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St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, September 1878

Answers To Puzzles

1. Classical Double Acrostic (Verti)

1.  Vouch voucH
2.  Iago iagO
3.  Roar roaR
4.  Georgia georgiA
5.  Iconic iconiC
6.  Little littlE

Answer: Virgil, Horace

2. Names of Authors Enigmatically Expressed (Rusticus)

1. Poe.
2. Defoe.
3. Hawthorne.
4. Prescott.
5. Hay.
6. Cooper.
7. Sparks.
8. Lever.
9. Lover.
10. Boswell.

3. Enigma (Janie M.B.)

Bridle.

4. What Is It? (M.S.R.)

A switch.

5. Charade (L.S.)

Nightingale; night, in(n), gale.

6. Incomplete Sentences (Grace G.C.)

1. Fair, fare.
2. Rite, right, write.
3. Maid, made.
4. Reads, reeds.
5. Beats, beets.
6. Bawl, ball.
7. Mien, mean.
8. Fain, feign, fane.
 

7. Pictorial Anagram Puzzle (S.R.)

"Procrastination is the thief of time."

8. Three Diamonds (Allie)

I.     T    
  G I G  
T I B E R
  G E M  
    R    
II.     C    
  A L I  
C L O V E
  I V Y  
    E    
III.     I    
  U N A  
I N D I A
  A I M  
    A    

9. Riddle (E.S.S)

River.

10. Positives and Comparatives (G.S.)

1. Flat, flatter.
2. Ham, hammer.
3. Gross, grocer.
4. Lad, ladder.
5. On, honor.
6. Eye, ire.
7. Poe, pore.
8. Pie, pyre.
9. Mart, martyr.

11. Hidden Names (C.K.)

In each sentence, take the first letter of each word.

1. Alma.
2. Helen.
3. Arthur.
4. Mabel.
5. Harry.
6. Ethel.
7. Ernest.
8. Edith.
9. Fred.
10. Stella.
11. Edwin.
12. Grace.
13. Frank.

12. Easy Cross-Word Enigma (W.B.H.)

Dictionary.

13. Double Word-Square (H.H.D.) 

G O N E
A V E R
L E E R
E N D S

14. Rebus

"Can storied urn or animated bust
Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?"

15. Central Syncopations (A.B.)

1. Mouth, moth.
2. Carve, cave.
3. Maxim, maim.
4. Cabin, Cain.
5. Coronet, cornet.

16. Double Acrostic (Dycle)

1.  Vivid viviD
2.  I, I I, I
3.  Corps corpS
4.  Tower toweR
5.  Opera operA
6.  Rare rarE
7. Idyl idyL
8. Alighieri alighierI


Answer: Victoria, Disraeli.
 
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