ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE DECEMBER NUMBER.
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Double Acrostic. Primals, Santa; finals, Claus. Cross-words; 1. Sails. 2 Adieu. 3. Nubia. 4. Thill 5. Antic. Connected Word-squares.I. 1. Lists. 2, Ideal. 3. Sense. 4. Taste. 5. Sleep. II. 1. Under. 2. Nerve, 3. Droop. 4. Evoke. 5. Repel III. 1. Power. 2. Olive. 3. Widen. 4. Event. 3. Rents. IV. 1. Enter. 2. Niece. 3. Teals. 4. Eclat. 5. Rests. V. 1. Straw. 2. There. 3. Regal. 4. Arabs. 5. Welsh. Syncopations and Zigzag. Charleston. 1. Ca-ni-ne, cane. 2. Sh-in-ed, shed. 3. Me-nt-al, meal 4. Do-ct-or, door. 5. Mu-mb-le, mule. 6. Ce-ment, cent. 7. Sa-dd-le, sale. 8. St-re-et, stet. 9. Co-tton, coon. 10. Re-ta-in, rein. Illustrated Numerical Enigma. Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. |
Charade. Pu-pils. Diagonals. Christmas. 1. Canceling. 2. Shoulders. 3. Piratical. 4. Exhibited. 5. Satisfied. 6. Operating, 7. Persimmon. 8. Cathedral, 9. Albatross. Transpositions and Zigzag Christmas. 1. Rack, cork. 2. Huts, shut. 3. Pear, reap, 4. Ripe, pier. 5. East, seat. 6. Bats, stab. 7. Taine, mate. 8. Pace, cape. 9. Ears, sear. Wood-square. 1. Ears. 2. Arca. 3. Rear. 4. Sara. Geographical Cube. From: 1 to 2, America; 1 to 3, Algiers; 2 to 4, Alabama; 3 to 4, Sumatra. 5 to 6, Mombasa; 5 io 7, Managua; 6 to 8, Arizona; 7 to 8, Austria; 1 to 5, Anam; 2 to 6, Apia; 4 to 8, Asia; 3 to 7, Saba. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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To our Puzzlers: Answers, to be acknowledged in the magazine, must be received not later than the 15th of each month, and should be addressed to St, Nicholas Riddle-box, care of The Century Co., 33 East Seventeenth St., New York City. Answers to all the Puzzles in the October Number were received, before October 15th, from “Chuck”—”Duluth”—Elizabeth D, Lord— Marguerite Hyde—”Allil and Adi”—Nessie and Freddie, Answers to Puzzles in the October Number were received, before October 15th, from C. C. C., 1—H. Jones, 1—Mildred Kahn, 2—Edith L. Kaskel, 2— Martha C. Hollister, 2— Benjamin L. Miller, 8— Kathryn Sprague De Wolf, 7— Walter L. Dreyfuss, 5—Harriet Bingaman, 5—Walter P. Bliss, 8—Bessie Sweet Gallup, 4—St, Gabriel’s Chapter, 4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DOUBLE ZIGZAG. (Gold Badge, St, Nicholas League Competition.)
From 1 to 2, a famous American; from 3 to 4, a personage who has given his name to a certain date.
Elinor Colby.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC. (Silver Badge, St, Nicholas League Competition.) (Stiver Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.) My primals spell a word which means changes of form or appearance; my finals may all be found in the word “metamorphosis.” Cross-words (of equal length): 1. An aromatic plant used for seasoning. 2. Verse. 3. Solitary. 4. Pluck. 5. To frighten. 6. An inclosure about a field. 7. To come forth. 8. To estimate. 9. To join. 10. A road or path, 11. A passageway, 12. Yours. 13. An idol. 14. A fruit-tree of southern Europe. 15. A recess in a wall. 16. An ointment.
Estelle Ellisson
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OBLIQUE RECTANGLE.
1. In plaid. 2 Liable. 3. A month. 4. Easily frightened. 5. A spring flower. 6. A place for keeping milk. 7. A small bottle for sauces. 8. Periods of time. 9. Marked peculiarity. 10. The power of seeing. 11. In that place. 12. Flat, broad yessels on which dishes are carried. 13. The nest of a bird of prey. 14. Gestures by which thoughts are expressed, or wishes made known. 15. To decree. 16. A small bag. 17. Retiring. 18 A kind of pastry. 19. In plaid.
Charlotte Morrison
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