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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES ON PAGES 335 TO 339


RHYMING BIRDS

The words complete the rhyming lines: Eagle, Raven, Owl, Bobolink and Robin.

THE SEA SERPENT PUZZLE

There were three totally blind aerpcntu and three with hath vyw gnund.

SHAKESPEARE'S REBUS PUZZLE.

A1] 1 j WclT that Ends W C 1L IH

CAT AND DOG PUZZLE.

fn the and Dog S'ui^le, she goes "deere anil back" 3 diitancr of i[j 2 serf in 5,1 Jump*. but a.h the dog y i jc-. 5 feet a 1 a humid, he Lias in make v; leaps each \\-dy, which is the same ns l^ing 8 £ er r, Dividing thr cat's 54 jurats by 9 and multiplying by 5, shows that ihe dug: would be beaten by i foot j inches

PICTURE SUMS,

Tap plus iJtc plus Far minus Beef equals TAPIR.

A DOZEN LEGAL SEPARATIONS,

1 Fu tup-kin, _■ Rat her; j Eitnrtion«Le: 4 Perverse; 5 End-ear; t Rein* state; 7 rur-chaae; K A vet aue; 9 JUre:■ ] n: to Cai mine; II Hum-drum: 12

Cape-ring; 1 3 Rug-bear.

A BURIED PROVERB,

'Tia a Lang Lane that ha.i uo turning 1 '

A PUZZLE TRAGEDY OF THE HIGH SEAS.

NINEVEH—PARIS—PALMYRA

- SPARTA - THEBES—NAPLES

- ANDOVER - DOVER— ATHENS

- VERONA and ROME.

DOUBLE DECAPITATIONS. Trills, Rilfs, Ills; Trout, rotth Out; Skill, Kill, ill; Spray, Pray, Ray; Flit* Ur, II

SHAKESPEARE'S REBUS PUZZLE.

"TO TIE OR NOT TO RE"

SKATER'S PUZZLE.

Jennie' [-trust have skated a mile in 4 minutes, tu Majid's ig, being i's / A times as quick, and allowing her to win by six minutes.

PUZZLE SUM.

Shfiwi Tiismib awt plus Ark equals Shark.

SIMPLE REPETITIONS.

The fallowing words placed iti the blank spaces complete the eense of the sentences in thr;r given order 3—1 E!eatf«'be ai lqi; ^Nu table- no! aide; L 1 "Often-of icn . 4-Tomatn-To 1 1 La; 5-Parefitipa-rents; d-ProBt-able, Pro fit able; 7 Aitcr-native-akeriLaEjvc . 8 - Hand-lei handled; g-Abet-A-bet; io-About-A lumt;; 1 -Useless-Use le*s; U-Beg unr Begone.

DOUBLE DECAPITATIONS.

t Spcir, j Blink, 3 Scold, 4 Wheel, 5 Shark, 6 Snail. 7 SiilJ. 8 Stone.

CONDUCTOR'S PUZZLE.

According to Llie suburbanite's reply to the conductor, the son, 1 laughter, wile and husband are collectively Si times the age of Uir daughter, ami ^nre their combine 1 3 ECS espial the grandmother's hi years, rue baby is one and ihe boy fBe years of age

FIND YOUR PORTRAIT IN THE MIRROR

The mirror held in a slanting position away from the gas reveals the portrait of a donkey,

THE PISTOL MATCH

The score of 96 ci mta 1 n i ng hlLree "doublets" was made by scoring twtcc in 1 he -rj ritijj, twice in the 20 and twice in the 3,

The grey cow's soliloquy phonetically rea l ma> be truncated as follows

"I hrowie ail day through Line wood Or vale waiting for the iun'l low rayv io mark the hour the maid with her pail on her head leads the her it home by the (fate"

KITTIES PUZZLE

Kiltie had 7c and her brother Harry 5c.

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