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St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, May 1878
Answers To Puzzles
Hour-Glass Puzzle
| 1 |
alligator |
| 2 |
adoring |
| 3 |
enemy |
| 4 |
dye |
| 5 |
h |
| 6 |
pop |
| 7 |
elude |
| 8 |
evangel |
| 9 |
amendable |
Answer - Greyhound
Blank Apocopes
1. Rafters, raft.
2. Rushlight, rush.
3. Larder, lard.
4. Scarlet, scar.
Frame Puzzle
F
G
R R
H E A D B A N D
G D
R U
C H A P L A I N
N T
T E
Easy Beheadings
1. Beat, eat.
2. Candy, Andy.
3. She, he; your, our.
4. Table, able.
5. Pink, ink.
6. Scent, cent.
7. Brain, rain.
8. Orange, range.
9. Skate, Kate.
10. Helm, elm.
11. Crow, row.
12. Hash, ash.
13. Bowl, owl.
14. Scare, care.
15. Brush, rush.
Easy Triple Acrostic
| 1. |
combing |
combing |
combing |
| 2. |
reverberation |
reverberation |
reverberation |
| 3. |
omaha |
omaha |
omaha |
| 4. |
worst |
worst |
worst |
Hidden French Sentence
Ma ville de pierre,—"My city of stone," or "My city of Peter;" i.e.. St. "Peter's-burg." ["Pierre" means "Peter" as well as "stone."]
Pictorial Anagram Proverb Puzzle
"It is good to be merry and wise."
Three Easy Square Words
| I. |
1. |
POE |
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2. |
ORE |
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3. |
EEL |
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| II. |
1. |
FIR |
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2. |
IRE |
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3. |
RED |
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| III. |
1. |
LAW |
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2. |
AGE |
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3. |
WED |
Easy Enigma
Diamond.
Reversible Double Diamond and
Concealed Word-Square
R
T E N
L E V E R
N E T
L
Easy Synocopations
1. Brass, bass.
2. Bread, bead.
3. Chart, cart.
4. Clove, cove.
5. Crane, cane.
6. Farce, face.
7. Heart, hart.
8. Horse, hose.
9. Mouse, muse.
10. Peony, pony.
Pictorial Transposition
Puzzles
1. Entitles (ten tiles)
2. Raja (ajar)
3. Palm (lamp)
4. Satyr (trays)
5. Causer (saucer).
Easy Square-Word
BALM
ALOE
LORE
MEEK
Easy Diamond
W
NAG
WATER
GEM
R
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