"> 43</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 45</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 46</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 47</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 48</td> -<td> 49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 50</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 51</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 52</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 53</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 54</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 55</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 56</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 57</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 58</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 59</td> -<td> 60</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 61</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 62</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 63</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 64</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 65</td> -<td> 66</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 67</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 68</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 69</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 70</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 71</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 72</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 73</td> -<td> 74</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 75</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 76</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 77</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 78</td> -<td> 79</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 80</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 81</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 82</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 83</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 84</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 85</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 86</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 87</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 88</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 89</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 90</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 91</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 92</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 93</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 94</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 95</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 96</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 97</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 98</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 99</td> -<td>100</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>101</td> -<td> </td> -<td>102</td> -<td> </td> -<td>103</td> -<td>104</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>105</td> -<td> </td> -<td>106</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">107</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>108</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>109</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>110</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">111</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>112</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>113</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>114</td> -<td> </td> -<td>115</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">116</td> -<td>117</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>118</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>119</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>120</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>121</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">122</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">123</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">124</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb46">[<a href="#pb46">46</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Fret</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Change</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Period of time</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Near</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Open space</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Wander</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Thus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Gasoline</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Correlative of either</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Large American lizard</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Air</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> 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class="itemNumber">107</span> Period of time</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">108</span> Characterized by absence of power</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">110</span> Fragrant flower</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">112</span> Piled</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">114</span> Waste time</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">116</span> Indefinite article</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">118</span> Rod</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">120</span> Heroine of Lohengrin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">121</span> Seventh note of scale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">122</span> Satellite</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">123</span> A spirometer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">124</span> Fabulous bird</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> 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class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Admission card</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Plan</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Impertinent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> A seaweed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Skin (Fr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> Symbol for cadmium</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Within</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Printer’s measure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Upon</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Leave out</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> A western state</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> Straight piece of wood</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span 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S.</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">97</span> Precious metal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">100</span> City in New York</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">101</span> Muddle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">102</span> Upon</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">103</span> New Mexico (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">104</span> Triangular spade used in ditching</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">106</span> Opaque whitish fluid</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">107</span> Bivalve mollusk</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">108</span> Long space of time</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">109</span> Hurl</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">111</span> Smart</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">113</span> Very softly (mus.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">115</span> Sorrow (Scot.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">117</span> Negative</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">119</span> Prefix meaning well</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">120</span> Printer’s measure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">121</span> Thus</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb49">[<a href="#pb49">49</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz118" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz118.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 118</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">A WINGED BEAUTY</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">H. R. Koegler</span> -</p> -<p>This two winged puzzle is of the sort that compels education. You can’t solve it without -learning something. What’s better to learn than a new word. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 12</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 13</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td 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class="cellLeft"> 28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 29</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 31</td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td> 32</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 33</td> -<td> 34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 36</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td> 37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 38</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td> 39</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 42</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 43</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 46</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 47</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 48</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> 49</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 50</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 51</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 52</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 53</td> -<td> 54</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 55</td> -<td> 56</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 57</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 58</td> -<td> 59</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 60</td> -<td> 61</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 62</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 63</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 64</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 65</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 66</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 67</td> -<td> 68</td> -<td> 69</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 70</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 71</td> -<td> 72</td> -<td> 73</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 74</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 75</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> 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93</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 94</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td> 95</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 96</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> 97</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 98</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 99</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>100</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td>101</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>102</td> -<td> </td> -<td>103</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">104</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>105</td> -<td>106</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td>107</td> -<td> </td> -<td>108</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>109</td> -<td> </td> 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-</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb51">[<a href="#pb51">51</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz119" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz119.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 119</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">THE MAN WHO CAME BACK</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Joseph A. Margolies</span> -</p> -<p>Remember Puzzle 73 in Series II? Mr. Margolies swore at that time that it was his -second and last, but here he is again, and more power to his left elbow—it’s better -than ever. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 13</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 14</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 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Utilize</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">97</span> Floor covering</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">99</span> Belonging to it</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb53">[<a href="#pb53">53</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz120" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz120.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 120</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">SANCTA SIMPLICITAS</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">John Fasel</span> -</p> -<p>A little too much black for the best construction, but full of ease such as delights -the puzzler in his more languid hours. Whet your appetite with this, and then try -stronger meat. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">10</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">11</td> -<td>12</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td>16</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">17</td> -<td> </td> 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class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Orient</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Lick up</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Otherwise</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> To sow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Wrath</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Beyond (prefix)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Cereal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> The forearm</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Hatchet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Exclamation of pleasure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Species of ox</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Pertaining to the laity</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Clotted 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teeth</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Calm side</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Novice</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> A cyma</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Attempt</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> A girl’s name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> Straightway</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> A land measure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">81</span> Freeholder</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">82</span> Priestly vestment</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">83</span> A rain cloud</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> A seat in a church</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">85</span> Cattle of the bovine genus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> Mischievous child</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">87</span> Even (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">88</span> Great quantities</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">89</span> Likewise</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Stained</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Talk in an easy manner</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Relish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Pointed steel instrument</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Ventures</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Pliant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Christmas</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Irritate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Maker of hats</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> To lament</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Spring</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Duty</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Composed of the number two</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Congeal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Beast of burden</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Period</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Goddess of peace</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Color</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Delude</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> A viscous material for writing</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> A badger-like animal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> African blacks</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> To urge</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Lyric poem</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Noose used for catching cattle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> A deep spoon</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Lowest deck of a ship</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Eagle’s nest</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> A card game</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Bud</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> To weary</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> To injure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Of the verb “to be”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Aqueous vapor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Snare</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Mean dress</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Nodule of earth</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> Despot</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Learned</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Distinguished (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Humanity</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Licentious</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Runic letters</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> A germ gland</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> Correct</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Symbol</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> Yell</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Abhor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> An ecclesiastic</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> In bed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Hireling</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb55">[<a href="#pb55">55</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz121" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz121.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 121</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">A ROSE WITH A THORN OR TWO</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Alfred A. Wicklund</span> -</p> -<p>Conscience compels the editors to warn the solver of several troublous words lying -unobtrusively among a collection of pleasant and easily diverting ones. But that is -the delight of cross word puzzling. The solver likes a little pain mixed with his -pleasure. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">11</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">12</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>19</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">25</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>26</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight">29</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">30</td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td>34</td> -<td> </td> -<td>35</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">36</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>38</td> -<td> </td> -<td>39</td> -<td>40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>41</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>42</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>43</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>44</td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">45</td> -<td> </td> -<td>46</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>47</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>48</td> -<td> </td> -<td>49</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">50</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">51</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>52</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>53</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">54</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>55</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>56</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">57</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">58</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">59</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb54">[<a href="#pb54">54</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Market</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Anything sour</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Iron or wooden post</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Farewell</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> One or any</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Western sport</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Tax</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Small insects</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Usage</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Mohammedan devil</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> In accordance with</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Brute</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> A register</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> An occupation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Part of dynamos</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Form of affection</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Higher knowledge</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> To slip away</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Sign for giving notice</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Repeated</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Intoxicated</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> About</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Entice</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> A salutation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> One</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Hollow tube</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Extents</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Proceed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Base of a statue</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Zealous</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Determined</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Be full</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> An equal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Mexican brick</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Small stream</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Denoting the final end</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Easy gallop</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> To recite in monotone</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> An arbor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Belief</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Irritate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> In law any damage</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Vestry</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> A watch case</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> A young girl (Scotch)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Frustrate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Therefore</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Cease</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Dry by rubbing</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Emitted blood</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Upon</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> A bone (Latin)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Note of the scale (mus.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> A Roman weight</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> A farm</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Realm</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> A crown</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Mohammedan religion</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Warehouse</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> A fruit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> To melt</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> A wharf</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Rodents</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Be full</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb57">[<a href="#pb57">57</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz122" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz122.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 122</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">NINE CROSSES</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Madge Sweeney</span> -</p> -<p>Fine masses of words, but not too difficult. A few unkeyed letters. Most puzzlers -complain about them, and we don’t blame them. At the same time, it is good dictionary -practise to hunt along among the <span class="sic">“pal”s</span> until you come to “pali.” -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">11</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">12</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>16</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>18</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">26</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>29</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight">30</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">31</td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>34</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>38</td> -<td>39</td> -<td>40</td> -<td>41</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>42</td> -<td>43</td> -<td>44</td> -<td>45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>46</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>48</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">50</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>51</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>52</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>53</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight">54</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">55</td> -<td>56</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>57</td> -<td> </td> -<td>58</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>59</td> -<td> </td> -<td>60</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">61</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>62</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>63</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">64</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">65</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">66</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb56">[<a href="#pb56">56</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Talented</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Lyric poem</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Child</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Card game</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Enlarge</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Past</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Mop</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Ruin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Justify</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Little face</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Pithy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Loose outer garment (Roman)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Beams</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Heavenly body</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Hirelings</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Proceed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Indian</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Viscous liquid</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Jot</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Drills skull</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Chatterer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Portable chair</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Gone astray</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Sacred chamber of Hopi Indians</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Xmas 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-<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> As well</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Curve</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Lounge</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Shield-shaped</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Liquid measure (1⅓ qts.) used in Turkey</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> War horse</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Rage</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Mature</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Civil offense</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Staff</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Generate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Beg</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Dolts</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> State of insensibility</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Iron holding millstone on spindle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Landing wharf</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Troubles</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Norse singer of heroic poems</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Apathetic</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Deface</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Cool</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Kind of tea</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Passage</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Parts of churches</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Growler</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Pagan</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Pertaining to Arum family</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Trained</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> To secure by winding rope around cleat</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Response</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> An affair of honor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Metallic vein</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Quarrel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Pull with force</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Experienced</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Point of a story</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb59">[<a href="#pb59">59</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz123" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz123.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 123</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">THIS ONE WON’T BREAK YOUR HEAD</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Isidore Edelstein</span> -</p> -<p>Not much here to make you go around the house shouting, “a twenty-seven letter word -meaning ‘cat’s eyeballs.’ ” Mr. Edelstein by no means makes himself a fiend, as some -of the constructors do. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td 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class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">91</span> Either</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">93</span> Behalf</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">95</span> Our (Fr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">96</span> Enemy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">97</span> Head as of wheat</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">99</span> Blight</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb61">[<a href="#pb61">61</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz124" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz124.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 124</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">POLYGON</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Harry R. Torr</span> -</p> -<p>It is pleasant sometimes to get away from the even square construction. This constructor -does it quite neatly. He has a nice selection of easy and difficult words. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">11</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>12</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td> </td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">15</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">16</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">20</td> -<td> </td> -<td>21</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>23</td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>27</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>29</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>31</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>35</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td>38</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>39</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td>41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>42</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="blank"></td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">43</td> -<td>44</td> -<td>45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>46</td> -<td>47</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>48</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>49</td> -<td>50</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td>51</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>52</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>53</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">54</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>55</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>56</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>57</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>58</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">59</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">60</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>61</td> -<td> </td> -<td>62</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>63</td> 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R.</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Abbr. measure of power</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Perpetual</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Ostrich</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Plateau</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Comfort</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Worry</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Raise</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Net</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Carried</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Wander</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Anti-prohibitionists</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Also</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Sleep</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Head support</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> Respectful salutation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Either side of the mouth</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Period of time</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Toward</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Conjunction</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb63">[<a href="#pb63">63</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz125" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz125.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 125</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">FILLIP FOR AN IDLE HOUR</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Captain F. F. Stewart</span> -</p> -<p>If you have never solved a cross word puzzle before, this one might be good for a -starter. Captain Stewart displays an admirable taste for simple words, even though -he must have his black squares to get them. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">11</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>12</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">21</td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td>29</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>33</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>35</td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>37</td> -<td> </td> -<td>38</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">39</td> -<td> </td> -<td>40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>41</td> -<td> </td> -<td>42</td> -<td> </td> -<td>43</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>45</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">46</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>48</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>50</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>51</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>52</td> -<td>53</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>54</td> -<td> </td> -<td>55</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">56</td> -<td>57</td> -<td> </td> -<td>58</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>59</td> -<td>60</td> -<td> </td> -<td>61</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>62</td> -<td> </td> -<td>63</td> -<td> </td> -<td>64</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>65</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>66</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>67</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">68</td> -<td> </td> -<td>69</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>70</td> -<td> </td> -<td>71</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>72</td> -<td>73</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>74</td> -<td>75</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">76</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">77</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>78</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>79</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>80</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>81</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>82</td> -<td>83</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>84</td> -<td> </td> -<td>85</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">86</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>87</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>88</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>89</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>90</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">91</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">92</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">93</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb62">[<a href="#pb62">62</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Engagement</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Mixture of flour and water</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Wire fastener</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> A good wash</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Dark colored layer of the iris</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Usual</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Mixed with</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Mien</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Lacerate</li> -<li 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class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Or</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Fabricated</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Meeting place</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Propel</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Without evil</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Kind of deer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Repose</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> A pilgrim to the Holy Land</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Foe</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Baby bed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Employs</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Peasant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Helps</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> H. M.</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Place</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Fill to satiety</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Guide</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> Well cooked</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">81</span> Dishonor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">82</span> Hear ye</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> Kind of duck</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> An Indian monkey</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">87</span> African equine</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">88</span> Renter</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">89</span> Aquatic mammal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Flower</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">91</span> Literal meaning</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">92</span> Having lugs</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">93</span> Implement that cuts metal</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Collect to a point</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Fatal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Lessen</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Story</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> A lighthouse</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Shallow place</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Famous prince</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Big waters</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Savor</li> -<li 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class="itemNumber">36</span> Gratifies</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Pertaining to an elemental force</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Impress</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Model</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Swamp grass</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Thronged</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> An abrasive</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Belief</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Understanding</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Journey</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Inhabitant of northern country</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Mine entrance</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Classical goddess</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Cobra</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Major part</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Of the first rank</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> Soil</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Father</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> To augur</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Of the stars</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Run away</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> Stream directer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> Military explosive charge</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> Dried fruit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Shooting star</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> Excite</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Unsmiling</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">81</span> Reposeful stupor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">83</span> European river</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">85</span> Too</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb65">[<a href="#pb65">65</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz126" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz126.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 126</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">GRACEFUL</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Agnes Stewart</span> -</p> -<p>Good words here, the kind that may not be on the tip of your tongue, but which you -will add to your vocabulary for speaking or writing. Try out Horizontal 23, 25 or -86 at your next dinner party. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop">11</td> -<td class="cellTop">12</td> -<td class="cellTop">13</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>16</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">18</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>21</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">27</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>29</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>30</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td 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class="itemNumber">82</span> Short for Rebecca</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> Portend</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">87</span> Tribe of Sioux Indians</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">88</span> Numbers (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">91</span> And (Latin)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">93</span> Depart</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb67">[<a href="#pb67">67</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz127" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz127.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 127</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">SPREADEAGLE</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By R. T. and C. K. -</p> -<p>The spread eagled “X” seems to be one of the most natural ways of disposing blacks -in a cross word puzzle. Do you know, by the way, that some of the most fascinating -problems in cross word puzzling lie in the difficulty and ease involved in the various -designs of the blacks. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 13</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 14</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 17</td> 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Davis</span> -</p> -<p>Good design, good words, good puzzle. Bring forth the Venus Pencil. 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href="#pb71">71</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz129" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz129.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 129</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">BEDIAMONDED BEAUTY</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">P. R. Brown</span> -</p> -<p>This diamond studded puzzle is truly a gem. It should prove only moderately difficult, -for all its pretty designs. 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Smith</span> -</p> -<p>We are told that puzzles put people to sleep and prevent nervous breakdowns by taking -the subject’s mind off his troubles. This one should have therapeutic qualities, for -according to the ratio rule it could have at least 38 black squares, whereas it has -only 33. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop">11</td> -<td class="cellTop">12</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">13</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">22</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>24</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">26</td> -<td> </td> -<td>27</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>29</td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>32</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 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-<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Loadstones</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> A small space</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Strike</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> In the year of our Lord</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Mother of Helen of Troy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Acute crest of a mountain range</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Flower (Fr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Decorative plant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Denoting equality</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Upper part of apron</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Lent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Enclosed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Young sheep</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Noted</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Ditches used as fortifications</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Religious order</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Canvas covered with waterproof material</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Tool used to make holes for small nails</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Smallest European deer</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Fungus used in cooking</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Edge of a roof</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Combining form meaning within (Greek)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Ejaculation meaning “alas”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Furnace used by alchemists</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Location</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Proportional share</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Soothe</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Simple</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Mouths (more common as adjective)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Eating principal meal of the day</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Saclike cavity</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Simpleton</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Loose soil</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Smell</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Fasten</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> Confused noise</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Prefix, geological epoch</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Seventh tone of musical scale</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb75">[<a href="#pb75">75</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz131" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz131.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 131</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">HOCUS POCUS</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">M. H. Foster</span> -</p> -<p>Doesn’t this look easy, a simple little pattern that seems certain to be filled with -such words as “dog” and “cat?” The editors did not want the solver to have the shock -of picking this one as a light ten minutes, and then find himself involved in tormenting -perplexities. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">10</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>11</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">12</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">13</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">17</td> -<td> </td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td>24</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>28</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>29</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">31</td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>34</td> -<td>35</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">36</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>37</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>38</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>39</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>41</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>42</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">43</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>46</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">47</td> -<td> </td> -<td>48</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>49</td> -<td> </td> -<td>50</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">51</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">52</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom black"></td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb74">[<a href="#pb74">74</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Proper name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Lawful</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Freeman of the lowest rank (anc. English)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Highest mountain in Africa</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> King of Bashan (Bib.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Common nickname</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Study with care</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> One</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> A semicircular base</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Combining form for a gaseous element</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Roman god of war</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Good (Fr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Places where two parts come together</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Number</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Malicious burning of another’s house</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Biblical character</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Shocking</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Rested</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Moderately wet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Entire man, body and mind</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> A county seat in Oklahoma</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Bring to court</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Madam (German)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Smells</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Fertile spot in a waste</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Note of scale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Negation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Facility resulting from practice</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Any powerful deity</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> To furnish with an engine</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> A man who does woman’s work</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Town in Siberia</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Testing of an alloy</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Part of Mediterranean sea</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Behold</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Songs</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Kinds</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Holy picture</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Mountain between France and Italy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Preposition</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Headdress (pl.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Sound judgment</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Unusually</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Extended written exposition</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Friend of Cicero, Roman comic actor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Plaguers</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Broth (pl. Scot.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Sound</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Limb</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Negative</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Rub oil upon</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Mirth</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Cotton goods used for overalls</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Destiny (pl.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> <span class="corr" id="xd31e28639" title="Source: Descendents">Descendants</span></li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Globes</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Leave</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Exclamation used in double as a farewell</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb77">[<a href="#pb77">77</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz132" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz132.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 132</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">A WORD FEST</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Aard-vark</span> -</p> -<p>The gentleman whose nom-de-plume appears above—look it up if you think there ain’t -no such word—is a highly trained dictionary hound. He pulls out some amazing words -sometimes. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop">11</td> -<td class="cellTop">12</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop">13</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>18</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">21</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>24</td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>26</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>29</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">30</td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td>33</td> -<td>34</td> -<td>35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>36</td> -<td>37</td> -<td class="cellRight">38</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">39</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>40</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>42</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">43</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>44</td> -<td>45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>46</td> -<td> </td> -<td>47</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>48</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">49</td> -<td> </td> -<td>50</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>51</td> -<td>52</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>53</td> -<td> </td> -<td>54</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">55</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>56</td> -<td>57</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>58</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>59</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>60</td> -<td>61</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>62</td> -<td> </td> -<td>63</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">64</td> -<td>65</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>66</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>67</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>68</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>69</td> -<td class="cellRight">70</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">71</td> -<td> </td> -<td>72</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>73</td> -<td>74</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>75</td> -<td> </td> -<td>76</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">77</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>78</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>79</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>80</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">81</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">82</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">83</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb76">[<a href="#pb76">76</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Poisonous tree</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Theme or subject (mus.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Color of unbleached stuff</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Style</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Tusks</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Spoils</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Kind of wind</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Man’s name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Kind of cross shape</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> All right</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> To offer to verify</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Obstruct</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Roman copper coin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> An arrow poison</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Besides</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> The earth (Prov.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Kind of scepter</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Separate portion</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Species of duck</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Household utensils</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Empty</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Chinese cash</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Scope</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Prefix, air</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Verb intransitive</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Seed of canary grass</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Anything small</li> -<li 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class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Syllable of scale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Crosswise</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> To take away (obs.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Rainbow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Suffix signifying “to make”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Genus of venomous snakes</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Coop or pen</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Ecclesiastical court of Rome</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Indian tribe</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Common newt (obs. Sp.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Blow or thump</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Serving to inspire fear</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Rigid</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Artificial international language</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Originally the highest note in scale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Glory</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Turbid</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Enraged</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> To cause</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Growing out</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Window</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Witness (leg.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Pertaining to language of Indo-China</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Good</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Snatched away</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Religious book</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Segment of the hind limb</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Bone</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Rested</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> A matter</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Unknown land</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> To set on end</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> To suffer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> The southwest wind</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Kind of plum cake</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> An annual plant, good for food</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> A genus of succulent plant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Away from the wind</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Spume</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Name of King Arthur’s lance</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Original</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Joke</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> An exclamation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> A paragraph added to a writing</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb79">[<a href="#pb79">79</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz133" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz133.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 133</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">SMALL BUT MIGHTY</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Irvan Neckerman</span> -</p> -<p>Mr. Neckerman, well enough known to those that solved the first two Cross Word Puzzle -Books, has concocted one of his choice brews. That is to say, he has found some unsuspected -words. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 9</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">10</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>11</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">12</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>17</td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td>23</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">25</td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td>29</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>30</td> -<td>31</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>34</td> -<td> </td> -<td>35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">36</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>38</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>39</td> -<td class="cellRight">40</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">41</td> -<td> </td> -<td>42</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>43</td> -<td>44</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>45</td> -<td>46</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>48</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">50</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>51</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>52</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">53</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">54</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb78">[<a href="#pb78">78</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Colossal wooden statue</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Another colossal wooden statue</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Where both statues can now be seen (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> A weight of twelve grains</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> A medley</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Genus of ruminant quadrupeds</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Domestic fowl</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> The highest part</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Shoemaker’s awl</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> The appointor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Large European dormouse</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> An alcoholic beverage</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> A rude man</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Bill of an anchor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> For each</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Brood of pheasants</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Star of first magnitude in Orion</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Refuse</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Circular</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Clasp to fasten garments in front</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Jade</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> A card</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Artificial international language</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> As the definite article was often written in old English</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Imitator</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> To carve or cut up a fish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Musical instrument</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> The condition of being consumed by a low form of organism</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Actually existing being</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Unique</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Trembling poplar</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> The needlefish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Double</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Pertaining to tapestry</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Coin in the Ionian Islands</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Prater</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> To intend</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Fowl</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> A sort of dice, formerly used</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Inhabitants of parts of S. America</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Dealer in unctuous substances</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Billet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Strong emotion</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Turkish weight</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Recompense formerly given by murderers</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> To toil</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Shrub of the holly family</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Mass of ice</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Towering</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> To throw again</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Yeast</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Vermillion red</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Blistered</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Measures of linen thread</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Scotch highlanders</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Well-known Japanese</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Seed of a leguminous herb</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Part of head</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Unspent</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb81">[<a href="#pb81">81</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz134" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz134.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 134</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">THE BUTTERFLY</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Mr.</span> and <span class="sc">Mrs. Ottokar T. Cadek</span> -</p> -<p>This winged masterpiece represents an achievement in the interlocking of long words -in a beautiful design. All hats off to the constructors! -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 13</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 14</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 16</td> -<td> 17</td> -<td> 18</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 19</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 20</td> -<td> 21</td> -<td> 22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> 23</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 27</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 29</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td> 30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 32</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 34</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 36</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft blank"></td> -<td> 37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 38</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 39</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 40</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 42</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 43</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td 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used in music</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Split</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Greedy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Drink</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Punctuation mark</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Slug</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Rest</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Japanese statesman</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Knotted</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Stool</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Wooden plates</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> American Unitarian Association (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Childish utterances</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> English poet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Beautiful</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> Vague</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Checkered</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> Part of a flower</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Obtain with difficulty</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Disinfect</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> Flood</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Scandinavian navigator</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">81</span> Poker term</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">83</span> Breathed heavily</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> Pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">85</span> Concerning</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">88</span> Parent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">89</span> Bristle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">92</span> Tablet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">93</span> Louse egg</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">96</span> Pertaining to the muses</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">99</span> Rush</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">102</span> National reservation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">105</span> Accession</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">108</span> Phoebus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">110</span> Suffuse</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">112</span> Norse pantheon</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">113</span> Pike (Scot.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">115</span> Coronet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">118</span> Vacant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">120</span> Identify</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">123</span> Shed freely</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb83">[<a href="#pb83">83</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz135" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz135.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 135</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">SAFE AND SANE</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By “<span class="sc">Old Nick</span>” -</p> -<p>Many puzzlers will find an ideal example of what a Cross Word should be. In design, -interlock, words and definitions it is very near to perfection. Constructors can learn -a thing or two here. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 13</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 14</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 17</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 22</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 26</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 27</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 28</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 29</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 30</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 32</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 33</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 34</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 36</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 38</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 39</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 42</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 43</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 46</td> -<td> 47</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 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class="black"></td> -<td> 95</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 96</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 97</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 98</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 99</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>100</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">101</td> -<td>102</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>103</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>104</td> -<td> </td> -<td>105</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>106</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>107</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">108</td> -<td> </td> -<td>109</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>110</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>111</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>112</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>113</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>114</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">115</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>116</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>117</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>118</td> -<td> </td> -<td>119</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>120</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">121</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">122</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb82">[<a href="#pb82">82</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Antithesis of reverse manner</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Make clear</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Loyal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Edible grain</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Brother</li> -<li 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class="itemNumber">37</span> Sharer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Reproach</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Adjustable fronts of armor headpieces</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Dishearten</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Delayed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Enchantment</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> About</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Restrain</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> In addition</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Oblique direction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Energy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Nevertheless</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Female</li> -<li 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class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">92</span> Certifies</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">94</span> Contemptuous insinuation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">95</span> Dangerous snowslide</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">96</span> Taste</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">97</span> Originator</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">99</span> Method of painting</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">101</span> As far as</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">103</span> Harden</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">104</span> Single spot</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">106</span> Showers</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">107</span> Close to</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">108</span> Carp-like fish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span 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fiction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> Entrance guard</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Incorrectly forwarded</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">82</span> Benevolent works</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> Versifiers</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">85</span> Backgammon</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">87</span> Different</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">88</span> Prominent stage artists</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Small Roman copper coin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">91</span> Gnar</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">92</span> Performance</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">93</span> Mineral spring</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">98</span> Abate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">100</span> Softly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">102</span> Lofty lyrics</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">104</span> Somewhat</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">105</span> King of the elves</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">107</span> Competent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">109</span> Species of vetch</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">111</span> Evil</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">112</span> Small street boy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">114</span> Exterior</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">116</span> The (archaic)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">117</span> Subdominant tone of the scale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">119</span> Editorial pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">120</span> But (musical)</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb85">[<a href="#pb85">85</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz136" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz136.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 136</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">THE LITTLE TERROR</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Irvan Neckerman</span> -</p> -<p>Mr. Neckerman thinks obsolete words need an airing. He’s afraid they’ll get motheaten. -We’ll say he does his best to prevent any such catastrophe. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 9</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">10</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>11</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">12</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">17</td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">20</td> -<td> </td> -<td>21</td> -<td>22</td> -<td>23</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>24</td> -<td>25</td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">27</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>29</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>32</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">35</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">36</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb84">[<a href="#pb84">84</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Opening in a forest</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Fanatical</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Dealers in small wares</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> The name of King Arthur’s lance</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Bag</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Elevate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Cover</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Feast</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Parts with</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Milestone</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Mild</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> The red monkey</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Vessel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Kind of rubber tree</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Expression of good wishes</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Sheet; surface</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Discarded call</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Importune</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Rectify</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Premonitions</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Reinforcements</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Counseled</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Confuse</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> To prepare for weavers’ use (obs.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Crowds</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Employers</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Crossbeam (Prov.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Round shield</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Anoint</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Suffer</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Sanctity (arch.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Used up</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> An umbelliferous plant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Born</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> One of an ancient order of priests</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Hit (fencing term)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> To disturb</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Tent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Printers’ marks</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> God of shepherds (myth.)</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb87">[<a href="#pb87">87</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz137" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz137.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 137</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">CRUTCHES AND CROSSES</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Knacker</span> -</p> -<p>Here’s a stiff one, with enough mythology and history in it to keep even the scholars -guessing. But the marvellous double interlock and the presence of only four unkeyed -letters should help out in the solution. Knacker didn’t care what problems he set -himself in this construction. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 13</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 14</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 15</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 16</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 17</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 18</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 19</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 20</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 21</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 23</td> -<td> 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R.</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Over-subtle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> One in servitude because of debt</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Dwells</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Building</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Wandered</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Ridiculed severely (colloq.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> To inspire with ardent love</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Indicates</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Before time</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Trend</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Frosting</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Sweet potato (U. S.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">83</span> Lad (colloq.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> Dealer in stockings</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">85</span> Flower nectar</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> Son of Boaz (Bible)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">88</span> Units</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">89</span> Perfumed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Famish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">91</span> Devotional prayer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">94</span> Sharpens</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">95</span> Equanimity (obs.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">99</span> Solitary</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">100</span> Buddhist priest</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">101</span> Portuguese coin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">103</span> To look inquiringly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">105</span> Accessories</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">106</span> Repaired</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">108</span> Pores</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">109</span> Finch-like bird</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">110</span> Fourpence</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">112</span> Hand-to-hand fight</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">114</span> Stool</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">115</span> Absconders</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">117</span> Famous Italian architect (1512–1572)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">119</span> Bay on Vanua Levu, Fiji Islands</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">122</span> Frozen rain</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">124</span> Explosive charges</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">127</span> Bacterium</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">128</span> Conception</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">130</span> Gait of horse</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">131</span> Mountain in Thessaly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">132</span> Blow delivered with open hand</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">133</span> Top of the head</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">134</span> Funeral pile</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">135</span> Lower part of the back</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">141</span> Si</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">143</span> Square type body</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">145</span> Roman weight</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb89">[<a href="#pb89">89</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz138" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz138.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 138</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">THAT STRANGE CIRCUS ANIMAL!</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Gertrude B. Chestresmith</span> -</p> -<p>Here is an ornamental design with some useful words in it. The locking is very pretty -and as for that circus animal in its midst, it’s about time he strayed into a Cross -Word Puzzle. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> 8</td> -<td> 9</td> -<td>10</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>11</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>12</td> -<td>13</td> -<td>14</td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td>17</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td>22</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">28</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">29</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>30</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>32</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">34</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>35</td> -<td> </td> -<td>36</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>38</td> -<td> </td> -<td>39</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>40</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>42</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>43</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>44</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>46</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>48</td> -<td> </td> -<td>49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>50</td> -<td> </td> -<td>51</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">52</td> -<td>53</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>54</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>55</td> -<td> </td> -<td>56</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>57</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>58</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">59</td> -<td> </td> -<td>60</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>61</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>62</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>63</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">64</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>65</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>66</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>67</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>68</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>69</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>70</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>71</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>72</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>73</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>74</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>75</td> -<td>76</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>77</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>78</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>79</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>80</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">81</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom black"></td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb88">[<a href="#pb88">88</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Foolish fellow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Territory of emperor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Raises</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Racket</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Remark</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Assembly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Fine powder</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Near</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Maiden changed into heifer by Juno</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Remove surface</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Shove</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Touching at one point</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Point of compass</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> 100 square meters</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Writer of game book</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Female deer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Note of scale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Child’s game</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Paternal relative</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Make or mend</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> North River (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Fertile spot</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Popular violinist</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Passage</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Like swine</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Desert</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Cleanse</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Put off</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Conjunction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Napoleon’s marshal “Bravest of the brave”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Goddess of mischief</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Turret or high hill</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Exclamation of surprise</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Born</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Grown up</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Bed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> Animal cries</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Eating away</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Wild European plum</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Bursting sounds</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Male designation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> By the grace of God (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Aperture for sliding piece</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> Magistrate, ancient Rome</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> Scotch for “no”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Annoy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> Withdraw</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Guard</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">81</span> Mitigates</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Suspension of proceedings</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Anger</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Myself</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Meadow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Tellurium (symbol)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Anglo-Saxon money</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Horses (obs.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Bear</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Lover of cheese</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Exclamation of disgust</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Blast furnace fuel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Union of three</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Strong man of old</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Ecclesiastical council</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Submit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Exclamation<span class="corr" id="xd31e36348" title="Source: . "> of</span> dislike</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Single</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Meanness</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Imaginary hillside animal of circus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> End</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Chauffeur’s necessity</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Jewel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Green and yellow finch</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> One of wandering band</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Frozen rain</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Bet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Over</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Bucket on yoke</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Terminus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Also not</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Entangle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Mist</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Harvester</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Decorate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Cut out</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Plunderer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Aftersong</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Prepare for war</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> To dress up</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Cathedral precinct</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Revolving roasting bar</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Blow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Skid</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Views</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Reckoning of years</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Keel billed cuckoo</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Golf term</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> Deity (Heb.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Knights Templar (abbr.)</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb91">[<a href="#pb91">91</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz139" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz139.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 139</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">NOT SO EASY AS IT LOOKS</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">M. B. Gillung</span> -</p> -<p>Some of these concoctions of short words are terrors. This one is by no means the -most difficult puzzle in the book, but it has places where you may have to stop for -a moment’s thought. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 13</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 14</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 15</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> 16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 20</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 22</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> 25</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 26</td> -<td> 27</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 29</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 31</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 32</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 33</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 36</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 38</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 39</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 40</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 42</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 43</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 46</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 48</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 50</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 51</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 52</td> 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class="itemNumber">105</span> Strontium</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb93">[<a href="#pb93">93</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz140" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz140.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 140</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">WEARY WILLIE</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Margaret Wade</span> -</p> -<p>If the constructor felt like Weary Willie after filling in this criss-cross pattern, -which has only twelve unkeyed letters, there are bound to be a lot of W. 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class="itemNumber">52</span> Former gold coin of Europe</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Author of “Fables in Slang”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Vain person</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Moslem enemy of Christendom</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Remains</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Country houses</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> To steal workers’ tools</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Small portion of food (Univ. Eng.)</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Capital of Philippine Islands</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Gritty</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Book by Kipling</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Biblical character, son of Seth</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Hires</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Var. of clead, to clothe (dial. Eng.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Hastens</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Insect</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Model</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Stones (Scot.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Assembles</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> First in origin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Devours</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> To surfeit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Bishop of Rome</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Subtile</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Speakers</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Ate</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> An author</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> The infernal regions</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Kind of napkin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Move rapidly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Kind of boat</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Vehicle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Molasses</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> To trim feathers</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Hesitate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Support</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Rivers (Span.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Severe trial</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Snake borne as a charge (Fr. Her.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Part of brain</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Early inhabitant of Scotland</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Part of “esse” (Lat.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Small singing bird</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Higher part of scale</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb95">[<a href="#pb95">95</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz141" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz141.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 141</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">WORDS AND MUSIC</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Mr.</span> and <span class="sc">Mrs. Ottokar T. Cadek</span> -</p> -<p>Mr. Cadek is quite a figure in that field of music where the string quartette raises -its austere voice. But no feat of counterpoint is more difficult than the placing -against each other of two long words such as in 19 and 26 Horizontal or 72 and 78 -Horizontal. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 5</td> -<td> 6</td> -<td> 7</td> -<td> 8</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 9</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>10</td> -<td>11</td> -<td>12</td> -<td>13</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>15</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>17</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>22</td> -<td>23</td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td>25</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>29</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>34</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">36</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>38</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>39</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight">41</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">42</td> -<td>43</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>46</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>48</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">50</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>51</td> -<td>52</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>53</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>54</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>55</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>56</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>57</td> -<td> </td> -<td>58</td> -<td> </td> -<td>59</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>60</td> -<td> </td> -<td>61</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>62</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>63</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>64</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>65</td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>66</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>67</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>68</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>69</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>70</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>71</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>72</td> -<td> </td> -<td>73</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>74</td> -<td> </td> -<td>75</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>76</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td>77</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>78</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>79</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>80</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>81</td> -<td>82</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>83</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>84</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>85</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>86</td> -<td> </td> -<td>87</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>88</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">89</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom black"></td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb94">[<a href="#pb94">94</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Froth</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Nimbus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Number</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Forbid</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Clogs</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Thin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Article</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Motors</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Point of compass</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Break</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Metrical recantations</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Conducted</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Ages</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Distinguished service order</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Retained</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Hinder</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Scolds</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Golf term</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Excavate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Surplus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Distal segment of hind leg</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Near</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Chaste</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Lessen gradually</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Spiritual essence in modern occultism</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Light</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Blank</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Brave</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> King of Bashan (Josh. 12)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Drizzle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Plunder</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Half an em</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> River in Scotland</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Descendants of Shem</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Evil spirit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> State in Germany</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Entrances</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> Pays court to</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Book of the Bible</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Single</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> U. S. coin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> Contains</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Alienated</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Pinch</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Part of “to be”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> Exposed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Abbreviation of a coin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">81</span> Concealed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">83</span> Holding</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">85</span> Disorder</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> Japanese statesman</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">88</span> Unit of force</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">89</span> Vast depth</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> River in Italy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> State of being contrary to fundamental law</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Exclamation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Sleeveless haircloth garment</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Melt suddenly, as snow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Perfume</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Roofed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Beverages</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Conveyance</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Note of Guido’s scale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Trapped</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Phoebus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Executed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Administers extreme unction (obs.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Seasoned</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> King of Phrygia (myth.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Hissed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Whirlpool</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Parchments written on twice</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Jugglery</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Farinaceous food</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Trust</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Germane</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Junctions of two surfaces</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Prowess</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Rages</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Relieves</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Portents</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Lamb or yearling sheep</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Crude metal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Inferior</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Strove</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> March away</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Irish poet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> City in Italy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Cellular volcanic lava</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Hedge</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Clan</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Ancient seaport of Cicilia</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Cauterized</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Consequences</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> Article</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Acquire</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> Disown</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> Exercise (obs.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> Press for payment</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">82</span> Printers’ unit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> Concerning</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> In the same place (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">87</span> Bone</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb97">[<a href="#pb97">97</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz142" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz142.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 142</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">DON’T BE CROSS</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Daniel O’Leary</span> -</p> -<p>The old slogan—“one cross word leads to another”—seems to have been taken literally -here. Get out your Webster New International before calling the whole family into -conference. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 13</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 14</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 15</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 16</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 17</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 19</td> -<td> </td> 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black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 48</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 49</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 50</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 51</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 52</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 53</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 54</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 55</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 56</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 57</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> 58</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 59</td> -<td> 60</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 61</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 62</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 63</td> -<td> 64</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td 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class="itemNumber">88</span> Controls</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">89</span> Speak confusedly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Companion</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">91</span> Sea mammal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">93</span> Army officer</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">94</span> Hurls again</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">96</span> Biblical character</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">97</span> Rodents</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">99</span> Soot from flue of mercury furnace</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">101</span> Calm</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">103</span> Metal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">105</span> Spartan slave</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">108</span> Bone of arm</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">109</span> Part of a plant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">110</span> Calf</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">111</span> Girl’s name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">114</span> Three (prefix)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">116</span> Before</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">118</span> Pen point</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb99">[<a href="#pb99">99</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz143" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz143.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 143</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">A MILITARY SALUTE</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Sergeant</span> -</p> -<p>This one comes from West Point. Note the fine central backbones of long words. You -will observe something interesting about these two. Incidentally, is there anything -finer than the way difficulties dissolve once long words like these flash into your -mind? -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 13</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 14</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 16</td> -<td> 17</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 19</td> -<td> 20</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 24</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 26</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 28</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 29</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 30</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 32</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 36</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 38</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 39</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 40</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 42</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 43</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 45</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 46</td> -<td> 47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 48</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 50</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 51</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 52</td> -<td> 53</td> -<td> 54</td> -<td> 55</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 56</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 57</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 58</td> -<td> 59</td> -<td> 60</td> -<td> 61</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> 62</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 63</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 64</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 65</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> 66</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 67</td> -<td> 68</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 69</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 70</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 71</td> -<td> 72</td> -<td> 73</td> -<td> 74</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 75</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 76</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 77</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 78</td> -<td> 79</td> -<td> 80</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 81</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 82</td> -<td> 83</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 84</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 85</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 86</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 87</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 88</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 89</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 90</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 91</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 92</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 93</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 94</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 95</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 96</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 97</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 98</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 99</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>100</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>101</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>102</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>103</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>104</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>105</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>106</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>107</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">108</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">109</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb98">[<a href="#pb98">98</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Pertaining to images</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Concealed passengers</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Blaze</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Reptile</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Ancestors</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Continually</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Earring</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Arable land</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Reward (Fr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Two (prefix)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> God of thunder</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> More than enough</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Evil</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> A color</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Arabian shrub</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Sacred symbol</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Tendered</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Official seat (leg.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Sailing ship</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Toward</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Adjective suffix meaning “of”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Word of unknown meaning found in the Bible</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Side bars of pair of spectacles</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Support</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Variety of pyroxene</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Article</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Fruits</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Personal pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Measure of weight</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Peaceful</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Weights</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Paradoxical</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Proportion</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> Crushed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Begin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Sun god</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Ricochets</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Conjunction</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> Pillars</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Once (obs.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Makes level (Engl. dial.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">81</span> South American armadillos</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">82</span> Exclamation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> Live</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">85</span> Flag</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> The number of muses</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">87</span> Respiration</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">91</span> Japanese spirit gods</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">92</span> To beat (Scot.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">93</span> Vat</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">94</span> Knot</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">95</span> Branch</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">97</span> Thrice</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">98</span> Printing unit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">99</span> Genus of shrubs</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">100</span> A large weight</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">101</span> Heap (obs.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">103</span> Egyptian deity</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">104</span> Kilns</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">105</span> Tavern</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">106</span> Hatred</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">108</span> Designating a crystalline acid</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">109</span> Machine run by mixture of gases</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Pertaining to the classification of facts</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Whether</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Ancient</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Separate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Company</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Accounts</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Mohammedan ruler</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Temporary cross timber used in shipbuilding</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Large hawks</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Telegraphed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Barren</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Irritate (obs.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Because</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Seamstresses</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Independence</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Warble</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Territory governed by a ban</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Space</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Prickly plant of the glasswort family</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Hew</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Hawaiian bird</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Concerning</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Fruit of India yielding a yellow dye</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Stages</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Protected</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Measure of type</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Share</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> A worsted yarn</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Part of verb “to be”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Notches</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Margins</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Biblical character</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Soak</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> The first name of a character in the “Arabian Nights”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> The goddess of dawn</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Chief (Sp.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Age</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Dexterity</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Stain</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Those who disavow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Breathe</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Article</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Mystic ejaculation used by Hindus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> A narcotic</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> Alley</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Accustom by practice (obs.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> Contemptuous irony</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Member of a legislative body</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> A vessel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> Handle of a joiner’s plane</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Greek poet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">83</span> Personal pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> Prefix denoting two</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">87</span> Enough! (It. interj.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">88</span> Garret</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">89</span> Reddish orange dye</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Order</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">93</span> Trough used in smelting</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">96</span> Chief</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">99</span> Strike</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">102</span> Sow (Scot.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">104</span> Suffix meaning oil</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">107</span> A tone of the diatonic scale</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb101">[<a href="#pb101">101</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz144" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz144.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 144</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">OCEAN WAVES</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Mrs. H. A. Wolfe</span> -</p> -<p>Don’t get seasick, although it is a little difficult. We have to do something to please -those crusty puzzlers who snort with contempt at easy problems. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 13</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 14</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 15</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 16</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 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Dirt removers</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Sharp rejoinder</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">92</span> Suffix quality</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">94</span> Occurrence</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">96</span> Antagonistic</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">97</span> Shades</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">98</span> Recompenses</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">101</span> Employ</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">103</span> Quarter in London</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">104</span> City in Nevada</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">107</span> Quaver</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">110</span> Scale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">111</span> Biblical character Old Testament</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">113</span> Plant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">114</span> Placed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">116</span> Black</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">117</span> Give</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">119</span> Weary</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">122</span> Dark viscid oil</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">124</span> Insect exudation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">126</span> Personal pronoun</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb103">[<a href="#pb103">103</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz145" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz145.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 145</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">WAFFLED WORDS</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Mrs. Eric Crull</span> -</p> -<p>Some people mumble their words, but what is more appropriate than this waffling of -Mrs. Crull’s? This is medium well done—by which we refer not to quality, but to difficulty. -Try it when the simple ones seem too easy and the difficult ones too tough. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 13</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 14</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 17</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 27</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 28</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 29</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 30</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 32</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 34</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 35</td> -<td> 36</td> -<td> 37</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 38</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 39</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 40</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 41</td> -<td> 42</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 43</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 44</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 46</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 48</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 50</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 51</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 52</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 53</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 54</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> 55</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 56</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 57</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 58</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 59</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 60</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 61</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 62</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td> 63</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 64</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 65</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 66</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 67</td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 68</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 69</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 70</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 71</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 72</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 73</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> 74</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 75</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 76</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 77</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 78</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 79</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 80</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 81</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> 82</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 83</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 84</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 85</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 86</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 87</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 88</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 89</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 90</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> 91</td> -<td> 92</td> -<td> 93</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 94</td> -<td> </td> -<td> 95</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 96</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 97</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 98</td> -<td> 99</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">100</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>101</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>102</td> -<td> </td> -<td>103</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>104</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>105</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">106</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>107</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>108</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>109</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">110</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">111</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb102">[<a href="#pb102">102</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Ancient burial place</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Dormant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Metallic rocks</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> Instrument</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Vegetable</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Medicinal herb</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Low</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Plateau</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Design</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Shake</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Wager</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Salutation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Lair</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Rider Haggard’s heroine</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Body organ</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> To add to</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Small point</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> To rule</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Stigmatized</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Mythological queen</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Hence</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Pony of India</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> To bite lightly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> To chastise</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Clamor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Performed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> A numeral</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> To tangle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Compete</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> A tribal symbol</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> A large bird</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Adventitious sounds (med.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Finery</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Beyond</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Girl’s name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> A measure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Boisterous</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> A color</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Attempt</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> Transgression</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Piece of connecting pipe</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> Little Eva’s friend</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> A cereal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Placed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> Of equal value</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Legend</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">81</span> Contiguous (poet.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">83</span> Of greater density</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> Drunkard</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">87</span> Sailor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">89</span> Not the same</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Moisture</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">91</span> Pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">94</span> Weight</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">96</span> Pitch</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">97</span> A metal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">98</span> Denoting three</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">100</span> Field</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">102</span> Scriptural animals</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">105</span> Fold</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">106</span> Heroine of a Wagnerian opera</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">107</span> Always</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">108</span> Cozy spot</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">109</span> A girl’s name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">110</span> One who slows up</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">111</span> A kind of acid</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Summoned</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> A space</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Lacerate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> Cleopatra’s finish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> An amphibious mammal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Ditch or trench</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Popular style of hairdressing</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Salt water</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Earth</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Done with</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Soft food</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Troubles</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Biblical character</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Produce</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> South American animal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Mix</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Dusk</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Bar</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Immediately</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Self</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> Skill</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Retreat</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Shoe latchet</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Latin verb (form of “to be”)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> A great menace</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Evil</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Not bright</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Perpetual motion (compound word)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> Raised platform</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Used in building</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Associate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Relating to debts</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> A green spot</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> Fairylike</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> A beautiful lake</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> One of Dickens’s characters</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Finish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Consume calories</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Hawaiian decoration</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Name of a street</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Kind of cloth</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Long ago</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Change</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Still</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> A black substance</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> Name of a boat (historical)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Corrode</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> Also</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> Through</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Depressed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">82</span> A rodent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> Extreme</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">85</span> A bird</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> A number</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">88</span> Dressed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Flat plates</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">92</span> Robust</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">93</span> Once</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">95</span> Glacier ice</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">97</span> Thunder</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">98</span> Relate</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">99</span> Branches</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">101</span> Common European gull</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">103</span> Possessive pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">104</span> Also</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">105</span> Chemical base</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb105">[<a href="#pb105">105</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz146" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz146.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 146</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">THE QUESTION MARK</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Mrs. E. I. Ashton</span> -</p> -<p>This puzzle is well named, to say the least, and those curving question marks will -try the endurance of the solver to the utmost. Some of you will get out your Atlases -and love this. Others in despair will throw themselves in the Siberian river and drown -their woes. Good luck to all of you! -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop shaded"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop shaded"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">11</td> -<td class="shaded"></td> -<td>12</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>13</td> -<td>14</td> -<td>15</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="shaded"></td> -<td class="cellRight">17</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">18</td> -<td>19</td> -<td class="shaded"></td> -<td>20</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>22</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>23</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="shaded"></td> -<td>24</td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">25</td> -<td> </td> -<td>26</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>27</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="shaded"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>29</td> -<td> </td> -<td>30</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">31</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>32</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="shaded"></td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>34</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">35</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>36</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>37</td> -<td>38</td> 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Britain</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Indefinite article</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Tree</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Portuguese chronicler</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> Part of the anatomy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> Prefix meaning “twice”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> A Hawaiian food</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> Grassy plant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> River in Siberia</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Silver (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> Philosophical theory of Hume and Kant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> 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class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Monster of Greek mythology</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> A plant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Preposition</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Pandemonium</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Mountains in Bolivia</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> River in Venetia</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> German political economist of 19th century</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Night (French)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Geological term</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> At suit of (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> To bind</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> Torn asunder</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Ancient Cappadocian goddess</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> A spirituous liquor</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> A sacred box</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Prefix, through</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> A town in southeastern Africa</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Noted American humorist</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> To introduce something new</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Town in southeastern Slavonia</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Lymph vessels</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Cape in Scotland</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> A province in Spain</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> A digraph</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> A famous modern pianist</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> Gratuity (colloq.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Federations</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">64</span> A riddle</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Ecclesiastical term</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> To humble</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> Egyptian god</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">72</span> A queen of Navarre</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> No date (abbr.)</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb107">[<a href="#pb107">107</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz147" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz147.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 147</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">NOT A FLIVVER</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Frank A. Ford</span> -</p> -<p>Mr. Ford is not one of those puzzle builders, who, grown sated with simple things, -grow perverse in their madness for the dark and recondite. And, if you are inclined -to call Mr. Ford a Master of Unkeyed Letters—well, just try your hand at constructing -a twenty-one square puzzle. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 13</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 14</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop"> 15</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 16</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td> 17</td> -<td> 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-<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">126</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>127</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>128</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>129</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>130</td> -<td>131</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft"> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>132</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>133</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>134</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>135</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>136</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom">137</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">138</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">139</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom"> </td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb106">[<a href="#pb106">106</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Confirms</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Ahead</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Fur-bearing animal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> On the top of</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Rodent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Possesses</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Marsh</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Traffic</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> To whine like a child</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Retired</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> A balanced stone</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Concealed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Quality of being rigidly perfect</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">31</span> To bestow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> Vessel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Otherwise</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">36</span> To give a dinner to</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">38</span> Fixed allowance</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Not more than one time</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Second tone of diatonic scale</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> Projecting ridge</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Female of the sheep</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">45</span> Manner of continuity</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Decline</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Different</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Repeats noisily</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Withdraw</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> To border upon</li> -<li 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sparrow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> The reverse side of a coin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> Period of time</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">80</span> Before</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">82</span> Unite</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">83</span> A percoid fish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">86</span> A mistake</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">88</span> Name of a letter</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Sliding weight on a steelyard</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">91</span> Dallied</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">92</span> Amounts</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">94</span> Progeny</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">97</span> Impartial</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">100</span> A number</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">101</span> Protuberant glands</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">103</span> Not near</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">105</span> Printer’s measure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">107</span> Fur-bearing animal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">109</span> Dread</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">110</span> A weight</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">112</span> Exclamation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">113</span> Method of preserving</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">115</span> Address</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">117</span> Mark</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">118</span> Was indebted</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">120</span> Native metal</li> 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class="itemNumber">137</span> Loud voiced herald</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">138</span> English theologian and philologist</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">139</span> To quiet</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -</p> -<p><i>VERTICAL</i> -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Pollen containers</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">2</span> Species of batrachians</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">3</span> Stop</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">4</span> To erect a mast (naut.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Preposition</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> Not real</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> An article</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">8</span> Species of fish</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Small drum</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> Of the verb “to be”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> A plant of the cabbage genus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> To show affection</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Musical instrument</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Cloth of firm texture</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Destroyed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Governing body</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> Stir up</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Conceited fellow</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Fruit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Curve</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> A mammary gland</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Inclines</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Lifts up</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Differ</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> Finely finished</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">42</span> One of Tennyson’s heroines</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Biblical character</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Measure of physics</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">46</span> Used in painting</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Of the verb “go”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Species of plant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> The swell of the ocean</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Crystallized rain</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Pathway</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">55</span> Countries</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> Pertaining to a Latin race</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Punch block</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> A sense</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">61</span> A rich kind of India satin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> Mature</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Summary of professed principles</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Destroyed</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> Caustic</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Mimic</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">71</span> The box containing the Host (obs. Sp.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Application of knowledge</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Metal</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">78</span> Preparation for the skin</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">81</span> Saws again</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">83</span> Vegetable</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">84</span> Inspection of a deed or bond (law)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">85</span> Prefix meaning through</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">87</span> Empty declamation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">89</span> Title</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">90</span> Lamb brought up by hand</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">91</span> Porous stone</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">93</span> River of Hades (myth.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">95</span> Large inland body of salt water</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">96</span> Employ</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">98</span> Merits</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">99</span> Takes a reverse motion</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">101</span> Native of Great Britain</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">102</span> Descendants</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">104</span> Rhythmical flow of language</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">106</span> First part of day</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">108</span> Cardinal point of compass</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">111</span> Disease</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">112</span> Hither</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">114</span> Obsolete spelling of realm</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">116</span> Authorized</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">117</span> Mixture of white lead and lime</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">119</span> Covered with wax</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">121</span> Bold</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">122</span> Variety of turnip (obs.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">123</span> Game of cards</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">124</span> Producing injury</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">127</span> Girl’s nickname</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">131</span> Anger</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">133</span> Behold</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">136</span> Note on diatonic scale</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb109">[<a href="#pb109">109</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz148" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz148.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 148</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">THE SQUARE ROOT OF CROSS WORDS</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Irvan Neckerman</span> -</p> -<p>How does he get that way? Here are some conversational words cheek to cheek with monstrosities -dragged forth from their native obscurity. We warn all those to whom an obscure word -is as a red flag to a bull to keep away from here. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop">11</td> -<td class="cellTop">12</td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">13</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>14</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight">16</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>18</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>19</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">20</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>21</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>22</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">23</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>24</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>25</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>26</td> -<td>27</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>28</td> -<td>29</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td class="cellRight black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">30</td> -<td>31</td> -<td>32</td> -<td>33</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>34</td> -<td>35</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>36</td> -<td> </td> -<td>37</td> -<td>38</td> -<td>39</td> -<td class="cellRight">40</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">41</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>42</td> -<td>43</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>44</td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>45</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">46</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>47</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>48</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">49</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> 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class="black"></td> -<td>71</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">72</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>73</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>74</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">75</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>76</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>77</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td class="cellRight"> </td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">78</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">79</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom black"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">80</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom black"></td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb108">[<a href="#pb108">108</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> A dissension</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Expression of pity</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Any slender bristlelike organ</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">13</span> Smooth and transparent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Afforded</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Plain</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> Revolves</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Passageway</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">19</span> Frame for drying clothes</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Small island</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> Geometrical figure</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">22</span> An allotted portion</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Manifestation</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> Outcry</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Commands</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> Eastern title of authority</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> One of Rider Haggard’s books</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> To annoy</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Chinese Buddha</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span 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class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Ancient heretical sect</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">59</span> Combining form, meaning stone</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Heard</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">62</span> Weight of twelve grains</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">63</span> To lower</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> A walk or passageway</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">66</span> Wild goat of the Bible</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">67</span> Conclusion</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">68</span> For fear that</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb111">[<a href="#pb111">111</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -<div id="pz149" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz149.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"><span class="sc">Puzzle No. 149</span></h2> -<h2 class="main">THE OLD ARMY GAME</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Charley Cinderglass</span> and <span class="sc">Stoney Lonesome</span> -</p> -<p>Remember “West Pointer” in Series I? The soldiers are at it again. There ought to -be some healthful dictionary practice here. 37 Vertical, by the way, appears to have -been conned from some erudite work on natural history. (Might as well tell you that -the two unkeyed letters are U and O.) -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop"> </td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop black"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft">10</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>11</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td>12</td> -<td>13</td> -<td>14</td> -<td class="black"></td> -<td>15</td> -<td>16</td> -<td>17</td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> -<td> </td> 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class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">17</span> The winged cap of mercury</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">18</span> Celts</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Looks after</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">23</span> Machines for cutting down trees</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Shade</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">28</span> Bent outward</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> A genus of marine decapod crustaceans</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">33</span> The goddess of the hunt</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> Cozy corner</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Small S. 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T. Delaney</span> -</p> -<p>“With such friends one does not need enemies,” an old proverb goes. Mr. Delaney is -a familiar friend to followers of The Cross Word Puzzle Books, but the editors will -bet that many a one has said that his worst enemy could not have given him more cold -sweats. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 10</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 11</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 12</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 13</td> -<td class="cellTop blank"></td> -<td class="cellRight cellTop blank"></td> -</tr> -<tr> 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-<td class="cellBottom blank"></td> -<td class="cellBottom blank"></td> -<td class="cellBottom">132</td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom"> </td> -<td class="cellBottom blank"></td> -<td class="cellRight cellBottom blank"></td> -</tr> -</table> -</div><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb112">[<a href="#pb112">112</a>]</span></p> -<p>HORIZONTAL -</p> -<table class="splitListTable"> -<tr> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">1</span> Contraction of common New England first name</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">5</span> Fragment of earthenware</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Slight coloring</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">14</span> Shriek</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Linen cloth once worn in a head-dress</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">16</span> River in Germany</li> -<li 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-<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">110</span> Indian of an Iroquoian tribe</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">111</span> Bar of a soap frame</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">113</span> One summoned</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">114</span> Fragrant</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">115</span> Designating the numerals from which Arabic numbers are derived</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">116</span> Notches</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">119</span> Point in time</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">121</span> Designating a common bean</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">123</span> Native corporal in India</li> -</ul> -</td> -</tr> -</table><p> -<span class="pageNum" id="pb115">[<a href="#pb115">115</a>]</span></p> -</div> -</div> -</div> -<div class="back"> -<div id="pz151" class="div1 puzzle"><span class="pageNum">[<a href="#pz151.toc">Contents</a>]</span><div class="divHead"> -<h2 class="label"></h2> -<h2 class="main">ADONIS’ DREAM</h2> -</div> -<div class="divBody"> -<p class="first">By <span class="sc">Mrs. E. I. Ashton</span> -</p> -<p>Hoboken proves that it not only can manufacture <span class="sc">Venus</span>, the largest selling quality pencil in the world, but also some of the hardest puzzles. -As a special reward for solving this puzzle you can receive a <span class="sc">Venus</span> Perfect Colored Pencil by sending the correct solution to the American Lead Pencil -Co., 220 Fifth Avenue, New York. -</p> -<div class="table"> -<table class="crossword"> -<tr> -<td class="cellLeft cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 1</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 2</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 3</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 4</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 5</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 6</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 7</td> -<td class="cellTop shaded"></td> -<td class="cellTop"> 8</td> -<td class="cellTop"> 9</td> -<td class="cellTop">10</td> -<td class="cellTop">11</td> -<td class="cellTop">12</td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td class="cellTop black"></td> -<td 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class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">27</span> Lair</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">29</span> Anew</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">30</span> Gold (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">32</span> Any cleaning agent</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">34</span> Name of one of <span class="corr" id="xd31e51764" title="Not in source">the </span>British Isles</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">35</span> South African antelope</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">37</span> Pronoun</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">39</span> That is (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">40</span> Royal mail (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">41</span> A color</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">43</span> Indefinite article</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">44</span> Ancient worshippers of Venus</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">47</span> Not (French)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">48</span> Section of a foot (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">49</span> Tincture for wounds</li> -</ul> -</td> -<td> -<ul> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">50</span> Preposition</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">51</span> God willing (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">52</span> Cipher of several letters</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">53</span> Preposition</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">54</span> Preposition</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">56</span> Form of verb “to be”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">57</span> River in Nevada</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">58</span> Lament, complaint (French)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">60</span> Means of travel</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">65</span> Obliterators</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">69</span> Waterfall</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">70</span> Exclude</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">73</span> A dignitary</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">74</span> American temperance society (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">75</span> Rage</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">76</span> Liable</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">77</span> Comrade (coll.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">79</span> An organ</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">81</span> Lake in Galway</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">82</span> Pronoun</li> -<li 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spirit</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">6</span> French for “of”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">7</span> Indefinite article</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">9</span> Bay in Siberia</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">10</span> Arabian seaport</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">11</span> One of the United States</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">12</span> Variety</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">15</span> Goddess of love</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">20</span> Pull roughly</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">21</span> A form of poetry</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">24</span> New England (abbr.)</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">25</span> Form of verb “to be”</li> -<li class="numberedItem"><span class="itemNumber">26</span> An 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Heretofore, this called for one copy of The Cross -Word Puzzle Book for each person. But this is rather expensive, unless you plan to -give a great many parties. -</p> -<p>Furthermore, it is almost certain that at least one person in your party has done -all or most of the puzzles in this book and, therefore, would have an unfair advantage -in the contest. -</p> -<p>Responding to a general request, therefore, we have prepared three puzzles specially -constructed by the editors of this book for party use, and <i>printed separately on stiff cardboard</i> (8×12 inches). In other words, everyone at a party can now have his own puzzle, and -a contest can be arranged to see who will be the first to turn in a perfect solution. -</p> -<p>This was first done at the Cross Word Puzzle Convention held at the <span class="corr" id="xd31e52185" title="Source: Abassador">Ambassador</span> Hotel, New York, on May 18, 1924. Everybody there agreed that it was an intensely -exciting and enjoyable party. 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($1.50) -</p> -</div> -</div> -<div class="div1" id="toc"> -<h2 class="main">Table of Contents</h2> -<table summary="Table of Contents"> -<tr id="answers.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum"></td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#answers"><span class="sc">Answers</span></a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"></td> -</tr> -<tr id="imprint.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum"></td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#imprint"><span class="sc">The Cross Word Puzzle Books</span></a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"></td> -</tr> -<tr id="ack.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum"></td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#ack"><span class="sc">Acknowledgement</span></a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"></td> -</tr> -<tr id="endorsement.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum"></td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#endorsement"><span class="sc">Official Endorsement</span></a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"></td> -</tr> -<tr id="preface.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum"></td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#preface">PREFACE</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#preface">1</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="ballade.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum"></td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#ballade">BALLADE OF CROSS WORDS</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#ballade">5</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="enrichment.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum"></td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#enrichment">VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT IN THE SUBURBS DUE TO THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE INFLUENCE</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#enrichment">6</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="rules.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum"></td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#rules">RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CROSS WORD PUZZLES</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#rules">9</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="howto.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum"></td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#howto">HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS WORD PUZZLE</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#howto">10</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="dosdonts.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum"></td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#dosdonts">DO’S AND DON’T’S FOR SOLVERS</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#dosdonts">13</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz101.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">101. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz101">A CHRISTMAS TREE</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz101">15</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz102.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">102. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz102">CHILDSPLAY</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz102">17</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz103.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">103. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz103">LADIES FIRST</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz103">19</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz104.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">104. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz104">THE LAZY MAN’S DELIGHT</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz104">21</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz105.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">105. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz105">NEAT SYMMETRY</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz105">23</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz106.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">106. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz106">THE DARLING OF THE GODS</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz106">25</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz107.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">107. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz107">RIBS OF THREE-LETTER WORDS</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz107">27</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz108.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">108. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz108">THE WHIFFENPOOF</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz108">29</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz109.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">109. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz109">MIXED DOUBLES</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz109">31</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz110.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">110. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz110">LONG AND LANGUID</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz110">33</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz111.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">111. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz111">A YULETIDE CHANT</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz111">35</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz112.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">112. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz112">THE NOVELTY SHOP</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz112">37</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz113.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">113. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz113">A DOODLE BUG</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz113">39</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz114.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">114. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz114">BATTALION ATTENTION!</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz114">41</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz115.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">115. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz115">AN OLYMPIAN DELIGHT</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz115">43</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz116.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">116. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz116">SOME LIKE ’EM HOT</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz116">45</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz117.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">117. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz117">A SPECKLED SPECIALTY</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz117">47</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz118.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">118. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz118">A WINGED BEAUTY</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz118">49</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz119.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">119. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz119">THE MAN WHO CAME BACK</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz119">51</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz120.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">120. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz120">SANCTA SIMPLICITAS</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz120">53</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz121.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">121. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz121">A ROSE WITH A THORN OR TWO</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz121">55</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz122.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">122. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz122">NINE CROSSES</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz122">57</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz123.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">123. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz123">THIS ONE WON’T BREAK YOUR HEAD</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz123">59</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz124.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">124. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz124">POLYGON</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz124">61</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz125.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">125. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz125">FILLIP FOR AN IDLE HOUR</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz125">63</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz126.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">126. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz126">GRACEFUL</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz126">65</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz127.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">127. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz127">SPREADEAGLE</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz127">67</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz128.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">128. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz128">YOU’LL HEAR ME CALLING YAHOO</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz128">69</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz129.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">129. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz129">BEDIAMONDED BEAUTY</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz129">71</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz130.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">130. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz130">FOR INSOMNIACS</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz130">73</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz131.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">131. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz131">HOCUS POCUS</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz131">75</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz132.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">132. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz132">A WORD FEST</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz132">77</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz133.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">133. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz133">SMALL BUT MIGHTY</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz133">79</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz134.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">134. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz134">THE BUTTERFLY</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz134">81</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz135.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">135. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz135">SAFE AND SANE</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz135">83</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz136.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">136. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz136">THE LITTLE TERROR</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz136">85</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz137.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">137. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz137">CRUTCHES AND CROSSES</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz137">87</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz138.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">138. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz138">THAT STRANGE CIRCUS ANIMAL!</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz138">89</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz139.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">139. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz139">NOT SO EASY AS IT LOOKS</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz139">91</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz140.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">140. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz140">WEARY WILLIE</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz140">93</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz141.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">141. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz141">WORDS AND MUSIC</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz141">95</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz142.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">142. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz142">DON’T BE CROSS</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz142">97</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz143.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">143. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz143">A MILITARY SALUTE</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz143">99</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz144.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">144. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz144">OCEAN WAVES</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz144">101</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz145.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">145. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz145">WAFFLED WORDS</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz145">103</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz146.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">146. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz146">THE QUESTION MARK</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz146">105</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz147.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">147. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz147">NOT A FLIVVER</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz147">107</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz148.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">148. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz148">THE SQUARE ROOT OF CROSS WORDS</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz148">109</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz149.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">149. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz149">THE OLD ARMY GAME</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz149">111</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz150.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum">150. </td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz150">AN INDENTED TERROR</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz150">113</a></td> -</tr> -<tr id="pz151.toc"> -<td class="tocDivNum"></td> -<td class="tocDivTitle"><a href="#pz151">ADONIS’ DREAM</a></td> -<td class="tocPageNum"><a class="pageref" href="#pz151">115</a></td> -</tr> -</table> -</div> -<div class="transcriberNote"> -<h2 class="main">Colophon</h2> -<h3 class="main">Availability</h3> -<p class="first">This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. 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