St. Nicholas/Volume 32/Number 1/Riddle-Box
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE OCTOBER NUMBER.
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Charade. Gnome-ad, nomad. Triple Beheadings and Curtailings. Indian Summer, 1. Aff·in·ity. 2 Mag·ni·tude. 3. Ten·din·ous. 4. Vac·ill·ate. 5. Mac·adam·ize. 6. Phe·nome·non. 7. Ter·sen·ess. 8. Red·und·ant. 9. Sum·mar·ily. 10. Tri·me·ter. 11. Rep·ell·ent. 12. Rep·roh·ate. Double Acrostic. Primals, Irving: finals, Lowell. Crosswords: 1. Idol. 2 Reno. 3. View. 4. Idle. 5. Nail. 6. Gill. Illustrated Numerical Enigma. Venture a small fish to catch a great one, Double Zigzag. From 1 to 2, Crown Point; from 3 to 4, Ethan Allen. Cross-words: 1. Picnic. 2. Crater. 3. Ordeal. 4. Awhile. 5. Senate. 6. Tapnet. 7. Combat. 8. Inarch. 9. Enmity. 10. Potent. |
Oblique Rectangle. 1. H. 2 Lad. 2, Libel. 4. Habited. 5. Detinue. 6. Lenient. 7. Duennas. 8 Ennoble. 9. Tabling. 10. Sling. 11. Eng. 12. G. Diagonal. Robert Fulton. Cross-words: 1. Restrainable. 2. Polysyllable. 3. Subterranean, 4. Carelessness. 5. Undercurent. 6. Equestrienne. 7. Canaliferous. 8. Constitution. 9. Historiology. 10. Superstratum. 11. Assimilation. 12. Construction. Triple Cross-word Enigma. Madison, Trenton, Saota Fé. Connected Squares. I. 1. Star. 2. Tore. 3. Area 4. Reap II. 1. Joel. 2. Ogle. 3. Ella. 4. Lean. III. 1. Easel. 2. Apple. 3. Sprig. 4. Eliza. 5. Legal. IV. 1. Abel. 2. Bale, 3. Elms. 4. Lest. V. 1. Zany. 2. Aloe. 3. Nova. 4. Year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. Nicolas Riddle-box, care of The Century Co., 33 East Seventeenth St., New York City. Answers to all the Puzzles in the August Number were received, before August 15th, from Zeus Parker—Eugenie Steiner—“Chuck”—Agnes Rutherford—“The Spencers”—Evelyn Goodrich Patch—“Allil and Adi”—Benjamin L. Miller—Myrtle Alderson—“Duluth”—Elizabeth D. Lord—Catherine H. Steel—Nessic and Freddie—Mary Randell Bacon—John Farr Simons. Answers to Puzzles in the August Number were received, before August 15th, from Cecil F. Gustine, 3—Lillian Homes, 9—J. S. Dunn, 1—F. F. Harrington, 5—Madge Oakley, 9—“Marcia and Co.”, 9—Harriet Ringamon, 7—Ella Harrison, 6—Lawrence and Frederica Mead, 5—Mary B. Askew, 3—Jessie Acklin, 1—Salome Baker, 1—W. G. Rice, Jr., 2—William McAdams, 7—Laura Evelyn Jones, 9—N. R. Marshall, 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CONNECTED WORD-SQUARES. (Cash Prize, St. Nicholas League Competition.)
I. Upper Left-hand Square: 1. A native of Normandy. 2. A bird. 3. A little wave. 4. Wiped up with a mop, 5. To declare. 6. Required. II. Upper Right-hand Square: 1. Certain trees. 2. Characterized by melody as distinguished from harmony. 3. Hairy. 4. Robbed. 5. One of a sect among the Jews. 6. Sown. III. Central Square: 1. Tenets. 2. The East. 3. A main-beam. 4. To interfere. 5. Anoits. 6. Pressure. IV. Lower Left-hand Square: 1. Moves with measured steps. 2. Opposed. 3. A genus of marine gastropods. 4. A genus of bulbous plants. 5. An assembly-room in a dwelling of the Pueblo Indians. 6. A sailor. |
V. Lower Right-hand Square: 1. A division in a church. 2. A tiny creature named from its fancied resemblance to the cranium. 3. Confederacies. 4. To put in. 5. Part of the name of some great mountains in California. 6. Part of a rotifer,
EMERSON GRANT SUTCLIFFE .
CENTRAL SYNCOPATIONS. (Gold Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.) When the following words have been rightly guessed, the letters which have been removed will spell a month. Example: Take the middle letter from a fruit, rearrange, and make affection. Answer, Ol-i-ve, love. 1. Take the middle letter from an ordinal number, rearrange, and made lean. 2. Take the middle letter from a hoarse sound, rearrange, and make to torture. 3. Take the middle letter from a large bird, rearrange, and make close at hand, 4. Take the middle letter from general direction, rearrange, and make a pointed weapon. 5. Take the middle letter from to send money, rearrange, and make a ceremony, 6. Take the middle letter from temperate, rearrange, and make a flower. 7. Take the middle letter from an incident, rearrange, and make an outlet. 8. Take the middle letter from to deserve, rearrange, and make duration.
HELEN CARTER.
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ILLUSTRATED NUMERICAL ENIGMA. This differs from the ordinary numerical enigina in that the words forming it are pictured instead of described. The answer, consisting of twenty-nine letters, is a proverb which should be heeded by spendthrifts. A NOVEL ZIGZAG. (Gold Badge, St, Nicholas League Competition.)
Cross-words: 1. Not transparent, 2. To receive with favor. 3. Vagabonds. 4. Merry. 5. Sprightly. 6. Delicate. 7. The name of a country which is now at war. The zigzag (indicaced by stars) spells the name of a month; the letters indicated by the figures from 1 to 9 spell the name of a country which is the seat of war; the letters indicated by the figures from 10 to 14 spell the name of a country which is now at war.
EDITH PRINDEVILLE.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC. My primals spell the name of a famous author; my finals, one of his works. Cross-words (of equal length): 1. Strife, 2. Era. 3. Conducted, 4. A common game. 5. Period. 6. The first syllable of a vegetable sometimes used medcinally. 7. To transgress, 8. A little bed. 9. To lubricate. 10. A common article. 11. A small child.
ETHEL PAINE (League Member).
NOVEL ACROSTIC. (Silver Badge, St, Nicholas League Competition.)
{{sc|Cross-words: 1. An upright, four-sided pillar, usually covered with hicroglyphic writing. 2. A cupboard intended to contain articles of value. 3. A fox-hunting term meaning “swiftly.” 4. Slanting. 5. Radiant. 6. Thrift. 7. Pertaining to the root. The initial letters, reading downward, spell the name of a month; the letters indicated by the numbers from 1 to 12 spell a pleasant season.
WALTER L. DREYFUSS.
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DIAGONAL. All of the words described contain the same number of letters. When rightly guessed and written one below another, the diagonal (beginning with the upper left-hand letter and ending with the lower right-hand letter) will spell the name of a popular machine. Cross-words: 1. An aquatic sport. 2. Walton’s favorite pastime. 3. A painting. 4. An important city. 5. A supernatural event. 6. To maim. 7. A famous novel.
MINTON M. WARREN (League Member).
CONNECTED SQUARES. (Silver Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.)
II. Upper Right-hand Square: 1. Possessor. 2. To interlace. 3, Pertaining to the nose. 4. To elude. 5. To rent again. III. Central Square: 1. To happen. 2. Source. 3. Pertaining to Cuba. 4. Custom. 5. To rejuvenate. IV. Lower Left-hand Square: 1. To shelter. 2. A fruit. 3. A cross woman. 4. Occurrence. 5. Hires. V. Lower Right-hand Square: 1. Desires. 2. Concerning. 3. Exalted. 4. A brilliant flower. 5. Degrees.
ZENO N. KENT.
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