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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE JANUARY NUMBER.

Double Zigzag. From 1 to 2, Abraham Lincoln; 3 to 4, Saint Valentine. Cross-words: 1. Answer. 2. Obtain. 3. Strait. 4. Retain. 5. Tahiti. 6. Marvel. 7. Meadow. 8. Lilacs. 9. Direct. 10. Banana. 11. Mascot. 12 Phonic. 13. Glance. 14. Needle.

Double Acrostic. Initials, Transfigurations: finals, E. Crosswords: 1. Thyme. 2. Rhyme. 3. Alone. 4. Nerve. 5. Scare. 6. Fence. 7. Issue. 8. Gauge. 9. Unite. 10. Route. 11. Aisle, 12. Thine. 13. Image. 14. Olive. 15. Niche. 16 Salve.

Oblique Rectangle. 1. A. 2. Apt. 3. April. 4. Timid. 5. Lilac. 6. Dairy. 7. Cruet. 8. Years. 9. Trait. 10. Sight. 11. There. 12. Trays. 13. Eyrie. 14. Signs. 15. Enact. 16. Scrip. 17. Timid. 18. Pie. 19. D.

Charade. L, baa Elbe.

King’s Move Puzzle. Bison, bear, bull, giraffe, buffalo, pig, goat, stag, dog, tiger, fox, wolf, ox, lynx, squirrel, panther, porcupine, camel, elk, hyena, cat, rat, calf, mole, seal, lion, weasel, boar, otter, antelop, monkey, donkey, elephant, rhinoceros, deer, horse, hare, leopard, ape, lamb, doe, beaver.

Double Rereadings and Curtailings. Christmas. 1. Mi-scar-ry, cars. 2. Ph-this-ic, hist. 3. Le-arni-ng, rain. 4. Co-ntenti-on, intent. 5. Pr-ese-nt, see. 6. Di-spat-ch, taps. 7. Li-nime-nt, mine. 8. Bo-nda-ge, and. 9. Th-irst-er, sur.

Acrostic. Second row, Uriah Heep. Cross-words: 1. Europe, 2. Grapes. 3. Pink. 4. Lamp. 5. Phidias. 6. Photograph. 7. Eel. 8. Beet. 9. Apothecary.

Double Diagonal. From 1 to 2, Burns; 3 to 4, Dürer. Cross-words: 1. Brier, 2. Ruler. 3. Arrow, 4. Ruins. 5. Dross.

An Obelisk. From 1 to 2, Julius Caesar, Cross-words: 1. J. 2. Run. 3. Calyx. 4. Abide. 5. Flute. 6. Mason. 7. Yacht. 8. Peach. 9. Cheat 10. Hasty, 11. Knave. 12. Birch.

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 November Number were received, before November 15th, from Nessie and Freddie—Grace Haren—“Allil and Adi”—Elizabeth D. Lord—Walter L. Dreyfuss—Paul R. Deschere—“Chuck”—Dorothy Rutherford.

Answers to Puzzles in the November Number were received, before November 15th, from William Leetch 1—N. Edgar & Co., 7— Ralph Kirlin, 2—Margaret Carpenter, 6—Emmet Russell, 3—Oswald D. Reich, 4—Jane C. Watt, 1—Joe and I, 7—“Constant Reader,” 1—Harriet Bingaman, 6— Eleanor Taft, 1—William McAdams, 4—Mary Purdy McCube, 6,

ZIGZAG.

(Silver Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.)

13‍	13‍	13‍	13‍
*‍	·	7	·
·	*‍	5	·
1	·	*‍	·
·	4	·	*‍
·	·	*‍	·
·	*‍	·	·
*‍	6	·	2
·	*‍	·	·
·	·	*‍	8
3	·	·	*‍

Cross-words: 1. Glowing. 2. A masculine name, 3. An inhabitant of the water. 4. To curve. 5. A piece of money. 6. For one time. 7. A strong wind. 8. A mountain peak in Sicily. 9. A float. 10. A building for hay and cattle.

The zigzag, reading downward, spells the name of a famous man; the letters represented by the figures from 1 to 8 spell the name of the month in which he was born.

Fred Burger.

TRANSPOSITIONS AND ZIGZAG.

(Gold Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.)

Example:Transpose a short pen, and make a small cask. Answer, stub, tubs.

1. Transpose prevalent, and make a conflagration. 2. Transpose to cauterize, and make epochs. 3. Transpose an infant, and make an ecclesiastic. 4. Transpose kitchen utensils, and make to break short. 5. Transpose similar, and make a fine German naval station in the Baltic. 6. Transpose certain, and make one who uses. 7. Transpose plunder, and make an instrument. 8. Transpose greater quantity, and make a city. 9. Transpose the mark of a wound, and make vehicles. 10. Transpose young animals, and make a short piece of timber used as a support. 11. Transpose money paid for a lease, and make an aquatic bird. 12. Transpose a part, and make learning. 13. Transpose sound, and make a short letter.

When these transpositions have been rightly made, and the words written one below another, take the first letter of the first word, the second letter of the second word, the first of the third, the second of the fourth, and so on. The zigzag thus formed will spell the name of a man who wrote some fine stories for St. Nicholas.

Erwin Janowitz.

CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.

My first is in row, but not in sail;

My second in cotton, but not in bale;

My third is in open, but not in shut;

My fourth is in smart, but not in cut;

My fifth is in key, but not in lock;

My sixth is in bevy, but not in flock;

My seventh is in even, but not in odd;

My eighth is in salmon, but not in cod;

My ninth is in cotton, but not in pod.

My whole is a famous man.

Frederick P. Cranston (League Member).

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