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JT.4 *■' < V< Series Class _ Book, CopyriglitlN0- First a fad, ther the Cross W* Books (first series) have become an American institution, im¬ mortalized in cartoons by Briggs, epigrams by Will Rogers, burlesques by Rob¬ ert C. Benchley, and bal¬ lads by F. P. A. . . . '‘America is gasping for words/' COPYRIGHT DEPOSm ot rend The Puzzle Book in it. More ne lives in it. >ss word puz- >ook take you orld — a realm ting, exciting, ympian. The Cross Word Puzzler need not read mystery sto¬ ries and tales of adventure to get his thrills second¬ hand, for he can be a Sher¬ lock Holmes himself, giving battle single-handed to all the words in the English language, rank on rank de¬ ployed. The cross v comes a co noisseur of lose, to him, purpose of 2 um for tb thoughts, a esoteric sign is no nob than fitting that makes t plete. The Cross Word Puzzle Book is the greatest known foe of boredom — Ameri¬ ca's favorite enemy of en¬ nui. In a world of chaos and grotesque paradox these black and white pat¬ terns furnish a complete re¬ treat. With the Cross Word Puzzle Book you can let the cosmos go hang. solver be- 3r, a con- ds. They x mundane table medi- :change of ;ake on an nee. There satisfaction le last word ittern com- Here, at last, is the real literature of escape — 4 4 the eighth lively art." Track¬ ing down the elusive word in these puzzles not only thrills and tantalizes — it teaches new words and en¬ riches one's general fund of information. For the Cross Word Puzzler, time is on wings! 4 ‘The Cross Word Puzzle Book beneath a bough, Pencil, eraser, dictionary, thou Beside me, solving in the wil¬ derness, Wilderness were Paradise enow/’ Omar plus Fitzgerald plus Grant Overton THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE BOOK THE GROSS WORD PUZZLE BOOK Second Series A Second Anthology of Fifty New Cross Word Puzzles Selected as the Best of the Thousands Submitted to the New York World Published Here Exclusively for the First Time, and Edited By PROSPER BURANELLI F. GREGORY HARTSWICK MARGARET PETHERBRIDGE Preface by WILLIAM A. STERN II CROSS WORD PUZZLE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC. THE PLAZA PUBLISHING COMPANY New York :: 1924 If you wish a copy of The Book of the Correct Answers for The Cross Word Puzzle Book — Second Se¬ ries, sent with our compliments, use the enclosed postal. Should you lose the postal, ten cents in stamps, sent to The Plaza , Publishing Company, 37 West 57th Street, New York City, will bring a copy of the answers by return mail. Copyright, 1924, by SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC, THE PLAZA PUBLISHING COMPANY 37 Wes? 57th Street New York, N. Y, SEP -8 *24 ©C1A801939 Md ) Please turn to pages 119-123 of this book for announcements of importance to all interested in Cross Word Puzzles / FOREWORD BY THE PUBLISHERS ONE Cross Word Puzzle Book leads to another. Now that the second volume, containing a new series of fifty more Cross Word Puzzles, is available, it seems fitting to take the reader behind the scenes and give him a short history of this cross word business. The first Cross Word Puzzle Book was published on April 10th, 1924. In New York it sprang into immediate popu¬ larity, becoming there a best seller within a fortnight. A small but ardent group of cross word puzzle devotees gave the fad a running start. Among these pioneers may be men¬ tioned F. P. A., Montague Glass, Neysa McMein, Emily Price Post, Baird Leonard, Ruth Hale, Gelett Burgess, Robert C. Benchley, Hendrik Willem Van Loon, Kathleen and Charles G. Norris, Mary Roberts Rinehart, and Carolyn Wells. Cross word puzzling became the thing to do, the raging topic of conversation, supplanting Coue, Mah Jong, and Bananas (first a slogan — now a fact!). With this impetus, the pastime’s popularity radiated to other cities, and within a month the Cross Word Puzzle Book was ranked No. 4 on the national list of non-fiction best sellers. Three weeks later it advanced to third place, and the following month jumped into the lead, where it appears to remain indefinitely. First a fad, then a best seller, the Cross Word Puzzle Book became an American institution, immortalized in cartoons by Briggs, prose-epics by Bob Benchley, and ballads by F. P. A. [1] FOREWORD Ordinary books are meant to be read. Here is a book in which one writes — more than that, a book in which one has the supreme satisfaction of unravelling a real mystery, tracking down clue after clue. This, no doubt, is the secret of the irresistible fascination of Cross Word Puzzling. Every one enjoys being an amateur Sherlock Holmes — and the tantalizing black-and-white word patterns provide an ideal battle-ground for one’s detective instincts. This deep-rooted appeal explains the extraordinary popu¬ larity of the book. When we announced in one of our early advertisements that “people do not want this book — they crave it!” we had actual proof to support this statement — frenzied fans storming the publishers’ office to get extra copies in order “to keep peace in the house.” Six weeks after the publication of the first Cross Word Puzzle Book — May 18th, to be precise — the Cross Word Puzzle Association of America was formed at a convention at the Hotel Ambassador, New York. At this congress the rules and regulations of Cross Word Puzzling were formu¬ lated. A contest for the cross word puzzle championship of the world was held, and William A. Stern II won first hon¬ ors, solving a standard eleven-square formation in 10 minutes, 10 and two-fifths seconds. Mr. Stem has written a preface for this book, explaining the delights of cross word puzzling, for both novice and veteran. Thus, in the words of Neal O’Hara, America began to gasp for words. The Cross Word Puzzle became the Great Escape from Boredom — the most powerful enemy of ennui. . . . Not only entertainment and thrills, but sound instruction [2] FOREWORD reward the true Cross Word Puzzler. Here is the most de¬ lightful and the most effective way of building up one’s vocabulary and enriching one’s general fund of information. Dictionaries and synonym books joined the best seller list, right behind The Cross Word Puzzle Book itself, for every one, to obtain the maximum benefit and fun, must have a dic¬ tionary or a word book handy. The pencil and eraser provided with The Cross Word Puz¬ zle Book proved to be a most popular feature. Post cards for applying for the correct answers to the puzzles also pleased the followers of the pastime. This equipment, there¬ fore, is retained in the Second Series. The suggestion has been made that future editions of the book be equipped with shock-absorbers and four-wheel brakes. Thousands of puzzle enthusiasts have indicated their eager¬ ness for this second series of cross words. This book, like the first volume, is edited and compiled by the Cross Word Puzzle Editors of the New York World , the undisputed leaders of the gentle art. Every effort has been made to safeguard the technical perfection of the puzzles. This time they are arranged in the order of their difficulty, beginning with fairly easy ones, and ranging to the most intricate forma¬ tions, calculated to baffle Houdini himself. Beauty of design, accuracy of definition, complete interlock, and the minimum number of unkeyed letters — these elements have all been considered in selecting the puzzles. We are confident that they will prove as absorbing, as entertaining, — yes, as excit¬ ing, — as the first fifty. The Publishers . [3] PREFACE By William A. Stern, 2nd Cross Word Puzzle Champion of the World WO years ago I saw a friend of mine earnestly studying X a checkered diagram in the magazine section of a Sun¬ day newspaper. Curiosity impelled me to ask him whether he had taken up cross-stitching, because the pattern he so zealously pored over resembled closely that of an old-fash¬ ioned sampler. When he explained that he was attempting to solve a puzzle I laughed, because in my ignorance I be¬ lieved that puzzles were childish time-wasters. I snorted my disdain at this sort of balderdash and, angered, he challenged me to try my hand at it. I confidently predicted that I would easily solve the foolish enigma and after he had explained the manner of solution I set to work. A few minutes later I started asking questions. What was one supposed to do? My friend explained a sec¬ ond time and I was all at sea. Finally I understood what to do, but was shaky on how to do it. I finished that puzzle the next day. I gave little thought to food and rest; in the end I triumphed. Since that time I have solved many cross word puzzles but on none have I consumed as much time as on that first heart- breaker. I used to blame my slowness on the fact that the method was never properly explained, but I now believe that my friend who gave me my first cross word baptism was an adequate instructor. The chief difficulty which the uniniti- [5] PREFACE ate meets lies in the struggle to concentrate on the explanation. In their simplest terms here are the rules and technique of cross word puzzling: The primary object of the game is to fill up the blank spaces in a cross word design with letters which spell out words. The solver guesses the words from their definitions. By looking at a pattern we can tell how many letters are in a word to be guessed. Suppose, for example, you were asked for a six letter word meaning unsteady . You would go through all the synonyms for unsteady that you could recall. You would discard unstable, shaky , tipsy , tottering and rocky because none of these words has the proper number of let¬ ters. You would accept groggy or fickle. Now apply this system to the solution of a puzzle. The definitions of the words are shown in two divisions: one division is captioned Horizontal, the other Vertical. Be¬ fore each definition is a number which indicates that the word defined has its first letter in the square of the same number on the pattern. For example, in the puzzle on the jacket of this book (which is Number 1 in the book itself), we see under Horizontal, “1. stout.” This means that the word is read horizontally and starts in the space numbered “1” on the pattern. The answer is “plump.” A word always runs from its first letter to a black square or to the end of the diagram. Having the word “plump” written in, we now have hints of a certain letter in each of four other words, because each of the letters in this word, except the letter “L,” is used to form a word which is read downwards. Under the heading Vertical may be found the definitions of the words which read downwards. So we see that the letters in plump are used in the words prove , up, map, and plant. The letter “L” is called in cross word parlance [6] PREFACE an unkeyed letter because it does not give the solver a key to another word. Well constructed puzzles have few un¬ keyed letters. You will notice also that all the words in the puzzle are joined together or interlocked so that after guessing the first word the solver may decode the entire puz¬ zle without one being minus a hint of some sort. I do not mean to infer that these puzzles must be so con¬ structed that the solver has a simple task. An object of crosswording is to puzzle, but fairness to a hard working puzzler dictates certain laws for the designer to follow. The first of these laws is the all-over interlock. The second is that in obsolete, rare, and unfamiliar words no letter should be unkeyed. And now a few words as to technique. Of course I prefer my own method to any other, but I do not claim for it greater merit than the systems I will tell you about. When I get a puzzle to solve, my first move is to read all the definitions. Among these I am sure to find some familiar and overworked words which I can set into place and be off to a flying start. Certain simple three letter words such as bog , fen , pen, boa, emu, and roc, and other words in which vowels pre¬ dominate such as opera and arena are used in hundreds of puzzles. I get these out of the way in short order. My next move is to start working on that part of the puzzle where I have filled in the largest number of words, because it is there that I have the greatest number of hints. If I strike a snag I immediately take up my work in some other place. And so I work my way around to completion. Some people obtain excellent results by another method. They first do all the horizontal words which quickly come to [7] PREFACE mind. And then all the vertical. Thus they get an excellent start from which to work. Some solvers use the system of building up from the first word which they can guess. Just a few words of warning: First — Beware of putting in certain words whose defini¬ tions do not accurately define. Parts of the verb “to be,” personal pronouns, exclamations, notes of the scale, prefixes, suffixes and prepositions should not be filled in unless an in¬ terlocking word gives you a hint as to what they are. They are so numerous that without a hint it is futile to attempt to guess them. Second — Beware of homonyms. A homonym is two words which have the same sound, but have different mean¬ ings. The best illustration of a homonym appeared in F. P. A.’s column, the Conning Tower, a few years ago. Ac¬ cording to my feeble memory the sentence ran, “If I should say that you are prone to carp, I would not mean that you are lying face downward to a deep sea fish.” How often does the solver struggle over such a definition as “light,” be¬ lieving all the while that he must find a word meaning an illuminant, when the correct word is “airy”! Third — Beware of sloppy printing and careless erasing. When you write in a word, letter neatly. Do not make a P look like an R. And when you find it necessary to erase be sure to obliterate every letter. Dangling characters which rubber crumbs have failed to pick up have cost so many wasted hours that experts in efficiency have taken up the matter in executive session. Whatever method you employ or whatever mistakes you make, you will reap pleasure and profit for your time. You [8] PREFACE will increase your vocabulary, give yourself mental disci¬ pline, and, above all, you’ll have fun. I want to thank the Plaza Publishing Company, whose real name is Simon and Schuster, for its work in getting out these Cross Word Puzzle Books. Most of the puzzles are of the first rank and the variety of design is amazing. In fact I feel so kindly toward the publishers that I do not upbraid them for the time they made me lose by a few errata in the first edition, which they promptly corrected in the later edi¬ tions. I can heartily congratulate any owner of this Cross Word Puzzle Book and all the Cross Word Puzzle Books to follow on the days of real pleasure that lie before him. William A. Stern, 2nd. New York City, June, 1924. [9] HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS WORD PUZZLE THERE are two essential points that must be remembered by initiates into the cross word puzzlers’ fraternity. First, the numbers in the squares refer to the definitions; secondly, there should be but one letter to each white square. Figure 1 shows a cross word puzzle challenging each and every one of us to solve it. Looking the puzzle over we find that 1 hori¬ zontal calls for a seven letter word meaning “disparage.” That is not so easy, so we leave it temporarily. We go on to the next one, which is a three letter word meaning “a cereal grass.” What else could it be but OAT? Therefore we ink in OAT in the proper squares. “Vice Admiral.” That most assuredly must be VA. We place that into position. The ninth, tenth and eleventh do not come to our minds immediately, so we pass them up. We will catch them on the cross check. Twelve is familiar, how¬ ever, and with a little thought we place LO in the vacant squares. The rest do not come to us, so we leave them also, and turn to the verticals. [10] EXAMPLE Fic. 1 DEFINITIONS Horizontal 1 Disparage 6 Cereal grass 7 Abbr. Vice Admiral 9 An edge-tool 10 Urge 11 Skill 12 Behold 14 Prefix: good 15 Impair 17 Agreement Vertical 1 Evolve 2 Toward 3 A rodent 4 Near 5 A web 8 Gone by 9 A land measure 13 A male sheep 15 Indeed 16 Disordered type THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE BOOK Looking over the diagram (See Figure 2) we find that one vertical calls for a seven letter word whose third and fifth letters are V and L respec¬ tively and which is defined as “evolve.” The V and the L give us the clue. The word is DE¬ VELOP. We place it in the di¬ agram. Two, three and four are easy, for we have three clues to work on and we find the proper words without much difficulty. The next one is beyond us, so we go on Fic. 2 to the one numbered 8. We find that a three letter word — starting with A — meaning “gone by,” is needed. The clues of A and 0 enable us to get that without much trouble, and we place AGO in the square. We pass by nine, but thirteen is easy. “A male sheep?” Why, of course, the word is RAM. From now on the going is easy. We have plenty of clues to the words that we do not know. (See Figure 3.) Rechecking the horizontals, we find that we have the first, third, fourth and fifth let¬ ters of “disparage,” and with their uid we easily see that the word is DETRACT. Looking for a two let¬ ter word meaning “an edge-tool,” we soon find that there is but one word that will fit. We place AX in position. With nine vertical beginning with an A it is easy to find that ARE is the proper word. Ten horizontal [11] THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE BOOK proves to be EGG and eleven becomes ART. We say to ourselves that if we could only get five vertical we would have the puzzle solved. Well, why not? Is the second letter an a, e, i, o, or u? The definition gives it as “a web.” What word will fit but TEXTURE? We place that into posi¬ tion. Now, we find that we have the puzzle almost com¬ pleted. Fifteen horizontal needs a three letter word meaning “impair.” Its middle letter must be an A. With the A to guide us that is simple. The word is “SAP.” Fifteen and sixteen being two letter words are easily found, and we place SO and PI into position. We now find that we have the puzzle completed with one exception. Seventeen horizontal has to be found. Its first, third, fourth, fifth and seventh letters are P OMI E. A consonant is needed for the second letter, and R seems to be the most logical choice. That gives us the word, which is defined as “agree¬ ment.” (See Figure 4.) We settle back into our chair with a sigh of content at the thought of a job well done. But that is not the finish. Rather it is but the start. Now that we have tasted the pleas¬ ures of cross word puzzling, we are loath to give our time to anything else. What other amuse¬ ment offers the pleasure, instruction and satisfaction that is to be found in Cross Word Puzzles? There is but one answer to that question, and — foregoing the movies — we settle down to the elusive task of tracking words to their lairs. [12] DO’S AND DON’T’S FOR SOLVERS DON’T get scared if you can’t guess the first horizontal word. Go through the list till you find a definition that you’re sure of. That is the simplest method of beginning the solution. When you have written in all the words you are sure of, you will have plenty of clues for the unknowns. Don’t spent too much time with the long words unless you are sure of them. They will appear when the short ones have been solved. Of course, not all the short ones are easy, but they are generally more readily attended to than the long ones. Also, there are more of them, increasing the chances of finding familiar faces among the definitions. If you think a word is right, pencil it in lightly till you are sure. This saves erosion of paper and temper. But never hesitate to try a word that may be right. The trial and error method holds in puzzling as it does in life. Remember that the horizontals furnish a sure check on the verticals, and vice versa. If you are hopelessly stuck, try another puzzle. Inspira¬ tion sometimes waits for a return engagement. A pleasant feeling of something attempted, something done, accompanies the solution of a cross word puzzle. It’s good for the inferiority complex. [13] HORIZONTAL 1 Stout 5 Rapid 9 Roofs of mouths 11 Belonging to 13 Called 14 Adverb (degree) 15 Vessel 17 Presently 1 Demonstrate 2 Above 3 Plan 4 Sow 5 Cooks 6 United 7 Exists 8 Sense 10 Past 18 Perform 19 Happening 21 Weapon 23 Unclose 24 Also 25 Sorrow 27 Parts of speech 29 Conducted VERTICAL 12 Was partial to 14 Circus performer 16 Lukewarm 18 To check in develop¬ ment 20 Born 22 Corroded 25 Article of clothing 26 Natural phenomenon 30 Japanese sash 32 Provide outlet for 33 Alleged force - 34 Obliterate 36 Preposition 37 Small herring 39 Cut out 40 Smells strong 27 Guard 28 Stains 31 Interjection of dis¬ gust 34 Conclude 35 End of day 37 Three-toed sloth 38 You Puzzle No. 51 MADE IN A RATHSKELLER A Duet 20 23 25 rWO of the editors went out to lunch one hot day, with this result. By the way, this pattern is the same on which the puzzle for the World’s Championship vas made up. Can you do it in ten minutes, ten and two-fifths seconds? That was the time it took William A. Stern II to win the championship. 29 33 [15] V 1 Groundwork 5 Exhausted 9 High explosive 10 Small seed 11 Tropical chestnut 12 First son 14 Exercisings of author¬ ity HORIZONTAL 17 A prophetic sign 18 Russian carnival 19 Melodies 20 Opposed to 23 Twirl 26 Refactory 29 Narrow street 30 Expression of hearty assent 32 Moved swiftly 33 A common toy 35 A passageway in a theater 36 Brief treatise 1 Exist 2 A stick 3 Designed 4 Chief actor in a play 5 A humanitarian so¬ ciety (abbr.) 6 ppp. (pi.) 7 Narrative poems 8 Preposition VERTICAL 11 A Gypsy 13 Point 14 Become insane (two words) 15 Present time 16 Holy person 21 Nothing 22 Extinct rulers 24 Looks furtively 25 Small hotel 26 New Testament (abbr.) 27 A prayer 28 Fruit of certain palm trees 31 Exclamation 34 Near [16] Puzzle No. 52 A TRIAL BOUT By Joseph A. Margolies WHEN four eleven-letter words meet each other at right angles, something is bound to happen. This only goes to show that Mr. Margolies of Brentano’s is one of our most confirmed addicts. [17] HORIZONTAL 1 Cavity 5 Morning prayer 9 Down with 13 Form of “to be” 14 Condiment made from bean 15 A number 17 Short song 18 A seed vessel 21 To sift 23 Sooner than 24 A purpose 26 Point 27 Chronicles 29 Mexican cat 1 Hearty 2 Mineral 3 Motto 5 Man’s name 6 Yes 7 That thing 8 Modern 10 Candy 11 Commotion 12 Unites with thread 14 Daubs 16 Four score and ten 19 Vessel for ashes 20 Jumbled type 22 Nothing 24 Vipers 32 Terminate 33 Affinity 34 To be drowsy 36 By 37 Doctrines 38 Baubles 40 Parent 41 Spanish for “the” 42 Id est 43 Towards 45 Part of the eye 48 Petition 50 Indef. article 51 Haunch 53 Greetings VERTICAL 25 Open for debate 27 Insect 28 Composed of thin plates 30 Game 31 Child’s plaything 32 Ground 35 Make afraid 37 Ailing 39 Perch 44 Lubricant 46 Respect 47 Killed 48 Rouse 49 Figure with equal angles 54 Skill 55 Splendor 57 Kind of type 60 A poet 61 Armed conflict 63 Aeriform fluid 65 Tilted 68 A tree 70 To lengthen 71 Witty saying 73 Male adult 74 Before time 75 Measure 76 The whole 77 Inquiries 50 Part of circle 52 Doll 54 Passages 56 Soak 58 Lick up 59 Forepart of vessel 62 Since 64 Metal bearing rocks 66 Short for Isaac 67 Small speck 68 Comrade 69 Noah’s vessel 71 Towards 72 Preposition 73 Mother [18] Puzzle No. 53 AS YOU LIKE IT By Mrs. J. Meissner 4 LL the words in this pattern should be in your every-day vocabulary. For in- IL stance, the first word means a lot to golfers, and there are several that will please the housewives. r i9] HORIZONTAL 1 Stocks and bonds 9 Hail 10 Anger 11 More exact 13 Paris subway 15 Roulade 16 Builder 1 Refractory 2 Boast 3 First lady 4 Tranquil 5 Act 6 Built 7 Girl’s name 18 Harmonize 20 Discretion 21 Expletive 23 Hits lightly 26 Famous Irish chalice of 10th century 29 Stir VERTICAL 8 To gyp 12 Beaten track 14 Bird of fable 17 Reposed again 19 Arrogant person 22 Surgeon’s cylindrical saw 31 Snake 32 Make fast 33 Shellfish 35 Period 36 Members of hill tribe, British India 37 Baked clay 24 Years 25 One who heaps 27 Town of Gold Coast 28 Gull (Scotch) 30 Nurse 34 Quarrel Puzzle No. 54 TINY TIM By W. S. Boyd SIXTEEN black squares to one hundred and fifteen white is a pretty fine average. A too black pattern means the constructor was a bit lazy. This is small, but the words are not ordinary by any means. 1 2 3 4 5 <£> 7 e ■ 3 i ■ II 1 13 14 15 ■ 16 17 18 19 1 20 lz.1 22 23 25 ■ 2-‘VOCn HORIZONTAL 1 Domestic animal (fe¬ male) Interlaced Spanish dance Charge with gas Devoured Bitter Monastic female Exclamation Pile loosely Perform Civil War general 1 Nurturer 2 Beverage 3 Regarding 4 Age 5 Interlacement 6 Conjunction 7 Large vehicle 8 Studies 9 Syrian god 10 Group of eight 11 Oriental measure 22 Long hair of lions (pl.) 24 Stitch 25 Ran rapidly 27 Foundation 29 Procured 30 Member 31 Gave formally 33 Begins 35 Vehicle 36 Dried fruit (hot.) 38 Term of address VERTICAL 12 Sufficient (poet) 15 End of day (poet) 21 Avid 22 Unit of measure 23 An ascidian 24 Indications 26 Fish 28 Perceive 31 Dog 32 Charge 33 City in Nebraska 40 Article 41 Large snake 42 Note of musical scale 43 Contest 45 Impost 47 Rear 48 Become planted deeply 50 Celestials 52 Facile 53 Portion 34 Sibilant rale 35 Hollow 37 Procured 39 Rodents 44 Age 45 Plaything 46 Finish 47 Bronze 49 Bone 51 Proceed SEVEN GREEK CROSSES By John B. Sirich, Jr. WE counted the half -crosses to make up Mr. Sirich’s grand total. Please note: no unkeyed letters, no abbreviations or contractions, and comparatively few two- and three-letter words. Also double interlock throughout. Io triumphe! [27] HORIZONTAL H 1 Adore 4 Suggests 7 Prepare for publica¬ tion 10 Article 11 Fish eggs 13 Ovum 15 Preposition 16 End 20 Consumed 22 Snare 23 Look at 25 Demons 26 Recent 1 Molten rock 2 Upon 3 Before 4 A fold in cloth 5 Not any 6 Outfit 7 Self 8 Pronoun 9 Ripped 12 Metallic earths 14 Young person 16 Enticements 17 Motionless 27 Serpent 28 Edge 29 Thigh 31 Decay 34 Condition 37 Egg-shaped 38 Periods 39 Examinations 41 Punitive 42 Japanese fish 44 Exist 45 Fool 47 Utensils VERTICAL 18 Small particles 19 European country 21 It exists (contr.) 24 Affirmative 27 Take 30 Poles 32 Beverage 33 Negative 35 Small mound 36 Beverage 40 Spanish game 41 Diminish 43 Imitate 49 Quality 50 Numeral 51 Female deer 53 Lair 55 Shorthand memo® ran da 60 Parent 62 Disturbance 63 Vegetable 64 Exists 65 Excitement 66 Wrench 67 Depression 46 Observe 48 Hurried 49 Flat cord 50 Ends 52 Monster 54 Refuge 56 Sailor 57 At once 58 Adept 59 Possessed 61 Preposition 64 Not out [28] Pczzle No. 58 BOOLA BOOLA By Hassler Whitney CONSIDERING how often the convenient “eli” finds its way into Cross Words, it is quite right to include this puzzle from New Haven. It is undoubtedly meant for freshmen, for despite a loose center and several unkeyed letters it shouldn’t be too difficult. [29] HORIZONTAL 1 Large drinking bowl 5 Ruin 9 Geometrical figure 10 Unlimited quantity 12 Fine particles of stone 14 Is situated 15 Footprint 17 Serpent of S. Amer. 18 Near 19 Plots of ground 21 Jumbled type 22 Projecting part of wheel 1 To adhere 2 Individual 3 Concerning 4 Market 5 Brine pit 6 Roman weight 7 Vehicle 8 Button 9 A multitude 11 Mother-of-pearl 13 Flower 15 Covering 23 Alkaline solution 25 Composed of the number two 27 To earn 29 Whirl 31 Serious 32 Listlessness 33 Diffuse 34 Point of compass 36 Frosted 38 Small horse 40 Penetrated 41 Pronoun 43 Plain 46 Prefix, equal 47 Jurisprudence 49 Affray 50 Clear from weeds 51 To repeat the sound of 53 Vicious 54 Fondles 55 Hourly 56 S. A. quadruped VERTICAL 16 A fish 19 Knight errant 20 Granitic rock 22 Mark used in writing 24 Evolve 26 Exclamation of dis¬ gust 27 Fix 28 Mark aimed at 30 Wither 33 To designate 35 Division of stable 37 Quantities 39 Boy’s name 40 Beverage 42 Every one 44 The linden 45 To be in flower 46 Jot 48 Pronoun 50 Ejaculatory sound 52 Conjunction 54 Father [30] Puzzle No. 59 AT EASE By John Fasel IF you are angry and want something to fight with, don’t try this one. It won’t give you much of a wrestle — that is, if you are one of those hard-boiled solvers. But if you haven’t reached the state of complete addiction, or if you merely want a fillip, Mr. Fasel’s construction will please you. [31] HORIZONTAL 1 Signify 5 Appointments 10 Nimbus 12 Mexican dollar 13 Negation 15 Timid 18 Exclam, of surprise 20 Above 22 Moderates 23 White 25 Legendary character 27 Chill 28 Violent strains 29 By 30 Salutations 1 Hush (exclam.) 2 Master 3 Man’s name 4 Floor in a warehouse 6 Mimics 7 Cardinal number 8 One sensible of the beautiful 9 Consequently 11 Galvanize 13 Pert, to knots 14 Egg shaped 16 Impose 17 Exploits 18 Turning machine 32 Prescribed regimen 34 Exclamation 35 French article 36 Passage out 37 Certain quantity 38 Printers’ measure 39 Parent 41 Deposited 44 Holds a session 47 Another parent 49 One or any 50 On the top 51 Imitate 52 A reentrant angle 53 Primeval deity VERTICAL 19 Flagrant crime 21 Unit of measure 24 Relating to 26 Goddess of night 28 Enclose 31 Toe or finger 33 Style of capital 39 Repair 40 Imbecile 41 Lounging 42 C a p e on Atlantic Coast 43 Distress 44 Vigorous argument 55 Rent 57 Wear away 59 Musical character 60 Acts involving civil action 62 By word of mouth 63 The man or person 64 Head hunters of Lu¬ zon 67 Selenium (symbol) 68 Break 69 Rate of exchange 71 City in Utah 72 Angry 45 Definite article 46 Woman’s club 47 Greedy king (myth.) 48 Anoint 54 Symbol for tellurium 56 Misses 58 Marking an alterna¬ tive 60 Drink 61 Asterisk 65 To go about idly 66 Self 68 Thus 70 Bone [32] Puzzle No. 60 NOT TOO HARD By Saul Berman THIS constructor built a form that gave himself a lot of two-letter words. Are two-letter words permitted in English? They are. But there are only a few of them in existence and, consequently, they are repeated often. [33] HORIZONTAL 1 Intervals of time 7 Ordain 13 Bad, soft coal 14 African animal 16 Creeks 17 A fish 19 Wrath 20 Flowed 21 Behold 23 Males 25 To feel pain 26 Pronoun 27 Associate 29 Projection 1 Sacred songs 2 Unit of measure in printing 3 To repent of 4 Article 5 To cheat 6 Snow shoe 7 To imitate 8 Jumbled type 9 Elliptical 10 Substance resulting from the decompo¬ sition of a body by electrolysis 11 New England 12 African fly 15 Exist 18 To lease 31 Spanish epic 32 Spanish particle 33 Vehicle mounted on runners 35 Hang down 37 A tree 38 Lad 39 Trap 40 Vessel 41 Annoy 43 Flambeau 45 No more than 48 A large fabulous bird 49 To decay VERTICAL 20 Free 22 Highly inflammable liquid 24 Negative 25 To be ill 26 Product of dissocia¬ tion 28 Small three masted vessel 30 Fungus of rye 31 Sure hold 32 Measure 34 Diminutive child 36 Melody 37 Dog 41 Noisy quarrel 42 Nonsense 43 Child’s toy 50 Possessive pronoun 52 Hasten 53 Preposition 54 To undermine 56 A viscous substance 58 A parent 59 To plan 60 To interdict 62 To bore into 64 Indigo plant 66 Fertile spot 68 Bobbin 70 Infatuated 71 A sweetmeat 44 Stroke 46 Odd 47 Empower 49 Sharp blow 51 Rested 54 Sailor 55 Possesses 57 Uncommon 59 Glove 60 Exclamation express¬ ing disgust 61 Nothing 63 Coop 65 None 66 Bone 67 Therefore 69 For example [34] Puzzle No. 61 THE EASIEST WAY By Mildred M. Sanders HERE are all your favorite three-letter words in neat array. With such practice as this one, you’ll soon get to know every three-letter word in the dictionary. [35] HORIZONTAL 1 Lead 6 Coronet 11 Rescinds 13 One who dissolves 14 Kitchen implement 16 Bank clerks 17 Immerse 18 Primary 20 Card game 21 Still 22 Self-lovers 23 Product of dissocia¬ tion 1 Showy 2 Looses 3 Awkwardly 4 Press for payment 5 Heroine of series of stories 6 Relates 7 Badly 8 Workshop 9 Plant again 10 Flagrant crime 12 Scorch 13 Fleshy 24 Crafty 26 Record 27 Anti-prohibitionist 28 Veer 30 Hill 31 Small house 32 The sun 33 The woman 36 Away 38 Do 39 City in Italy 42 Sprite 44 Prefix, three VERTICAL 15 Wild beasts 16 Hebrew month 19 Small bird 25 Sailing vessel 27 General commanding at the battle of Quebec 29 Sorrow 30 Also 33 Knowledge of truths 34 Dreads 35 Ties 37 Level 45 Lamentations 47 High (music) 49 Corroded 50 Estate of a nobleman 51 Mound 52 Stays 54 Furnace for melting ore 56 Get away 57 Precipitates frozen rain 58 Paces 59 Tight 38 Painter 39 Brilliant reflection 40 Nothing 41 Minute particles 43 Groups of vessels 44 Legends 45 Looks secretly 46 Noticed by means of a sense 48 Brief 53 Opening 55 Sheltered [36] Puzzle No. 62 PLAN OF CAMPAIGN By Mordecai M. Richter THIS looks like the plan of a fortress. Like a fortress of the true medieval type it has four massive comer ramparts, towers, battlements. The enemy might be tempted to pierce those thin side indentations, but remember the military strategy about the danger of getting into pockets and being trapped. [37] HORIZONTAL 1 Cosmetic 5 Instrument for writ¬ ing 8 Blaze 12 Propeller 13 Wind-flower 14 Girl’s hat 15 Exhaust 17 Sink 18 Many days 20 Shell-fish 21 Cut 24 Artful 25 Delight 28 Rawhide 1 Fish 2 Scarcer 3 Epoch 4 Human being 5 Equals 6 Perfume 7 Stylish 8 Small in number 9 Consumed 10 One who creates 11 Watering place 16 Internal 19 Spirit actuating man¬ ners and customs 21 Overcome 30 Water fowl 31 Exclamation 33 Clamor 35 Household1 utensils 36 Either 37 Consecrate 38 People who talk fool¬ ishly 39 Glass vessel 40 After Christ 41 Pert, to air 42 Tumult 44 Toward 45 Nimble 47 Forehead VERTICAL 22 Aloft 23 People who run away secretly 25 Companion 26 By, near 27 Soft tissues 29 Loiter 30 Native American race 32 Bricklayers’ box for mortar 34 To shoot forth 35 By 36 Cereal 41 Part of dress 49 Dens 51 Possesses 53 Ringlet 55 Mixture of herbs 56 Stop 59 Furnish with side sup ports 60 Annoyed 63 Organ of hearing 64 Result 65 One 66 Manage 67 Stationary 68 Indian tent 43 Trunk 45 Note of scale 46 Hate 48 Ourselves 50 Sweet flower extract 51 Stags 52 Wooden shoe 54 Place 56 Fixed 57 Part of “to be” 58 Period 60 Wager 61 Knock 62 Tinge [38] Puzzle No. 63 GOOD AS GOLD A' By B. Eisner and A. B. Leavitt LL these words, from Cosmetic to Indian Tent, from Fish to Tinge, are good Rotarians. Mr. Babbitt knows and uses them all. Do you? If not, why not? [39] HORIZONTAL 1 Shrubs 6 Ripe 11 Match 12 S. Am. tuber 13 Famous poem 15 Otherwise 16 Double 18 Knob 20 Towards 21 Weary 23 Height 25 Came together 26 A cleanser 28 A measure 29 Harmonize 1 Mexican donkey 2 You and me 3 Place 4 Cuts 5 Musical composition 6 Fertilizer 7 A bad waiter 8 Mexican gum tree 9 N. E. State (abbr.) 10 Consumed 11 Palms off 14 Fond lovers 17 That thing’s 19 Natural metal 30 Lick up 32 Beverage 33 Club 34 Spectacles 37 Refuges 39 A high Moslem office 40 Describes the crowned head 42 Crowd 45 Augment 46 On behalf of 48 Finish 49 Character 51 Strengthening 53 Couch VERTICAL 22 Cabbage 24 Ring up 25 Silent 27 Flapjack 29 Houses of call 31 Peas “en masse” 33 Wash 35 Memorize 36 Crafty 37 Head gear 38 Sister of mercy 40 Pull up 41 Elongated fishes 43 Effluvium 55 Sounds of sudden pain 56 Tedium 58 Hurried 59 Forward 60 Loathe 61 Short paragraph 63 That thing 64 Tendency 66 Japanese coin 67 Vexes 69 A gnawer 70 Arenas for putters 44 Titans 46 Large wood 47 A form of exercise 50 Possessor 51 Add 52 Small bed 54 Does not succeed 56 Barren 57 Lake 60 Coal scuttle 62 More (Shakespeare) 65 Not any 68 Within [40] Puzzle No. 64 LULLABY By Hugh P. Evans JUST a song at evening. This one should be a mere pleasant moment. If you love ease, here it is. However, “easy to solve and hard to construct,” is the way the song sometimes should go. It is hard to keep inside a small dictionary. 1 To testify under oath 5 Criminal 9 Exceeded 14 Tool 15 Knock 16 Caprice 17 A grain for making malt 20 Allayed 22 Polly wants a cracker 24 Beast of burden 25 To reconcile to a loss 27 Glacial ridges 29 Belonging to us 30 Explain 32 Laboriously 35 To the inside of 36 Closest 38 Specious 40 Hostelries 1 To humiliate 2 Clergyman 3 Night bird 4 Killed 6 Period of time 7 Used by cowboys 8 Open 10 From a great dis¬ tance 11 Title of address 12 Hardy 13 In the way 18 Kind of tree 19 Longed for 20 Terminates 21 Specified quantity 22 Return 23 Away 26 Greek God of War 28 Vehicle on runners 31 Dam in a river HORIZONTAL 41 First woman 43 To dress 45 Eagle 46 Privately 48 Nidus 51 To deface 53 Norse deity 55 A weight of Turkey 57 King 59 Feathery 60 Having ten legs 61 Substitute 62 Loose part of coat 63 At another time 65 A presiding officer 67 Bustle 68 Healthy physical state 70 At that place 73 Prepare for publica¬ tion 75 Culmination 77 Greek mountain VERTICAL 33 Indians of Utah 34 Employed 35 Writing fluids 37 Vexation 39 Inhabitant of north¬ ern region 42 Having such a face 44 To infer 45 To eject 46 Concerning 47 Wear away 49 To discourse on 50 Praise 52 Southern state UbbT.y 54 Artificial language 56 Poem 58 Finis 64 Goddess of retribu¬ tive justice 66 Weapon for airplane 78 Worry 80 Guided 82 Tracked 86 Gratuities 88 A certain unknown quantity 90 To shut up 92 Hastened 93 Way of acting 94 Bag 96 Caustic alkaline so¬ lution 97 Presents itself 99 Single things 102 More stately 104 Shelter 105 Individual 106 Article of clothing 107 Fears greatly 108 Mist of condensed vapor 109 Stuffed 69 Horse food 71 Mask 72 Precipitate 74 Short paragraph 76 Cupid 78 Spring 79 Fearful 80 Aged 81 The emu 83 Pastries 84 Less interesting 85 Looked askance 87 Organ of hearing 89 Belonging to thee 91 Grain 93 Useless plant 95 Jot 98 Body of water 100 Negative 101 Beverage 103 Invitation [42] I# Puzzle No. 65 QUIET COMFORT By Marcam THIS one stays close to the amenities of English. There are few words you don’t use, if your vocabulary is as ample as a cross word puzzler’s should be. By the way, has your vocabulary expanded since you’ve started puzzling? [43] HORIZONTAL 1 Mountain range be¬ tween Italy and Switzerland 4 Minute particle 8 Affirmative votes 12 Steep eminence 16 Evergreen 17 Skill 20 Since 21 Substitute 23 Correlative of neither 24 Net to be drawn along bottom 26 To mock 27 Rough cloth 29 Issue forth 30 Kind of muffin 31 Close by 32 Not anything 33 Mournful 35 Fairly good 37 A modern dance 39 Speckled 1 Distant 2 Brim 3 Hurl 4 Silvery 5 To play with 6 Belonging to 7 Inorganic natural substance 8 Constitutionals 9 You 10 Termination 11 Writing 13 Musical composition 14 Affirmative 15 Rule 17 Soft drink 18 Study 19 Sweet potato 22 Halting 25 Essence 27 Fixed as to time 28 Argues 30 Polite 42 Industrious insect 43 Musical instrument 45 Orang-outang 46 The thing 47 Equipped 49 To deprive 52 Similar to 53 To calumniate 55 Sick 57 A bird 59 Evening 60 Regained 61 A decree 62 Feeble-mindedness 64 Source 65 Crested Brazi 1 i a n bird 68 Sun God 69 A right 71 A brace 72 Square of type 73 Incorporated (abbr.) VERTICAL 34 Branches 35 Raised platform 36 Ointment 38 Remiss 40 Leave out 41 Article of furniture 43 Grains 44 Witnesses 47 Concerning 48 Deserve 50 Addition to a docu¬ ment 51 Weave 54 Hail 55 Wrath 56 Support 58 Playing card 62 Song 63 Opportunity 66 Rough 67 Indian servant 70 Anxious (alternate spelling) 75 Married male Indian 78 Literary collection 79 Joins 82 A drop 83 Scarcity 85 Ox-like animal 86 Lake 87 Row 88 Owns 90 Girl’s name 92 Consumed 94 Hebrew measure of capacity 97 To originate 100 Sailor 101 In style (Fr.) 103 Transgress 104 For all time 107 Requested 108 Branches of learning 109 Look for 110 Female deer 111 Arrived 71 Country in Europe 74 Crying earnestly 76 Crag rising above glacier 77 Said 78 Compound yielding chrysphanic acid 80 Sacred image 81 Says 83 Clowns 84 Interjection 89 Plateau 91 Surface of fibers 93 Harden 95 Springtime of life 96 Yield 98 Russian village 99 Before 101 Consumed 102 Dull 105 Myself 106 Negative [44,] Puzzle No. 66 DIAMONDS WITHIN DIAMONDS By Isis PLENTY of trouble ahead here for the unwary solver. The four-letter word border is a tricky thing to monkey with, for often the wrong word contains the same number of letters and answers the definition perfectly. A good many unkeyed letters, but none in critical places. [45] HORIZONTAL 1 Visionary 7 Entangled 13 Number 14 Cleanse 15 Mere 16 Sluggishness 17 Calvinist 18 Assuredly (slang) 19 Scoff 21 Try 22 Whelp 23 Debtor 1 A fabled animal 2 Prong 3 Burdensome 4 Forward 5 A genus of bees 6 A shade of difference 7 African weight 8 Not at any time 9 Aid 10 Grottos 11 Periods 12 Tooth-shaped 26 Part of glacier 28 Opposed 30 Point at root of nose 32 Not accustomed 34 Whirlpool 35 Layers 37 One who conducts magazine 40 Carbonize 41 Braids 44 Musical instrument 45 Single (Scotch) VERTICAL 20 Offspring of Hindoos and Europeans 24 Soil 25 A light robe 26 A reprimand 27 Heals 28 A revenue collector 29 A settled course 31 Grain 33 Bend forward 35 Abrades 36 Fortification 46 Serpents 49 Attack 51 Mineral 53 Braided 54 Local 55 Nobleman — A. S. 56 Privilege of taking toll 57 Darnel 58 Newcomer on land 59 Made merry 38 Characteristic 39 Fared sumptuously 42 British author 43 Seesaw 47 Berry 48 Alluvial deposit 49 Looped wire 50 Mitigate 51 Small coin 52 Anxiety [46] Puzzlb No. 67 A STAID FORM By Charles Erlenkotter THIS plot of crosses and dots looks safe and conservative. There are, however, several perfectly good English words that will give you a thrill. By strange coincidence, this odd pattern was used by another contributor and will be found elsewhere in the book. A comparison of the two puzzles will be interesting. [47] HORIZONTAL 1 One who guards 38 Accustom 63 Disincumber 88 Makes equal 8 Of or pertaining to 40 Official documents 64 Retreats 90 Place of worship wisdom or learn¬ conferring rights 66 Exist 92 Invisible fluid ing or privileges 67 Checkered 93 A long river 15 Fleet of ships 42 Anthropoidal ape 70 Otherwise 95 Entwined 16 Malefactor 44 Guide 71 Relieves 97 Superlatively good 18 Exclamation of sor¬ 46 Slight deviation from 73 To fix deeply or in¬ 98 The thing row accuracy delibly 99 Old 19 Included 47 Heed 74 Thus 101 Skill 21 To pick 48 In, on, near or by 75 One thing 102 Silent 23 Obtained 50 Indians of an Algon¬ 76 A form, the faces of 104 Confusion 24 Snakes quin tribe in Can¬ which are parallel 105 Mountain in Thes¬ 25 Look! ada to one axis saly 26 The stem of a ship 52 Rages 79 Utensils 106 Visionary creation of 28 Official residences of 54 Like 81 Individual pies the imagination ministers 55 That which restricts 83 Certain hardwood 108 Dry 31 To greet 57 Turmoil trees bearing edi¬ 110 Dominion 33 Murmur lovingly 59 Expatiate ble nuts 111 Rapid, involuntary 34 Serf 61 Hiatus 85 Custom oscillation of the 35 Perfume 62 Traveler by boat or 87 Mountain near an¬ eyeballs 37 Court train cient Troy VERTICAL 1 Chief new words, or new 49 Another wild beast 77 To gather thickly 2 Above and in con¬ meanings 51 Efface again tact with 17 Destiny 53 Expert 78 Comanchean 3 Narrow strip 20 Midday 54 Range of very high 80 A wise man 4 Alleged source of 22 Seaweed mountains 82 Entrance all human curi¬ 24 Small insects 56 Small rug 83 Curve osity 25 Savage wild beast 57 A king of Judah 84 Stalk 5 Imaginary circle in 27 Spirit 58 Unit 86 Pant the heavens 29 Ends; aims 60 Assist 89 Pert, to the palate 6 From 30 Fur-bearing animal 64 Adherence to regu¬ 91 Atrabilious 7 Sailing races 32 Absent lar and habitual 94 Orient 8 Doses: drafts 34 Center course of action 96 Wrath 9 One 36 Apparel 65 Lift 97 Floating fragment of 10 Sacred city of Tibet 39 Receiver 68 Love affair a glacier 11 A mountain 41 Pert, to the skin 69 Household servants 100 Employ 12 To shatter; crush 43 Any official orders or 72 Exhausted in using 103 A drink 13 Exists decrees 73 A small fish 105 Bone 14 One who makes a 45 Least shallow 75 Range of mountains 106 Accomplish practice of using 47 To lie over and upon between Europe 107 Belonging to i me and Asia 109 A measure [48] Puzzle No. 68 A FLOCK OF TWO-SPOTS By Persephone 4 N eye for efficiency as well as beauty constructed this one. Trust the ladies to see the possibilities in simple effects! And the words are very much present, too. A good one to try your hand on if you think you’re good. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ■ 9 IO 1 1 12 13 14 W r 1 7 ■ 1 H1 19 2. 0 M 2 TH* 3 ■f ■f 26 2 ■ 29 30 ■ 32 S3 Mi IH 3 37 30 39 “1 O 41 1* 42 43 hr 4 r. . 1 i! 1 4© 49 ■ f 5 j 1 1 3 L SS St Hr 7 3< eWKMsi 60 ■ 6 1 ■ |62“ _ ■ |T3" Ji 6-1- 6S- M|f6£ H: f GO 69 70 1 .1 1 1 1 . H_ r Jv 7 H 1 1 % SO p? i- a i 62 0- ” Q i 6 3 7 69 >■9* 91 P ^2 93 95" 96 J 1 97 9© | ■ 99 JOO l ■ 2. 103 mm i •- >4 u 1 r :5T|| 109 H NO JT7 i [49] HORIZONTAL 1 Wild 6 Pieces of window glass 10 One who is familiar with all the details of an art 15 Article 16 One who annoys 17 Make fast 18 Pronoun 19 Closely mown grass plot 20 Make amends for 22 Drop of saline liquid secreted by the lacrimal glands 24 That on which the affections are pas¬ sionately set 26 All correct 27 Father 29 Masses 31 Group 32 Gradually enervate 34 Marsh 36 Infold 39 A duet 40 Possesses 41 Raise the spirits of 42 Obliterate 43 Disregard the divine law 44 Tocsin 45 Near the stern 47 Situation 49 Quality 51 Worthless matter 53 Bends forwards 56 Single 57 Circuit or journey 59 Manlike monkeys 62 A tree 63 To provoke 64 Sidewise 65 In error 66 Reverential fear 68 Shelter 70 Nautical mile 72 Objective of “she” 74 Erudition 76 Small shears 79 Island 80 Shabby clothing 83 Military aviator 84 Used to express comparison 86 Poem 88 Diminish 89 Frozen rain 90 Freeze or chill 92 Anarchist 93 Before 94 Heretofore 96 Exist 97 Immerse and with¬ draw 98 Fall in drops 100 Physician (abbr.) 102 Conjunction 103 A range of the voice 104 Bind to secrecy 107 Decorate 110 Subjugated 112 The thing 114 Rigorous 115 Inveigle 116 Exclamation 117 The period of minor¬ ity 118 Antagonist 119 Talent VERTICAL 1 Starve 2 Upon 3 And others 4 Stitch 5 Bronze 6 Summit 7 Skill 8 Bring forth young 9 Gait 10 A dull surface 11 A single spot 12 False pretence 13 Printer’s measure 14 Object 19 Quantities 21 Metal-bearing rock 23 Bars 25 Church officer 26 Precious stone 28 Exclamation 30 Constructs 32 Perceive 33 Mitigate 34 Dread 35 Catches 37 Apart 38 Pamper 44 Exist 46 Zealot 48 Printer’s measure 49 The whole 50 Not at all 51 Tries 52 Cuts 54 Vows 55 Beach 57 Extension (abbr.) 58 Dashed 60 Enclosure 61 Toper 67 Marvel 69 Ardent 71 Not the same 73 Draw out 75 Hesitant interjection 77 None (colloq.) 78 Annoyance 79 Preposition 81 Mimic 82 Hold back 84 Rip 85 Consumed 86 Institute 87 Conduct a periodical 90 Inactive 91 Eras 95 Self 99 City in Italy 101 Venture 102 Without another 103 So be it 105 Limb 106 Time immediately preceding 108 A low haunt 109 Batter 110 Pull 111 Part of “to be” 113 Preposition 116 Gold (chem.) [50] Puzzle No. 69 LOOSELY WOVEN By John Boyajy THE warp and weft of this one are not drawn too tightly together. If the puzzle has a fault, it is in the abundance of black squares, but the neat interlock saves it. Rather easy for the adept, and not an undue tax on the novice. [51] HORIZONTAL 1 Responds 7 Articles of Scotch costume 14 Way 15 Ordered thought 16 Hoarder 18 French river 19 Relating to 21 Signs 23 A conjunctive 24 Vase 26 Contend 27 Make lace 28 Midday 30 Noblemen 32 Peel 33 Pert, to birth 35 Tardier 37 Container 38 Product of decompo¬ sition 40 Withers 42 Steal 45 Termites 47 Darkness 49 Alkali 51 Plaything 53 Infant’s utterance 55 Point 56 That man 57 Maligned 61 Exclamation 62 Boxes 63 Sweet fluid 65 A widow 67 Member of Ancient Christian cult 69 Timidity 70 Serious VERTICAL 1 Reckoning 2 Negative 3 Addition 4 Thing inscribed 5 A literary form 6 Wind 8 Space 9 Controls 10 Browns 11 Peer Gynt’s mother 12 On the contrary 13 Made a nasal sound 17 Opponent 18 Sense 20 Away 22 Title 23 Paddle 25 Negative 27 Substance from pine 29 Bodies of churches 30 Devoured 31 Holy one 32 Pert, to punishment 34 Roofing substance 36 Digit 39 Parents 40 Abode of pigs 41 Appearances 42 Footwear 43 Young goat 44 Organic chemical 46 Luke iii, 36 48 Chief ruler 50 Extinct bird 52 Site 54 French cap 57 Turn rapidly 58 Modes of skill 59 Famous opponent of John L. Sullivan 60 Sustain 62 Crafty 64 Fasten 66 Exclamation 68 Like [52] Puzzle No. 70 A STUDY IN CROSSES By Daniel O’Leary FUNNY how often you find crosses in cross word puzzles. There are several meanings to that. You will observe Maltese crosses in Mr. O’Leary’s con¬ struction, and it isn’t hard enough to make you cross. [53] HORIZONTAL 1 Fury 5 Hopes for; endeav¬ ors to attain 11 Particle 15 Worship 17 Mexican dollars 18 Mistake 19 Myself 20 Stand for picture 22 Expiate 24 You and I 25 Appropriate 27 Sentries 29 Beverage 30 Experienced 32 Literary director 35 American poet 36 A wicked city 39 A liquor 41 Cutting instrument 44 Moisture 45 Uninjured 47 Musical instrument 48 From 50 Upon 51 Badly 52 Exist 53 Occurring twice daily 54 A land measure 55 Upright pole 57 In, on, near or by 58 Have existence 59 Decoy 61 Ensnare 63 Belonging to us 65 Sanity 67 Insect 68 Young hog 70 Member of Algonquin tribe 71 Gratify 73 Fast horses 76 Hasten 77 One who mends locks 80 Rested upon 82 One 83 Cloth made from flax 84 Open; evident 86 Not any 87 Showing indifference to pain or pleasure 89 Wireless 91 Loosened 93 To puzzle; nonplus 94 Hostile incursions 95 Bloody 60 Those who employ an article or a device 62 Kind of type face 63 Exclamation 64 God of the sun 66 Game of cards 68 To separate; distin¬ guish 69 Three-legged stand 71 Spotted horse 72 Male offspring 74 Corroded 75 More reasonable 76 Fastening 78 Knot in wood 79 A daughter of Atlas 81 Small, bright-colored, insectivorous bird 83 Prevaricate 85 Loose end 88 Bone 90 Accomplish 92 Therefore 1 An incarnation of Vishnu 2 Expert 3 Proceed 4 Before 6 Expends 7 To strike repeatedly with small missiles 8 Exists 9 Bay or chestnut mixed with white 10 Regard 11 Wrath 12 Otherwise 13 Tall slender building 14 Plane surface 16 Church holiday 18 Flag 21 Observe 23 Aged 26 Narrow toward a point VERTICAL 28 Evergreen 29 Pert, to tone 31 A certain soft stone 33 Tickle pleasantly 34 Remorseful; feeling shame 37 An alleged natural force or power sup¬ posed to produce the phenomena of hypnotism 38 Exclamation of pain 40 Unsaturated hydro¬ carbon 42 Son of Hammedatha the Agagite 43 One of a Hamitic race of Africa 45 Interior 46 Light colored cigar 49 Suit 50 Eye 56 Old; spoiled [54] Puzzle No. 71 WATCH THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER By Marcam ONE of the editors, being tempted to solve this one in the proof, found it smooth, consistent sailing throughout, save in the lower left hand comer. This section probably isn’t hard at all. Wonder how you will find it. You know how a pair of absurdly easy words will stump you now and then. [55] HORIZONTAL 1 Unremittingly 7 Teach 13 Smirch 14 Forth 16 By word of mouth 17 Examine thoroughly 19 Private instructor 21 Active being or qual¬ ity 23 A writer’s style 24 Crafty 26 A tuberous root 28 A dull finish 29 Deposits 31 Commanded 34 Gambling game 35 Exist 36 Long, fixed bench 38 Wrath 39 Unclose 41 Accomplish 42 Ancient goddess, personifying night 1 Supersede 2 Black 3 A white linen vest¬ ment 4 Performs 5 That thing 6 Yourself 7 Jewish territorial or¬ ganization 8 Thus 9 Street car 10 Tattered fragment 11 A Mohammedan col¬ lege, or body com¬ posed of imams, muftis and cadis 12 Marked by indelible coloring matter, pricked in 15 Wholly 18 A measure of paper 19 Teutonic war god 20 A grain 22 Spikenard 43 Single performances 45 Pointed instrument 47 End 49 Animal 51 Appropriate 53 Terminal 55 Erases 56 Mean proportion 57 Augment 58 Fish without pelvic fins 60 The entire men 61 To move to deep reverence 63 Turf 65 Official garment of Jewish high priest 68 Said to be a wise bird 70 In the direction of 72 A distinctive doctrine or theory VERTICAL 25 Inferior 27 F us9 30 To discover by close search 32 God (Ital.) 33 Make of automobile 37 Goes beyond the limit of 40 A proprietor under old Dutch govern¬ ment s of New York and New Jersey 42 Requires 43 Tablet 44 Rescued 46 Lawful 48 Singular 50 Consumed 52 A pin of wood or metal 54 Of recent origin 57 Crafty device 59 Keener 74 Pole having a flat end 75 Personification of Truth in “Faerie Queen” 76 The man 77 Worshiped image 79 To speak to 82 Close 84 Dandy 85 Arid 86 Bronze or copper 88 Equipage 89 Angry 91 One chosen, or set apart 94 Worship 96 Fluid rock 98 Period 99 In the midst of 100 To bind with a bandage 101 Abode; habitation 62 Arising unexpectedly 64 Lubricant 66 A legume 67 Natural combination of metals 69 Pale 71 Smell 73 To deface 75 Employ 76 Hairbreadth 78 Gems 80 Color 81 Rested 83 To destroy by slow disintegration 85 A god 87 Identical 90 Marble 92 Shelter 93 Carnivorous domes¬ ticated quadruped 95 Dull 97 In, on, near q* by 99 One or any [56] Puzzle No. 72 ROUND AND ROUND By Persephone THE double round of blacks outlines four good corners and a center which, while bearing an unenviable five-spot, would have been virtually impossible of con¬ struction without it. The unkeyed letters should not cause any trouble. [57] HORIZONTAL 1 Napkins 4 Director 10 Beach 13 Photographic instru¬ ment 15 Idle 17 Pronoun 19 Mushrooms 20 Mental images 21 Pronoun 22 Belief 24 Wailing 26 Tyrolian singing 28 Atmosphere 29 Genus of lily family 31 Between 32 Poisonous snake 33 Dejected 34 Reckoning of years 1 Lure 2 Before 11 Vertical 3 Less hazardous 4 Males 5 Debated 6 Brads 7 Deceit 8 Bear 9 Regret 10 Broom 11 After 2 Vertical 12 German city 14 Egyptian goddess 16 Speak 18 Annoyer 21 Interfere 23 Biting 25 Ordinary 27 Old fashioned clocks 29 Obstruct 36 American humorist 38 A condiment 40 Vulgar fellow 42 Rings 44 Careful observer 45 Stored for future ref¬ erence 47 Implant 48 Prepared for combat 49 Leading part (musi¬ cal) 50 Music drama 53 Lure into danger 55 Chicloid fish 58 Leaps over 60 Rodent 61 Supreme deity of an¬ cient Minaeans 62 Do wrong VERTICAL 30 Wooden ship 32 Confirm 33 Notch 35 Enliven 37 Where the tide meets a river current 39 Gem 40 Soft drink that is sometimes hard 41 Station 43 Father of Methuselah 45 Nourished 46 Arid 51 Talking bird 52 East or southeast wind 54 Heavy rope 56 Garret 57 Not frequently 63 Goddess of dawn 65 Before 66 Attempt 67 Frogs’ spawn 69 Weight for vessels 72 Unite 73 Minor prophet 75 Skins 76 Round of years 78 Pronoun 79 Ornamental tape 81 Uncover 83 Pronoun 84 Fraud 85 Trains 87 So 88 Bedaubed 89 Pigs 59 Sigh with sudden heaving of breast 61 Skill 64 Specie of poisonous tree 65 Ancient Monastic Or¬ der 68 First appearance 70 Shelf 71 Kind of tree 72 Characteristic of groups 73 Intimate 74 Part of body 76 Vehicle 77 Long fish (pi.) 80 Jewish month (pi.) 82 What the cow chews 84 Exclamation 86 Thus [58] Puzzle No. 73 MY SECOND AND LAST By Joseph A. Marcolies HIS is my second and last,” writes J. A. M. “Too absorbing. Leaves no X time to read.” We don’t believe J. A. M. He underestimates the frailty of the human soul where cross word puzzles are concerned. He’ll be at it with ruled paper and pencil again, and then he’ll swear off again. HORIZONTAL 1 Penetrated 7 A fruit 13 Part of the day 14 A long spear 15 A fleet of ships 16 Finical 17 A war horse 18 Tight fitting caps 19 Foreign 21 Soup herb 22 India 1 Disposed of contents 2 Girl’s name 3 Musical instrument 4 Purposes 5 Lohengrin’s bride 6 Flower 7 Concur 8 Laborer 9 Japanese ornaments 10 Waterfall 11 Above 23 Celtic hero 26 Establishes 28 Paradise 30 A roundabout way 32 Plain 34 Metamorphose 35 Rely upon 37 Wearing apparel 40 Length measures 41 Carried away 44 Sound of voice VERTICAL 12 Despotism 20 Urgent 24 Inclination 25 Rules 26 Glaziers’ tacks 27 Brief 28 Irish hero 29 Heroine in Scott 31 Vase 33 Metallic mineral 35 Groups of ten 45 One (Scot.) 46 Girl’s name 49 A natural right 51 Run away 53 Steppers 54 Marks of distinction 55 Always 56 A liquid compound 57 Formerly 58 Allures 59 Poisonous insects 36 Contrived 38 Balkers 39 Clothes again 42 Upper garments 43 A very small pill 47 Architectural term 48 A color 49 A large woody plant 50 Lugs 51 State of vexation 52 Other Puzzle No. 74 QUADRICRUCIFEROUS By A. C. R. TWENTY-FOUR unkeyed letters — but no two, and only four three-letter words and a splendid all-over interlock. Not more than average difficult, but not more than medium easy. The long words form splendid spinal clews — if you get them. [61] HORIZONTAL 1 Alternate passage 6 Incomplete 11 Fruity nut 12 Those who dry by wind 14 Cheerfulness 15 Capable 17 Midday 19 Man’s name 21 Mountain in Greece 22 Passage-way 23 Negative 24 Shaped like a bull 27 Prefix, of 28 Character in Peer Gynt 30 Fits 31 Prefix, footed 32 Pert, to month 34 Settings 36 Plaything 37 Chemical compound 38 Imbecility 41 Sharpshooters 44 Annual Scottish fes¬ tival 45 Adjusted 47 Consume 48 Ounce (abbr.) 49 Salts of stearic acid 51 Toward 52 Chinese tree 54 Hobo (slang) 55 Pert, to Asian people 57 Jog 58 Flat part of boat’s bottom 60 Color 61 Taxes 63 Mistaken 65 Cook by air and heat 66 Awe-inspiring 1 Oil 2 Fuse 3 Thus 4 Those in power 5 Naval officer 6 Decanters 7 Furrow 8 Abraham’s birthplace 9 A form of colored cotton 10 God of Love 11 Form of sugar 13 Fuse 14 Ash kokos VERTICAL 16 Entrance 18 In want 20 Empower 22 Compounds of arsenic 25 Mineral 26 Dye 29 Finished 31 Active volcano of West Indies 33 Male descendant 35 Pinch 38 Dejected 39 Famous composer 40 Throw back 41 Knotty 42 Classification 43 Lay in a supply 46 European mountain range 49 Encounte. 50 Brown pigment 53 Famous Scot 56 Outer coat 58 Egyptian god 59 To make a mistake 62 Exclamation 64 Concerning Puzzle No. 75 LOCKED UP TIGHT By Gregorian AN all-over double interlock with a triply-locked center and corners. Probably considerably easier to solve than to construct. The words are weak in spots, but the construction passes the few obsoletes. 1 2 3 4 5 gg r 1 7 a 9 1 o II ■ 13 w ■ 16 y 7 ia IS 20 gp r a 2 3 m 2S 26 a 2G WSto- r WL r 32 33 111 34 35 36 37 3a 3S> 4^ 41 42 43 44 ■ r 46 K. 48 ■ 49 ■ 1 52 53 a 54 y L L 36 a 39 a 6 J 6^ B 63 64 65 J 66 [63] HORIZONTAL i Others 5 Device to carry a gun io Call loudly 14 Bends 1 6 Possessive pronoun 1 7 Press for payment 19 Box 20 Abraham’s birthplace 22 Small davenport 24 Sing in a low under¬ tone 26 Average 28 Sun god 29 Female rabbit 31 Close 32 Shrub 34 Change direction 35 Automobile 36 Deliver 38 Geometric ratio 39 Consumed 40 Touch gently 42 Pronoun 43 Paper containers 44 Cut feloniously 46 Den 48 Spank 50 Finished 51 Curves 53 Affectedly precise 55 Render senseless 56 Something granted for temporary use 57 Evil 58 Neuter pronoun 60 Barren 62 Mother 63 Small child 65 Comrade 66 Slipped 68 Rock 69 Printed piece of paste¬ board 71 Catch (colloq.) 73 For example 74 Changes 76 Prosecute at law 77 Mean, vile 79 Exist 80 Distorted 81 Falling water 83 U flits of electrical re¬ sistance 84 Egg of insect 86 Pastries 87 Ardor 88 Edible bivalve mollusk 89 Nothing 90 Bend 92 Cad 94 Sketched 96 Past 97 Negative 99 Recesses in walls 101 By 103 Inherent power 105 Mixed type 106 Arid 108 Jogging pace 109 Tramp hi Genuine, loyal 1 12 Obtain 1 13 Beseech 115 By ji6 Set free 1 18 Unit of type 1 19 Stout 120 Native of Arabia 122 Head 123 Black 125 Wharf 127 Child 128 Vehicle 129 Help 13 1 Catholic sisters 133 Sinless 134 Note of scale 135 Snake-like fish 137 Before 138 Part of verb “to be” 140 Small secluded valley 142 One, indef. 143 Earth 145 Those who color cloth 147 Small nail 149 River (Spanish) 150 Thing 15 1 City in Mass. 153 Part of head 154 A boisterous preacher 156 Preposition 157 Mold 158 Plaything 160 Female chicken 161 Frozen particles of va¬ por 163 Marks 164 Provoked 165 Is full VERTICAL 1 Thumps 2 Upon 3 Wireless signal for help 4 Paradise 5 To hasten 6 Bone 7 Low district 8 Edition (abbrv 9 Intoxicating liquor 10 Whirled rapidly 11 Cured pork 12 Else 13 Lachrymose exudations 15 Small distance 16 Fern, pronoun 18 Snare 19 Father 21 Egg masses 23 Appendage 24 Color tint 25 Crazy 27 Unload by tilting 28 Uncontrolled anger 30 Necessitate 32 Walks with affected dignity 33 Fortress 35 Implement of war 37 To mend 39 Desires 41 A color 43 Water conveyance 45 Before Christ 47 Like 49 Indef. article 50 Perform 52 Alluvial detritus 54 Obtains 55 Without 56 Grease for frying 57 Bend 59 Row 61 Uproar 62 Spoils 64 Tag 65 Binder stones 66 Artfully cunning 67 Term used when hunt¬ ing a criminal 69 Criticism 70 Noise 72 Be of service to 74 Malicious firing of a building 75 Places to store grain 77 Portion 78 Dirty 80 Net 82 The head (slang) 83 Aged 85 Also 91 Humor 92 Bullet 93 Half (prefix) 95 Part of “to be” 96 Time 98 Eye 100 Crustacean 101 A long staff 102 To rage 104 Buttocks 105 Fondle 107 Annually 109 Snared no Prevents 1 12 Gather 1 14 A color 1 16 Attempt 1 17 Loose outer garment 1 19 A private quarrel 121 By 122 Father 124 Point of compass 126 Within 127 Skeletal piece 128 To incline 130 Marsh 132 Narrow opening 133 Rodents 134 Ultimate 136 Caustic 137 Sin 139 Interweaves 14 1 Aspects 143 Diminution 144 Small mark 146 Not west 147 Prohibit 148 Depression 15 1 To obstruct 152 Negative prefix 154 Color 155 Fish eggs 157 Note of scale 159 Pronoun 160 Pronoun 162 Us [64] Puzzle No. 76 BIG BEAUTY By W. J. Bowman THIS giant may puzzle you in several ways. At the first glance it looks as much like a maze as a cross word puzzle. You’ll find it a cross word puzzle all right [65] HORIZONTAL 1 Discover 4 Ordinary language 9 Story 13 Knot 14 The nobility, collec¬ tively 15 Young fish 16 Character in musical notation 18 Imbecile 19 Agitation 20 Exclamation 21 Figurative 24 Preposition 25 Vending 1 Engrave 2 Pits for storing fod¬ der 3 Bill of an anchor 4 Loud sound 5 Make over 6 Pristine 7 Apartment 8 Scene of Wallenstein’s assassination, 1634 10 Repeated 11 Estuary 12 Novice 17 Drop 19 Recite metrically 27 Gain superiority 28 Throw with violence 31 Piece of ground 33 Small aperture 35 Serpent 37 Robbers 40 Anger 42 Observes 44 Slacken 45 Eighth of a fathom 46 Dressed with orna¬ ments 48 Heed 50 Peruse again 52 With less delay VERTICAL 22 Move swiftly 23 Certain days of months 26 Seems 29 Compensation 30 Article of food 32 Jaded 33 Irritates 34 Guard 36 Dry 38 Color 39 Viscous fluid 41 Stock 43 Weapons 45 Married person 53 Rested 54 Squalid place 56 Make turbid 58 Sets back 62 Adapts 64 Elevate 65 Equable 68 Beverage 69 Reduce 70 Cool 71 Merriment 72 Milestone 73 Boundary 47 Head 49 Any 51 Refresh 54 Earthenware 55 Pert, to one’s birth 57 Brook 59 Dregs 60 Head (Fr.) 61 School 62 Tire 63 Elevation 66 Contend 67 Born [66] Puzzle No. 77 TRY THEM OVER IN YOUR DAILY CHAT By Irvan Neckerman THERE are several dozen words in this puzzle that you can use and your best girl won’t know what you are talking about. This is not misogyny. It merely supposes that she does not follow cross word puzzling. Or maybe that is misogyny. [67] HORIZONTAL 1 Pale 5 Insignificant part 7 A circle 10 Brag 13 A river in Italy 14 Absconders 15 A musical note 17 A size of type 19 To slip 20 Furnished with a guard 22 Not the same 1 A coral island 2 A native of Pacific islands 3 A common given name 4 Saltpeter 5 A maiden loved by Jupiter 6 Poem 8 To talk nonsense 9 A hypothetical force 10 American explosive for shells 24 Refusal 25 Do not (Scotch) 26 Divided 28 A richly laden ship 29 Performing a service 30 An alloy 32 Wine 34 Places of confinement 35 Conjunction 37 South American ru¬ minant VERTICAL 11 Sacrifice of principle to circumstances 12 Scientific description of races 13 Marrow 16 Compounds of atoms 17 A Government reve¬ nue 18 Collecting wives 20 Beckonings 21 The star of dawn 23 Tears 38 A shield 39 Princes 41 To goad 42 Seed of North Amer¬ ican plant 44 Expressing surprise 45 Brown 46 Decay 47 A president of Orange Free State 25 Bore 27 (Prefix) through 28 A bow 31 Loiter 33 Large birds 35 A fabric of asbestos 36 Sad 39 A short sword 40 A counter-irritant 42 Perform 43 Spot [68] Puzzle No. 78 POLYANGULAR AND POLYSYLLABIC By Harold E. Vreeland THIS constructor managed to fit together a well-joined construction, central ver¬ tebrae and a neat outer shell. Decorative and full of nice words. [69] HORIZONTAL 1 Slender 5 Time 10 Small boat 11 Invades 13 Healing medicine 15 Quicken 16 Termination 17 Wrap 18 Beast of burden 19 To soak in water 21 Preposition 22 Taut 24 Ourselves 25 Highest point 1 Fat 2 Tavern 3 Work 4 Tri-formed Greek goddess 6 Blots out 7 Large number 8 Hole 9 Poems 10 Religious singer 12 Frozen precipitates 14 Anthropoid 15 Possesses 16 Consume 27 Personal pronoun 28 Therefore 30 Employ 31 Garment 33 Stir 35 Vessel 37 Classified 38 Indicate 39 Heavenly body 40 Female deer 42 Bom 44 Consumed 45 Exclamation of pain 47 Exist VERTICAL 20 An equal 23 Bow 26 The Ottoman court 27 Paris subway 29 Believe 30 Talk 32 Cry of sheep 33 Calculate 34 Open 36 Single unit 39 Crouches 41 Cereal 43 Page of a book 44 Insect 48 Deer 50 Negative 51 One who dislikes 54 Note of scale 55 Weight 57 To gain success 58 Tank 60 Distant 61 White, translucent 63 Riddle 65 Withers 66 Basket 67 Depressions 68 Polish 46 Conjunction 47 Part 49 Rubbish 52 Some 53 Time immediately preceding 56 Require 57 A small bird 59 Periphery; cover 60 Sign 62 Part of “to be” 64 A command to draft animals [70] Puzzle No. 79 WEDDING RING By Mil-Wal THE contributors of this construction are husband and wife. This fact is sym¬ bolized by the wedding ring you see in the middle of the form. Cross-grained cross worders may complain that the ring is not a solid mass of words. Well, is a ring ever a solid mass? [71] HORIZONTAL 1 Father 4 Former Venetian high officials 8 Gambling term 12 Wrath 13 Flowed 14 Clash 16 Be wrong 17 Use 20 Plant of nightshade family 22 Excavation 23 Vegetable 25 Distracted 26 Sober 28 Make plump 1 Mottled with various colors 2 Weapon 3 Condiment 4 Period 5 Forward 6 Exclamation 7 Pose 9 Primer 10 Skill 11 Support 13 Revolve 15 Indian drum 18 Cover 19 Exist 21 Border for picture 31 Distant 32 Typhoon 33 Beaten track 35 Preposition 36 Disposition 37 Batters 39 Sign of negation 40 Perform 41 Astir 42 Silicon 44 Disease of foot 47 Iota 49 Masculine pronoun 50 And so forth 52 Hummed 53 Mien VERTICAL 23 Saucy 24 Distant 26 Rested upon 27 Priestly sign 29 Suited 30 Woman devoted to re¬ ligious life 31 Counterfeit 34 Drunkard 36 Swamp 38 Total 43 That one’s 45 Secret 46 Civil offense 47 Again 48 Detestable 54 One who carves 56 Suitable for food 59 That bird 60 Haul 62 Lubricate 64 Kind of nail 67 Lower in rank 69 1004 70 Faucet 72 Fluid used for heat¬ ing 73 Female sheep 74 Search 75 Austerity 76 Plan 49 Hurry 51 Adhere 53 United 55 Scamp 57 Receptacle 58 Doctrines 61 Conjunction 63 Tract 65 Fasten 66 Organ 67 Jostle 68 Be indebted to 71 3.14159265358979 72 Depart [72] Puzzle No. 80 NOT SO DIFFICULT By Robert S. Holzman THE beginner should have a good time with this neat construction. There are no lurking terrors in the wood here for the adventurous explorer of cross word puzzledom. Try this one against time. [73] HORIZONTAL 1 Acknowledgment lordship 5 Workmanship 9 To subside 11 Human family 12 Derivations 15 Reputations 17 Young animal 18 Dregs 20 God of Thunder 21 Slimy 22 Short tail of 23 Salt 25 Neglect of duty 27 Things 28 Gibe 31 Hollow cylinder 33 Abrupt 34 Aches 35 Half-breed 37 Vision 39 Managed 40 Water 42 To seize 44 Islands 46 Precious stones 47 Skin disease 48 Severe 50 Corroded 51 To bury 52 Free joint 55 Demises 56 High 57 Becoming 58 Weak VERTICAL 1 Frequents 14 Inviolables 38 Long hair 2 To vary 16 Exclamations 39 Rubbed 3 Odd figures 19 Providing energy 40 Large drops 4 A tree 24 Trick 41 On the look out 5 Drudgery 26 Steeple 43 Chide 6 Sharp 29 Do 45 Pass along 7 Liquors 30 It exists 47 Imbecile 8 Artifices 31 Dolorous 49 Rested 10 Place 32 Undivided 51 Island 11 A bird 35 Strength 53 Soak 12 Softened 36 Barren open country 54 A dolt 13 Shining Puzzle No. 81 THE EIGHT TEES By M. B. Gillung ONE more tee and Mr. Gillung could have a golf links. As it is, he has pro¬ vided some neatly placed bunkers to trap the unwary. Beware the unkeyed letters that lurk along the fairway! Particularly those near the boundaries. HORIZONTAL 1 A gewgaw 45 T h e rudimentary 77 Three in cards 113 Transitory 6 A point or beginning leaf of the embryo 78 To make a speech 116 Regret (obs.) in plants 79 Remainder 118 A flower 9 Herself 48 Period of years 80 One who flies 120 A pilaster 12 Bark; investing 49 To consent 81 Astir 121 A pottery slab layer 51 A frozen confection 82 Rodents 123 Wash 18 To follow after 52 An old soldier; a 84 The Indian bull 125 Equip 19 Stooping low horse doctor 86 Wood of a South 126 To influence 22 Single; only 53 To clutch; clench American tree 127 Upper limb 23 Concerning 55 Upon 88 Electric particle 129 Jackdaws 24 A prefix; half 56 Having narrow strips 89 A small devil 131 An inclosure 26 A term in billiards of cloth 90 Vestige 132 Part of “to be” 27 Steeps 58 Hail 93 Old 133 A vegetable 29 Prefix; not 60 Turf 95 Limb 134 Sour 30 The auditory organ 62 Since 96 Lanterloo 136 Intend 32 A Hindu God 64 Mechanical device 97 Rasp 138 Within 34 To carry laboriously for irregular ro¬ 99 Prefix; one 139 Prevent 35 Teeth of a wheel tary motion 100 Under 141 Pathological disten¬ 36 Prefix: three 66 To bind 102 Thus tion with air 37 Step lightly 67 An anthropoid ape 103 Backless chair 144 Illustrious 39 To plunge head-first 69 Belonging to him 105 Wild, insane 146 Eats away 41 A theatrical mis¬ 70 Gone by 107 A viscous liquid 147 Die (Scotch) cellany 71 Down; below 109 Brings forth, of 148 Curve of ship-spiling 42 Space 73 Pull along lambs 149 Dryest 43 A short sleep 75 By and by 112 A small tumor VERTICAL - 1 Artists’ caps 35 Coagulates 65 Mental inferior 110 Lowest tide 2 Opposite of afar 36 Ensnare 67 Art indebted 111 Long, vehement 3 Ourselves 38 Portion 68 Very thin fabric speech 4 To sprout 40 And so forth 70 Pert, to an area 113 Growing out 5 Dregs of wine 41 Lyric poem 72 A wit 114 Take for wife 6 Correlative of either 42 Dry 74 Skill 115 South American 7 A fabulous bird 44 Decomposed vege¬ 76 Born camel 8 Two-fold table fuel 77 Until 117 Used to curdle milk 9 To shake, jog 46 A measure of time 81 Be ill 119 One who rhymes 10 Obj. form of he 47 Level, uniform 83 Likely 120 Reverential fear 11 Measu/e of type 48 Is mistaken 85 A valuable insect 122 Female lamb 13 A cereal 49 Partly correspond¬ 87 Gone by 124 Hides 14 Author of “Treasure ing 89 A metal 126 Dry Island” 50 Relating to the cuti¬ 91 Impolite 127 Pain 15 Toward cle 92 Summon legally 128 Fail to hit 16 Be available 53 So as to profit 94 One who does 130 Level-headed 17 Pert, to hospitality 54 Avidity 97 Proceeds 133 Couch 19 Pert, to a city 55 South American 98 Vacant 134 Imitate 20 Pitiless plant 100 Plait, interlace 135 Lair 21 Inguinal region 57 Ever 101 Squall, cry 137 And not 25 Prefix; middle 59 Papal palace 104 A small branch 140 Toward 28 The self 61 Interrogative pro¬ 106 Exclamation 142 Physician 31 A circlet noun 108 Part of verb “to 143 Possessive pronoun 33 Shun 63 A Chinese bean r n be” 145 To exist [76] Puzzle No. 82 THIRD-RAIL CROSSOVER By i. s. o. FINE double-cross study in four-letter words. The occasional abbreviation does not mar the general effect. The lateral wedge-masses key well with the central cross. Altogether a nice construction. [77] HORIZONTAL 1 Shrew 5 Interval 9 Seeress 13 Enemies 15 Total 16 Engagement 17 Part of “to be” 19 Insert 22 Printers* measure 23 Bereft 25 Probable 26 Heavy 27 Mud 29 Before 30 Estate of a prince 33 Bow the head 34 Catch sight of 36 Closed compartments 1 Old 2 Belonging to 3 Thigh 4 Lair 6 Associate 7 High mountain 8 Carefully 9 Rested 10 Newspaper article 11 Exist 12 Crippled 14 Be prominent 16 Part of wall 18 Again 20 Narrative poem 21 Boys 22 God of Love 24 Shining brilliantly 37 Grows older 40 Skin 42 Beam 43 Clock face 45 Seizes roughly 48 Offers 50 Part of “to be” 51 Rope on sailing ship 52 Obtain 53 D.D.S. 55 Exude 57 Fop 58 Distant 60 Residence of David 61 Girl’s name 62 Noted stylist of the ’80s 64 Observe VERTICAL 28 Ungracefully 30 Colossal 31 Fellow schoolman 32 Holds 35 Comrade 38 Prod 39 Lots (colloq.) 41 Obliterate 43 Believes 44 Flower 46 Metalliferous rock 47 Pose 48 Mound 49 Decay 54 Large vessel 56 Now (Scot.) 58 Party 59 Approaches again 66 Tumor 67 Thefts 70 Delay 72 To scold 74 Vessel 75 Age 76 Hindu groom 77 Article 78 Breathing 82 That man 83 Monster 84 Belonging to us 85 Hindrance 87 Court card 88 North African plant 89 The after song 61 Meager 62 Support 63 Revelry 65 Every 66 Anger 68 Part of church 69 Heroine in “Idylls of the King” 71 Fowls 73 Therefore 76 Fasten 79 Mistake 80 Famous British Uni¬ versity (abbr.) 81 Native metal 83 Upon 86 Proceed [78] Puzzle No. 83 ANOTHER BY A PRACTICED CONSTRUCTOR By Marcam REMEMBER Marcam’s neat creations in the First Series of the Cross Word Puzzle Book? We have three by this author this time. For a pretty job, give us Marcam. Neophyte is more prolix and erudite, but Marcam has the graces with her. [79] HORIZONTAL 1 Erase 38 Pertaining to sched¬ 64 Revolt 91 Word of unknow 6 Procreates ules 65 Interprets meaning in t h 10 Mourn 41 Vigilant 68 Writing material Psalms 15 Regard 42 Civil 69 Medieval guitars 92 Maker of arms 16 Inclined 43 Possessive pronoun 70 Style 95 A murasnoid eel 18 Lemur 45 Revised 72 Publisher 96 Even 20 Actual 46 Fierce look 73 Withers 97 Australian bird 22 Bolt 47 Celebrated sorceress 74 Dromedary 99 Longs 23 Nostrils 48 Chums 75 Nap 100 Polecat 24 Era 49 Uncloses 76 Employer 101 Economical person 25 Debauchees 50 Sufferings 77 Confines 102 Dirty street or di 27 Yale students 51 Polyp’s skeletons 78 Aslant trict 28 Savory 52 Molton rock 79 Pastoral pipe 103 Weird 29 Struck 53 Reared 80 Deeds 104 Virtuous 30 Imitation satin 54 Carved gem 81 Carries 105 Scout 31 Destiny 55 Jury 82 Round-up 106 Raise the spirits 32 Storms 56 Signs of omission 83 Male falcon 107 Decree 33 In that place 58 Guided 85 Even so 108 As far as 34 Tighten again 59 Morning worship 86 Rash 109 Earth 35 Hybrid equines 60 Wed 87 Commenced 110 Nothing 36 Large felines 61 British title 88 Genuine 111 Appropriate 37 Pig-like mammal of 62 Mature 89 Knots or knobs 112 Water-nymph S. A. 63 Flower nectar 90 Kind of beer 113 Slurred VERTICAL 1 Crane 28 Vegetables with 54 Antic 81 Ebb and flow 2 Pieces out dressing 55 Panels 82 Royal 3 Allow 29 Prop 56 Junto 83 Layer of tiles 4 Finch-like bird 30 Ink of the cuttlefish 57 Rock 84 Bean 5 Stockades 32 Governs 59 Secondary 86 Large wasps 6 Sliding vehicle 33 Rows 60 Is melancholy 87 Impure soda 7 Possessive pronoun 34 Disentangle 61 Asiatic shrub 88 Divers 8 Rudiment 35 Silenced 62 Religious ceremony 89 Water raising a 9 Deep, lethargic sleep 36 Flat, treeless plain 63 Inferno paratus (pi.) (pU 37 Pertaining to tides 64 Juliet’s lover 90 Town in Ohio 10 Cause of pediculosis 39 Worship 66 Draw out 91 Harsh 11 Comminuted lava 40 Two-legged 67 Clenched hands 93 Coral barrier 12 Eccentric 41 Foreign 68 Summons 94 The Madonna 13 More orderly 42 Sealed with wax 69 Black and shining 95 Death (Fr.) 14 Removed 43 Harbor 70 Fragment 96 Den 15 Fodder storage 44 Excite 71 Church officer 97 African antelope 17 Rainbow 46 Street urchin 73 Destinies 98 Dumb 19 Mechanical repeti¬ 47 Spondulix 74 Aromatic wood 100 Strip of land tion without un¬ 48 Verbal 75 Roost 101 Hurried derstanding 50 Top of the head 77 Lid 102 The black haw 21 Dregs (pi.) 78 Standard golf score 104 Silent 22 Narrate 51 Provide 79 Of the kidneys 105 Station (abbr.) 26 Contemptuous insin¬ 52 Etruscan gods 80 Madagascar mammal 106 Finish uations 53 Grass leaf [80] Puzzle No. 84 DOWN THE GOLDEN STAIRS By Konstantynopolitanczyk WE have reason to believe that the name above is a pseudonym. We wish it weren’t, for Mr. Konstantyou-finish-it has made a magnificent construction in five-letter words, with a few long ones to accomplish the interlock. [81] HORIZONTAL 1 Ungainly 7 Malayan animal 9 Simpleton 12 Expiate 13 Fools 14 Stiff mass, esp. of bread 15 Most singular 1 Footless 2 Wound but not kill 3 Basket or trap for fish 4 Glowing 5 Unit of square meas¬ ure 6 Trifler 7 Prick designs on skin 17 Fruit of Cola acumi¬ nata 18 Look rudely 19 Hero of series of books 20 Abounding in ferns 21 Hums 25 Readjusted VERTICAL 8 Coral island 10 Curl the lip 11 German town 14 Writes unskillfully 16 Keeper of an engage¬ ment 22 Openings 23 Pert, to Ireland 29 Learning 32 Affection 33 Ancient weapons 35 Laborer 37 Prevent 38 Venomous serpent 39 Boundary 40 Thin 41 Yields 24 One who rents 26 Cuts out 27 Furnished with guard 28 All possible 30 Poplar 31 Gaze earnestly 34 Blood 36 German river [82] Puzzle No. 85 DIRTY WORK AT THE CROSS WORDS By Neophyte PERHAPS you agonized over Neophyte’s creation in the First Series. Here’s its mate. Neophyte, being a hardened veteran of the cryptic art, must have heard the groans from the breasts of puzzlers poring over his brain buster. And he gloated and went at his fell work again. However, this one is a little easier than the other. [83] HORIZONTAL 1 Outlive 19 Condition 32 One who reads 7 Look hard 21 One 36 Anger 9 Pert, to ships 22 Parent 37 Moves slowly 12 Spoil 23 Twig, spray 38 Come to fruition 13 Metric cubic unit 24 Explode 40 Musical drama 14 Storehouse 25 Behold 42 Give pain 15 Shelter 27 Conjunction 43 Enticed 17 Bivalve 28 Holy day 44 Most profound VERTICAL Godly person. 11 That not 31 Lukewarm Vessel 14 Support 33 Watchful Come back 16 Canopies 34 Defy Part of foot 18 American bird 35 Euphemism for Vessel 20 Kind of sword God” Happening 26 Fruit 39 Point of compass Continue 27 American bird 41 Matter Sailors 29 Manners Surface 30 Narrow opening [84] Puzzle No. 86 HEY, THERE! By Neophyte DEAR NEOPHYTE: Whaddaye mean by those two bare, indecently naked words, each with three unkeyed letters? An expert like you? However, you tried too hard to keep it down to the level of ordinary mankind and restrained your¬ self from so many outlandish words that you are addicted to — that, we believe, the puzzlers will forgive you. [85] HORIZONTAL 1 Lampoon 22 Signal of distress 38 Sooner than 6 Key 23 Think 39 Change 11 Unit of superficial 25 Fragment 42 Backward measure 27 Flowers 44 One who escapes 12 Parisian theater 28 Small dog 46 Deviate 13 Southern constellation 29 Remedied 47 Decline 14 Watched 31 Banked 48 Oil seeds 16 Beetle 34 Anglo-Saxon money 49 Assistant foreman 18 Visitations of account 50 At stated periods 20 Christmas 35 Sovereign VERTICAL 1 Silk cloth 15 Enlarge 32 Preserver 2 Part of "to be” 17 Branch of heraldry 33 Earnestly 3 Humane 19 Springs 36 Inside 4 Female deer 21 To meet the eye 37 Fertile (poetic) 5 Scandinavian myths 24 Cut 40 Tear 6 Detriment 26 Retailer of small 41 (Sreen and white mon¬ 7 At one time wares key 8 Foot of an insect 27 Redistribution 43 Jurisdiction of 9 Fixed point of time 29 Magnetic metal a bishop 10 Madness 30 Species of palm 45 Fish Puzzle No. 87 SPOT By Irvan Neckerman THE blacks strewn negligently over the form give it an informal look, different from those forms that are studiedly ornamental and almost forbidding in the courtly, mannered preciseness. However, Mr. Neckerman’s construction may make you knit your brows now and then. 1 2 3 4 5 ■ 6 7 0 9 IO II / A*' . '' 12 y J 3 14 IS y 16 1 7 ■ J0 U 20 21 ■ 22 y 23 24 25 26 m y 27 u m 20 y bn Ipm 29 30 y y 31 33 34 m 35 36 j y 3Q ■ 39 40 ■ 42 43 y 44 45 46 as 47 y 40 49 u 50 _ [87] HORIZONTAL 1 An ancient symbol 7 Fatigued 12 In case 14 Proceed 15 Coloring 17 New 19 Contained 21 Revolves 23 Slip away from 25 Suspended 27 A ship’s smallboat 29 School near Windsor Castle 30 Rodent 31 Enemies 33 Inhabitants of a coun¬ try 35 Otherwise 36 Myself 37 At no time 39 Maiden changed by Hera into a heifer 40 Sloth ) 1 Thus 2 Deputy 3 Disposed of for a consideration 4 The thing 5 Young domestic ani¬ mal 6 Assyrian god of Chaos 8 Reply 9 Accomplish 10 Made from a rib 11 Promote; cause to grow 13 Maddened 16 Attempt 18 Recent 19 Center 20 Protect; fight for 22 Backs of the necks 24 Accomplish 25 Unmetrical literary composition 41 Discolors 44 Existed 45 Testify under oath 47 Asiatic country 49 Turf 50 Deity 51 Augment 52 Injured by a blow 53 Sea eagle 54 Owing 55 Color 56 Any plant of the amaryllis family 59 Severe trial 61 Pen 63 Excrements 65 Sun god 66 Belonging to me 67 Ridiculed 69 One 70 Affirmative 71 Preposterous 73 To scorch 75 A long strip of wood used for gliding over snow 76 Small British isle where Macbeth was buried 78 Common laborer in bondage for debt 80 Stiffly formal 82 Beginning; first at¬ tempt 84 Get up 86 A fratricide 87 Distorts; pulls ob¬ liquely 89 Inter 91 Chief Babylonian deity 93 Toward 94 Precipitous 95 A king of Thebes, son of CEdipus VERTICAL 26 Not any 28 Behold 32 Stitch 34 Party-colored 36 Intellect 38 Diversity 40 Soon 42 Assisted 43 Prophetess 45 Artful device to evade or cheat 46 Fearsome giants 48 Exist 49 Large body of water 51 Invisible emanation 53 Equal 54 Sleeping 55 Periods of time 57 A mushroom 58 Mohammedan title of courtesy 60 Engages in any af¬ fair or business 61 Perspiration 62 Aye 64 Seized 67 Animal fat 68 Abandon 71 Small insects 72 Above 74 In, on, near or by 75 Quiet 77 Over and in contact with 79 Point 81 Secular 83 Still 85 Plead 88 Ourselves 90 You 92 Exists [88] Puzzle No. 88 CENTRIFUGAL By Minerva LOOK at this with your eyes half closed and get the effect of rotary motion. Then i try and solve it, and see if the rotary motion doesn’t transmit itself to your head. Plenty of short words, but not all of them easy, and the long ones — but go ahead! HORIZONTAL 1 To twist 7 Financially sound 13 Obligation 14 Large duck 16 Response 17 Beat (colloq.) 19 Deep ditch 20 Animal of Africa 21 Proceed 23 To steep in water 25 Infatuated 26 Perform 27 Measure 29 Pericarp for seeds 31 Doleful 1 Old man 2 Near 3 Kind of fruit 4 Former European ruler 5 Regarding 6 Nervous twitch 7 Adjust 8 Correlative 9 Offer for sale 10 Medieval shield 11 State (abbr.) 12 Uneven 15 Excavated 18 Catnip 32 Asphyxiate 33 Bobbin 35 Human being 36 Provisions for table 37 Willingly 38 Paint carelessly 39 Rebel 40 Coffins 42 Neat 44 An individual 45 Obstacle 46 Penetrate 48 Jurisdiction of arch¬ bishop VERTICAL 20 Point of a spear 22 A hydrocarbon 24 Coarse part of flax 25 Anything closely in¬ terwoven 26 Handcuffs (slang) 28 Period 30 Thumb or finger 31 Portion 32 East Indian oxen 34 Wilful misstatement 36 Adipose 3§ Strong 40 Turkish title 41 A bending 49 Come about 50 Fodder 52 Silence by force 54 Symbol for tin 55 Period of time 56 Game 58 To desert one’s party 60 Box 62 Coarse cotton 64 Source 66 Inking pad of litho¬ graphic printer 67 Goodies 43 Small catlike animals 45 Non-professional 47 Thick, oily substance 50 Musical instrument 51 Fish 53 Outward form 55 Female parent 56 252 gallons 57 To chatter 59 Over and above 61 Italian river 62 In high degree 63 Noting motion to¬ ward 65 Adhering [90] Puzzle No. 89 SLENDER AS A GIRL By John A. Shafer [91] HORIZONTAL 1 Interchange of opin¬ 37 Son of Vulcan (Rom. 69 An Indian 102 Tidy ions myth) 70 Disagreeable 103 A part of a shoe 7 A set of steps lead¬ 39 A doglike animal 71 A Roman highway 104 Feminine proper ing over a wall or 41 A stream 73 A fruit (pi.) name fence 42 Clearer 75 Horned toad 106 Obsolete, timber 11 A true copy of an 43 To eject 77 A festival 107 Catch (colloq.) original writing 45 Pertaining to under¬ 78 Ruins 108 User of tobacco 18 Yearly standing 80 A color 110 A vegetable (pi.) 19 A unit 47 Immense 82 To delay 112 A prefix meaning 20 Discordant 48 A child 84 Laborer limit (geom.) 21 Established 50 Jeweled headdress 85 Lift 113 Number of books 23 Large body of water 51 Father 87 Pertaining to ferns printed at once 25 To make a circuit 53 Staggered (pi.) 115 A tree 26 A master 55 Born 89 To percolate slowly 117 A large seal 27 A slight sound 56 Admire ( U . S . 90 Part of the harness 119 To yield 29 Taste colloq.) of a horse (pi.) 120 Nothing 31 To abide 59 Needy 92 A Chinese wax 121 A fine 32 A shrub 61 To burst forth 95 A place of worship 122 Moved away fur¬ 34 Rent 63 Withered (obs.) 97 Artificially produced tively 35 To extract 65 Presage 98 Daughter of Uranus 123 Cut of meat 36 A device for ignit¬ 67 To grate 100 A Greek letter 124 Sophoclean hero ing an explosive 68 Name of an automo¬ charge bile N VERTICAL 1 A long outer gar¬ 25 To harden tions for two per¬ 88 Flags ment 28 An element formers 89 Not moving 2 An Indian tribe 30 Boys 56 Farm 90 Converse 3 To loosen 33 To move heavily 57 To lay in surround¬ 91 A prefix meaning 4 A hard-shelled fruit 36 A musical composi¬ ing matter half 5 To season tion 58 Below 93 To ordain 6 Chosen 38 A person in author¬ 60 Away from 94 Sea soldiers 8 A small nail ity 62 An American poet 96 Dull gray 9 A transparent solid 40 Mock blow and story-writer 97 A satellite 10 To run 41 Exhausts 64 An age 99 Biblical name 12 A young hog 42 Form assumed by 66 To devour 101 Obsolete, herald 13 A large book certain insects 72 To reiterate 103 Smite (past part.) 14 Hit 44 A recital 73 To dismiss 105 Not far 15 Obliteration 46 Girl’s name 74 To gaze 108 To subside 16 To rate 47 Difficult 75 A goose 109 Rave 17 Assayers 49 An area of ground 76 On top of 110 A jar or pot 22 A lateen-rigged ves¬ (military) 77 Useless adornments 111 Identical sel 51 Robbers 79 A beverage 114 Beverage 23 An American spotted 52 A part of an an¬ 81 A mixture of gases 116 Filled pastry cat tenna 83 A plane surface 118 The (French pi.) 24 A genu9 of gas¬ 53 Dressed 85 To recover tropods 54 Musical composi- 86 Ethylene [92] Puzzle No. 90 CORNERED By T. J. Stephens LOOK at those comers, full, compact, ample, obese. A little bit loose on the sides, { but admirable for corner construction. Most constructors would run the arms of the central cross out to the next to last letter. [93] HORIZONTAL 1 Grammatical figure 6 Interchange 11 A negative vote 12 First cause 14 A tetrasyllabic foot 16 The two-toed sloth 18 Fragments 20 Collection of animals 21 To charge with gas 23 Astronomical measur¬ ing instrument 25 Bull’s-eyes at archery 27 Compounds having the same composi¬ tion 1 Encircle 2 Ordinary 3 Wend 4 Collection of interest¬ ing objects 5 Geometric figure 6 Tolerate 7 Rebels 8 Preposition 9 A soluble ferment 10 River 11 A delicate gradation 13 Lacrosse racket 15 Solicits 17 Frigid 29 Spiteful woman 31 Separation of com¬ pound words 33 Ornamental border 34 To eject legally 36 Displace 38 The Roman libra 39 A kind of indehiscent fruit 41 Concerning 43 Indefinite nominative 44 Petitioner at law 46 A color 48 River in Germany 50 A second perusal VERTICAL 19 Place of detention 22 Falter 24 Aftermaths 26 Cylindrical 28 A click beetle 30 Incarnation 32 Turkish hospice 35 St. Vitus’s dance 37 Month of the Jewish year 40 Strait 42 A grooved wheel 43 A source of synthetic indigo 52 Rather than 53 The rear 55 Layers 57 Coins minted under Charles I 59 Tripod 61 Prefix; the same 63 Scourge 65 A field of granular snow 66 A bid at bridge 68 An evening party 70 Gold color 71 The goober 72 A cognomen 45 Shakespearean char¬ acter; a duke 47 Sexless 49 Scene of Napoleon’s defeat of the Aus¬ trians, 1796 51 A blood vessel 54 Penal crime 56 Ringworm 58 Inclination 60 Cry of bacchanals 62 Sip 64 Tomcat 67 Note of diatonic scale 69 Printer’s measure [94] Puzzle No. 91 THAT EXCLUSIVE LINOLEUM PATTERN By Wilmer H. Koch MR. KOCH wandered into the kitchen after a doughnut, and saw black and white squares all over the floor. “Aha,” thought he, “like a flash, an idea!” This is it. [95] HORIZONTAL 1 3.2 grains 5 Wicked 8 Supply food 13 Animal without feet 14 Rectangular piece 16 Female beast of bur¬ den 17 Father 18 Reduce 19 Series of heroic events 20 Hermit 22 Zealous 24 Constraint 1 Cloak 2 Aside 3 Cord 4 First man 5 Young children 6 Collection of sayings 7 Restrain 9 So be it 10 Narrow strip 11 Appearing gnaweu 12 Cease from motion 14 Eucharist plate 15 Depart 21 The rainbow 27 Rested 29 Every one 33 Narrow-minded peo¬ ple 35 Chart 36 Vassal 38 Rage 39 Dregs 40 Unfastens 42 Small egg 43 Handles 44 Move 46 Huge 9nake VERTICAL 23 Actual 25 Scrutinize 26 Dress covering 27 Exists 28 Actor 30 Microscopic hair (pi.) 31 Part of a shoe (pi.) 32 Dirty 34 Knock 37 Obtain 41 A father 43 Sharpen 45 Scolds 48 Two-faced outwork 52 Hide 55 Studio 59 A game 60 Choose 62 Qualified 63 Entrance to a mine 64 Bargains 65 Furnace 66 Keep back 67 Relieved 68 Set again 46 Posts for cables on a ship 47 Crystal-lined stone 49 Pert, to the palate 50 Lashed 51 Reigning beauty 52 To box 53 Shear 54 Repetition to learn 56 Variety of red 57 Egyptian bird 58 Hire 61 Yale [96] Puzzle No. 92 ADAM’S RIB By E. Pinkerton IF this puzzle were Adam, that central double armed cross would be his rib just before it started turning into Eve. We observe nice fat masses of words at sides and corners. [97] HORIZONTAL 1 Phrygian shepherd 37 Receptacle for ashes 76 Floating vegetation 109 Well-being changed into a fir 38 Grecian sub-prefect in the Nile 112 Wrath tree 40 Obtain 77 Vapid 114 Phoenician princess 5 God of love 41 Make less bitter 78 Move carried away by 9 Parched 44 Overmuch 79 Dissipate Zeus 12 Domesticates 46 Pore over 81 Pert, to the eyes 116 Bronze or copper 17 Unusual 47 One 83 Federations of -work¬ 117 Tottered 18 Was contiguous 48 Part of a circle ers 121 Watering place 19 Kind of compass 50 A small hole 86 Hostelries 123 International 1 a n - used in surveying 53 Ventilate 87 A lizard guage 20 Considerable in de¬ 55 Groups of three 89 Unit 124 Broke gree 58 Trial impression 90 Propeller 126 Tiny 22 Rounded protuber¬ 60 Loose end 92 A pledge 127 Sharp-pointed tool ance 62 Web-footed, tailless 93 Past 129 Vedic god of the sun 23 A drop of saline amphibian 94 One who compiles 131 Not good fluid 64 Minor devil material for pub¬ 133 Persia 25 Domestic animal 65 Seaman lication 135 Pert, to national sea 26 Indian tribe 67 To be obliged for 96 Placed at intervals forces 27 To inspire deep rev¬ 68 Certain 99 Japanese plant 137 Sea eagle erence 69 In the direction of 100 Implore 138 Brittle, salty biscuit 29 Bordered 71 Writer of a kind of 102 Barrier 139 Languish 31 Exist plaintive verse 104 Abaft 140 Irascible 33 Small mound of 74 To seek something 105 Tree 141 Be conscious of earth lofty 107 Males 142 Those snaky fish 34 Goddess of the moon 143 A donkey VERTICAL 1 Hundred-eyed son of 30 Enlarged 61 To adjust 98 Make less light Zeus 32 Rodent 63 Pants 101 That overworked 2 Acid 35 Essential self 66 Once more Australian bird 3 Instruments for pre¬ 36 Elude 68 A small shoot or 103 The southwest wind serving the form 38 To implant deeply twig 106 The papal court of shoes 39 Demure 70 Regret 108 The land where the 4 An affirmative 42 Marry 72 Edge sandman lives 6 Took its way 43 A discriminating 73 A high wave 110 The bay tree 7 Wind instrument sense of hearing 75 Wickedness 111 A judicial inquest 8 Quiet 45 Imbecile 79 The moon 112 To chill 9 Heedful 46 Expression of exal¬ 80 One who meanly ad¬ 113 A piece of property 10 Long, slender plant tation mires wealth or 114 Merits 11 Mountain near an¬ 47 Intention social position 115 An effervescent drink cient Troy 49 A female quadruped 81 One of a tribe of 118 Possess 13 Flurry 51 Case for small ar¬ Algonquin Indians 119 A king of Israel 14 Merriment ticles 82 Idler 120 A narrow passage 15 Comfort 52 A kind of molding 84 Solemn affirmation 122 Unadulterated 16 Smooth 54 Smoothing 85 To shut close 124 A tiresome person 21 Ancient coin men¬ 56 Full of perforations 88 Falsehood 125 A large plant tioned in the Bible 57 Person with a pow¬ 91 Deed 128 Staff 22 Immediate knowl¬ erful voice 94 A nymph who was 130 Still edge 58 Noblemen of high changed into a 132 Open 24 Tap rank fountain 134 Total 25 The brave 59 A marked character¬ 95 Metal-bearing rock 136 Imitate 28 Saturated istic 97 Equality as to value [98] Puzzle No. 93 IN THE CLOVER PATCH By Minerva A SPLENDID construction, particularly in its avoidance of the bane of puzzlers — the loose center. Minerva has not hesitated to call upon the deeps of the dic¬ tionary for her words; there are some old favorites in the patch, of course, but also some interlopers that will serve to keep your interest for some time. [99] HORIZONTAL 1 Original man of Homs 6 The first Jewish high priest 11 A genus of Am. plants 13 A member of the Creek Indian tribe 15 Metal for casting in pigs 17 A game played for stakes 18 A valley in N. W. Argolis 20 Sooner than 21 Track of a deer 2 Tutor 3 A garden implement 4 Monitor lizard 5 Restores to existence 6 Invoke 7 An Eastern continent 8 To clothe in an odd manner 9 Mien 10 A town in Oklahoma 12 To insinuate con¬ tempt 14 Light repast 23 One of a tribe of Algonquians 24 In the thing or indi¬ vidual 25 Permit (3rd per. sing.) (pi.) 27 A workman on shoes 29 Denoting the infini¬ tive 30 An exclamation of surprise 31 Leisurely (obs.) 34 Any sirenian, esp. the rytina 37 A pliable strip of oxhide (So. Africa) VERTICAL 16 Absence of removal (rare) 19 Objective case of I 22 Natural kind or class, esp. of animals 24 Son of Abraham and Sarah (Bib.) 26 Sorrow 28 A beverage 31 Burning 32 Be present (obs. var.) 33 Long speech 38 Contrary to good in a moral sense 40 A recess in the shore 41 Anything steeped in liquid 42 A wind (musical) in¬ strument 44 A fairy queen 45 A genus of No. Am. herbs 47 A cloud 49 Reprinting and pub¬ lishing of a work 50 Lamellirostral birds 51 Am. wild plums 34 Slope (3rd per. sing.) (pi.) 35 Common (obs. var.) 36 A German philoso¬ pher 39 Abbr. Life Guards 42 Compounds contain¬ ing metal 43 An English mathe- metician 46 A word of command in driving animals 48 Hoot f 100 ] Puzzle No. 94 LITTLE BUT A BAD ’UN By Frank C. White MR. WHITE must be one of those mild-seeming people who fool you so often — • at least that s the impression his construction gives the editor. It is little. It looks harmless. But don t start it if you have an appointment two hours hence. But maybe we shouldn’t give this away. [101] HORIZONTAL 1 Snake 4 Rainy 9 Make hum by spin¬ ning 12 Russian money 13 Steep 14 Fat 15 Notable period 16 For instance 18 Toward 19 Mend 20 Confronted 22 Lariat 23 Speck 1 Progeny of one stock 2 Pert, to us 3 Behind 4 Edible drupe 5 Ancient Biblical coun¬ try 6 Afflict 7 That 8 Release 9 Cleansing agency 10 Conduct oneself to¬ ward 11 Cat 17 Prophet 18 Follows closely 21 Discontinue 25 Pasturage 27 Impair 30 Public passages 32 Raves 35 Layer 36 Length of the forearm 39 Member of cat family 40 Country in N. Amer¬ ica 41 Legendary king 42 Legal science 44 Cause of anything 45 Set again 47 Son of Odin VERTICAL 22 Mistress of a house¬ hold 24 Obscurity 26 Source of stability 28 Strong appetite 29 Topmost bone of spine 31 Kind of eclipse 32 Gypsy 33 Man’s nickname 34 Distress signal 36 Cage of an elevator 37 Hurtful 38 Strain 42 Hires 43 Fancy 49 Something to follow 51 Secondary 53 A root 54 Sound 55 In such circumstances 57 Atop 59 You and I 60 Torn piece 62 Unripe 63 Ventilate 65 Product of digestion 66 Slippery fish 67 Bearing buds 68 Influenced 45 Precipitation 46 Suppose 47 Color 48 Toothed wheel 49 Sharp-pointed instru¬ ment 50 Relative 51 Precious stone 52 Sharpened 56 Raw metal 58 Fade 61 Beverage 63 Exist 64 Egyptian god [102] Puzzle No. 95 MODERATION By Porter R. Lee NEVER too much of anything is the slogan of this constructor. He gives you a puzzle of moderate difficulty, but a set of easy words and then a terror hidden among them like a serpent in the grass. The puzzle runs its way at an even tenor, like an honest man’s life. [103] HORIZONTAL 1 Tatter 3 Dressed, as a stone 7 A color 11 Guided 13 State 14 Danger 15 Murmur 16 Jutting rock 18 Weird 20 Select set 22 Fortify 24 Jejune 25 Stranded 27 Single 28 Game at cards 29 Cone bearing tree 30 Scrutinize 32 Cereal grain 34 Craft 35 Mercenary 37 Mohammedan reli¬ gion 39 Foxy 40 Winnow 41 Darns 43 Racing boat 45 Rhythm 49 Also 50 Six angled figure 53 Throw 54 Wander 56 Cad 57 Desire 58 Rake 59 Plunder 60 Squeeze 61 Planet 62 Silicate of magnesia 63 Note 65 Battering engine 67 Chinese coin 69 Voter 71 Earthwork 73 Newness 75 Invisible fluid 76 Dromedary 78 Meadow 79 Grain 82 Java pepper 84 Cleanser 86 Iniquity 88 Bark 89 Vassal 91 Exclude 92 Trick 93 Disturbance 94 Become acclivitous 97 Protrude 98 Roadhouse 99 Lance 101 Extreme 104 Sore 106 Bond 107 A relative 108 Wing-shaped 109 Edible tuber 110 Toughen 111 Hydrocarbon — rad¬ ical 112 At a distance 1 Groove 2 Torniquet 3 Compensation 4 Unit of measure 5 Pithy phrase 6 Ruminant 7 Stead 8 Sickness 9 Likely 10 Hint 11 Grassy plains 12 To fade 17 Scent 19 Precipitation 21 Poem 23 True 26 Bovine 28 Coniferous tree 29 Enclose 31 Earnest 33 Process of washing ores VERTICAL 35 Large wagon 36 Permit 37 A universal language 38 Amalgamate 40 Sailing vessel of the Mediterranean 42 Fop 44 Cotton fabric 46 Pertaining to the ear 47 Clown 48 Mistake 50 Not divine 51 Nepaul antelope 52 Charge 55 Tomfoolery 56 Vehicle 62 Heavy corded pile fabric 63 Large drinking bowl 64 Zzzzzzz 66 Grinder 68 Reclining 70 Neuralgia 71 Tap 72 Nib 74 Irritate 76 Mythical being, half man, half horse 77 Small lug 80 Doubtful story 81 Name of era 83 Foundation 85 Bluster 86 Hasten 87 Bit 90 Exist 95 Bird of prey 96 Whine 98 Evergreen vine 99 Kind of snow shoe 100 Write 102 Beam 103 Total 105 Tumor [ 104] Puzzle No. 96 JUST FOR TWO! By Charley Cinderclass and Stoney Lonesome THESE two contributors send in Cross Words by the dozen, so you can imagine what splendid vocabularies they must have. This is one of their best, and it’s not an easy one, either. [105] HORIZONTAL 1 A play 6 Certify 11 A dandy 12 Tackle 14 A state 15 To content 17 Melodies 19 Com bination of things 21 Exposes 23 Cover 25 Reproachful expres¬ sion 26 Sincere 28 An ancestor 29 Later 31 Loiters 32 From 34 Rates 36 Window 38 Upon 39 Sprightly 1 Invents 2 Obscurity 3 For example 4 Transaction 5 An edible root 6 Ejaculation 7 Measure 8 Toward 9 Sparkling decoration 10 Weeds 11 Back 13 A rabble 14 Wave-like molding 16 Expressing consent 17 Agreement 18 Withered 20 Illumined 21 Hillside (Scot.) 22 Position 24 Lofty nest 27 Otherwise 29 A minor planet 41 A jot 43 Continent 44 Man’s name 46 A stamp 47 Scorches 48 Obtuse 50 Mexican gum tree 51 End 53 Siesta 54 Inquire 55 Rabbit 57 A title 58 A rule 59 Ceremony 60 Away from 63 A strong horse 66 Distant 68 Luminary 69 A stipulation 71 Vigilant 73 Affirmative 75 Sidle VERTICAL 30 Flowers 33 Disappoint 35 Lament 37 Sport enclosure 38 Greasy 40 Discontinuing 42 Serpent 43 Girl’s name 45 Stream beds 47 Scatter 49 Acclamation 52 To rest 56 Simpleton 59 Rough 60 Side glance 61 Repast 62 To cook 63 Vehicle 64 Oily fruit 65 Miners’ pickax 67 Ribbed - appearing fabric 77 Destroy 78 Stay 79 Observe 80 Ourselves 81 Ravishes 83 Mercenary 85 Pair (abbr.) 86 Finished 87 Annoy 91 Passenger car 93 Deduces 96 Constituent of soap 97 Part 99 Smooth fabric 100 Generous 103 Conceals 104 Make of auto 105 Sharp 106 Floating ice 108 Propeller 109 Derisive expressions 110 Clothes protectors 68 Conduits 70 Species of poplar 72 Yearly income 74 Singing sea nymphs 76 Wearing away 79 Exaltation 82 Soon 84 Curve 86 Engagements 88 European river 89 Expressing assent 90 Slave 92 Fabulously rich man 94 Spike 95 Innuendo 97 Puddle 98 Above 101 Poss. pronoun 102 State (abbr.) 105 Cerium (chem.) 107 Denoting hesitation [106] ruzzLENo. 97 A CRISS CROSS By Jack Barrett ONLY eight unkeyed letters in this, so you’ll jolly well have to fill in every white square before the struggle is over. You may chew an inch off your pencil before you finish, though. HORIZONTAL 1 Bribery 5 At the place 10 Mass of caked metal 15 Musical instrument 16 Treasure 17 Recess 19 Fabric 21 Urchins 22 Young feline 23 Prophet 24 Husk 26 Relative 28 Devoured 29 On ocean 31 Pour 33 Council of judges 34 Character in Genesis 35 Number again 37 Insect 39 Beverage 42 Abyssinian noble 43 Claims 45 Offspring 47 Snow (combining form) 49 Redistributes 51 Mobile colorless liq¬ uid 54 Equip 55 Descend 57 Succors 59 Girl’s name 60 Bewail 61 Greedy 62 Unit of square meas¬ ure 63 Depression 64 Deciduous tree 65 Copied 67 Staff (Scotch) 69 Man’s name 70 Moldings (arch.) 72 Struck 75 A drug 77 Vehicle 79 Long 80 One 82 Jeopardy 84 Animal 85 Silences 88 Examine minutely 90 Singer 92 Ruler 94 Part of boat 96 Tense of Greek verb (abbr.) 97 Extinct bird 99 End 101 Evil 102 A saint 104 Color 107 Dimness of vision 109 Disinfectant 110 Ant 111 Partner 112 Missile 113 Made of tape 114 German composer VERTICAL 1 Units of liquid meas¬ ure 2 Sword 3 Equal quantity (med.) 4 Great General 5 Cetacean 6 Pronoun 7 Periods 8 Part of structure 9 Composition 11 One 12 Illuminated 13 Series of eights 14 Greek letter 15 Hymn 18 Injection 20 Machines 22 Joints 25 Hire 27 Receptacle 30 Pertaining to atmos¬ phere 32 Domestic 33 Volcano 34 Relative 36 Arrive 38 Indigence 40 Ventures forth 41 Multitudes 43 Wittily 44 Loosen 46 Cut 47 Engraving 48 Reflection 49 Strays 50 Procreated 52 Pertaining to the sun 53 Indian princes 56 Strike 58 Retreat 65 Persian gold coin 66 Bridge 68 Adroitness 71 Unbroken 73 Qoat 74 Exclamation of con¬ tempt 76 Vegetable 78 Savory smell 80 Pertaining to gold 81 Afloat 82 Ecclesiastical d i s - trict 83 Top 85 Bleat 86 Member of Asiatic race 87 Artificial compound 89 Warm coverings 91 Emit 93 Harsh 95 Avid 97 Playtoy 98 Irregular mass 100 Halting 103 Deer 105 Masc. prop, name 106 Contest 108 Loiter [108] Puzzle No. 98 A NINE-CELLED HIVE By Edith S. Iseman THERE is plenty of verbal honey in the nine divisions of this construction, and your search is not likely to result in any stings. The central interlock, perhaps, might he improved upon, hut there! We have built puzzles ourselves, and know what the constructor is up against. [109] HORIZONTAL 1 A leopard 4 To bite, crunch 8 Appears 13 Trained 17 Sooner than 18 A small job 20 Encounters 22 Metal-bearing rock 23 To search to the bottom 24 Wholly engrossed 25 A fish of pike kind 27 To abound 28 Obligation 29 A short musket 31 Last king of ancient Troy 33 Personal chattel for¬ feited to the crown 35 First 36 One who makes a legal grant 38 Passageway 39 To undermine 40 A day laborer 41 The kingdom o f Persia 42 Small artificial ele¬ vation 43 Support 46 Knick-knacks 48 Screens 51 Word of denial 52 Range of rocks un¬ der water 54 Tidy 56 You 57 A perforated block 59 Fragment 60 Pen for swine 62 To spill 64 Group 65 Characterizing i n - gredient of com¬ mon clay 67 Precipitous 69 Heavy hide whip 71 Siestas 72 Pens for animals 73 Course 74 Ancient galley 77 To censure as faulty 78 Having two shells 81 Belonging to him 82 Coarse heavy friezes 84 Tumor 85 A division 86 Tropical climbing plant 87 Above 89 Implement 91 Strong taste 93 Note of scale 94 Reduce to a lower grade 97 Composed of states 100 Thoroughfare 103 Period preceding im¬ portant event 104 A very small dis¬ tance 105 Pieced out 106 Female bird 108 Short for well bred man 110 Helped 112 Broken coat of grain 114 Dreads 117 Chief minister of Ahasuerus (Bib.) 118 Advance 120 Three (prefix) 121 To gather 123 Genus homo 124 Floating ice 125 Neckwear 126 Design 127 Specific quality 129 Delays 130 Kindled 131 Caesurea 132 Tent 133 Clownish fellows 134 Snakelike fish VERTICAL 1 Fresh and salt water 26 Proportion 60 Disseminate 95 Headaches fish 30 Plait 61 Be eager 96 Purports 2 An air sung by sin¬ 31 Firm in resisting 63 Establish 98 Revery gle voice 32 Early part of day 64 Miserably 99 Military defense 3 Quell (pl.) 66 Disfigure 101 Pangs 4 Melody 34 Gloomy 67 Sward 102 Dignify 5 Expectancy 36 Fur-bearing animal 68 A fold 107 Fragrant oil 6 Skill 37 Grates 70 Bleat 109 Negotiate 7 Personal pronoun 43 East Indian coin 74 Dull sound 111 So be it 9 Part of "to be” 44 Moving spirit 75 Mellow 112 Part of the face 10 Soaked 45 Change 76 Self 113 Thrashes 11 Destitution 47 Mediate 78 Anathema 115 Large lake 12 Macerate 48 Cleanings 79 Urn 116 Preserve 14 Revolved 49 Observes narrowly 80 Give vent to 118 Cabal 15 Ireland 50 A son of Adam 83 Long seats 119 Work 16 Actions (Bib.) 85 Fenced off 122 Sharp sound 18 Makes brittle 53 Epoch 88 Wanderer 124 A disease 19 Worthless 55 Same 90 Scotch city 128 Concerning 21 Sleek 58 N. African country 91 Captured 129 It is well 25 Admit 59 Young pigeon 92 A cosmetic Puzzle No. 99 HIS PRIDE AND JOY By Arthur J. Goldberg FOR a second attempt (“My first you will never see,” says Mr. Goldberg) this is really quite a wonder. It is hard enough to confuse even you experts and yet all the words are 100 per cent American — or should be! [Ill] I Sanction 5 East Indian revenue collector 9 Reluctant 13 Miller’s-thumb (fish) 1 7 Pilfer 18 List 19 Largest known toad 20 Bird of thrush family 22 Large drinking cup 23 Drained 24 Persia 25 Pert, to the gums 27 Bow-like form 28 Knavish tricks 30 Coiling organ of climb¬ ing plant 32 Climbing shrub 33 Insoluble residue 35 Know or knows (obs.) 36 Boggy land 37 Asiatic country 38 Ancient Greek dialect 40 Aro m a t i c medicinal leaves 44 Indefinite 47 Corner 48 Black 50 Presently 51 Early Teutonic tenure 52 Drinking vessel 53 Provident 57 Piece of needlework 59 Located 63 In an unbalanced state 64 A charm (obs.) 66 French given name, male 67 Sward 68 Holly 69 East Indian cotton fabric 70 Precedence 72 Outfit 73 Small gastropod of gardens 74 East Indian plant used ip making hats 75 Allowance in addition to tare 76 Sterile 78 Unqualified 80 Tiller 81 Pass swiftly 82 Islet 83 Pastry forms S7 Serving tray 90 Genus of orchids 93 Narrow opening 97 Presently (obs.) 98 A little while (Scot.) 99 Scar (obs.) 1 01 Part of type face pro¬ jecting beyond the shank 102 Dark or purplish brown color 103 Pale brown color 104 Gibbon of the Malay peninsula 105 Tricky (slang) 107 Long inlet with dimin¬ ishing depth xo8 Presently 109 Ceremonial saddle horse in Wooded land 113 Inflate 1 15 Dandy 1 16 Spanish gypsy dance 117 Mohammedan cleric 1 19 Roumanian coin 120 Domain 123 Brush of twigs for sweeping 124 Pert, to the nostrils HORIZONTAL land 1 French hackney coach 2 Breed 3 Maple 4 Fling 5 Mayflower 6 Pigmentary nzevus 7 Roman highway 8 Title of nobility 9 Immature pollack (Scot.) 10 Hideous being 1 1 Malayan for Sahib 12 Small number 13 Bear 14 Lounge 15 Subdivision of ancient Greek elan 16 Sarcastic 17 Untamed 21 Pert, to snow (obs.) 22 Balm (obs.) 26 Flat-headed inflores¬ cence 29 Irregular lump 31 Arikara Indian 34 East Indian tree yielding a pungent oil 37 Torment 39 16th century clock in the form of a ship 41 Kind of lettuce 42 Venerable 43 Destroy a creation 44 Spiral architectural or¬ nament 45 Addle (obs.) 46 Pikelike fish 47 Aught (obs.) 49 Fine silk net 52 Small gnat 53 Fling 54 Axillary 55 Part 56 Willingly 58 Food prepared from taro root 59 Bitter 60 Plant of lily family 61 Divulge 62 Test (slang) 65 Mechanical device to regulate flow 67 Dawdle (dial.) 71 Dig 73 Adhere Rope to hoist a yard Near (Scot.) 83 Furtive glance 84 South American Indian tribe 85 Earl (obs.) 86 Sniff 87 Food made from or¬ chid tubers 88 At a distance 89 Redemption price 90 Enact 91 Plant of the iris fam¬ ily 92 Gastropod with spiral shell 93 Thin flexible blade 94 Crescent-shaped geo¬ metrical figure 95 Venerated image 96 Incline 100 Suffix denoting juris¬ diction 105 Not concerted (raus.) 106 Enigma (obs.) no Gypsy 1 1 1 Genus of cattle 1 12 Attention VERTICAL 77 79 [112] 126 Sound of metals struck together 130 Otherwise 13 1 Insane 132 Trifle 134 Inland sea, Asiatic Russia 135 Pluto 136 Venezuelan coin 140 Speak rapidly and in¬ distinctly 144 Chemical suffix of a binary compound 145 Heavenly 147 European cedar pro¬ ducing medicinal oil 148 European bivalve used as food 149 Alarm bell 15 1 Biblical patriarch 152 Star in Pegasus con¬ stellation 153 Genus of the olives 154 Ethyl oxide 155 Perennial plant with a single wooded stem 156 Inhabitant of. the Kur¬ land peninsula 157 Small river duck 158 Check 1 14 Dry (French) 1 16 Slender stalk 1 18 Violent wind of South¬ ern France 120 Interpret (obs.) 12 1 Ignore 122 Agreement 123 Mine (Cornwall) 125 Small house 127 Sprung up 128 Time of greatest de¬ pression 129 Secluded narrow valley 131 Bale of raw silk 133 Become exhausted (colloq.) 136 Shade of blue 137 Web of a feather 138 Passage 139 Despoiled 140 Blemish 14 1 Whimper 142 Carbamide 143 Routine 146 Conjunction 150 Greek letter Puzzle No. 100 A HARD NUT TO CRACK By J. 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Send in your order to-day to THE PLAZA PUBLISHING COMPANY 37 West 57TH Street New York, N. Y. [118] You can get one hundred hours more of this delightful and instructive pastime from The CROSS WORD PUZZLE BOOK (First Series) Containing Fifty More New, Never-Before-Printed Cross Word Puzzles — Ranging from Mild Ones to Tantalizing Terrors — The same Format as First Book — The Same Price — Only $1.35 — And Again the Life-Saving Pencil and Eraser! ' A THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE BOOKS, BOTH FIRST AND SECOND SERIES, ARE SOLD BY ALL BOOK-STORES OR WRITE TO SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC. PLAZA PUBLISHING COMPANY 37 West 57 Street :: New York City, N. Y. [119] J- If your patience and en¬ durance have reached the breaking point and you must have the correct an¬ swers to the fifty new Cross Word Puzzles printed in this book, mail the enclosed post card to the publishers. A leaflet giving the fifty solutions will be mailed to you without charge. The answer sheet has saved many thousands of lives. The psychology depart¬ ment of Columbia Univer¬ sity uses the Cross Word Puzzle Book for mental test s, measuring intelli¬ gence by the speed and ac¬ curacy displayed in solving the puzzles. Many thou¬ sands of people use the book for its educational value in quickening the mind and building up the vocabulary .... Week-End invitations are now frequently post-script¬ ed: “B.Y.C.W.P.B.W.Y.M meaning ' 'Bring Your Cross Word Puzzle Book With You ” Many host¬ esses find that a Cross Word Puzzle Party, with everyone doing his own Cross Word Puzzle, is a diverting and exciting novelty. To solve tl; Puzzles wii speed and o are certain in ods to be ms are set fort Word Puz3 \ the world, i this book, u mary of D for Cross i Before you < zles , read t i A little boy was recently heard addressing his sister in this fashion: You Zeugma , you lxial” His mother asked him where he learned these terms. 4 In the answer sheet to the Cross Word Puzzle Book,” he replied. Keep this book away from the babes .... It is meant only for people from eight to eighty-eight. Zross Word the greatest iency, there 5 and meth- red. These y the Cross hampion of le preface to in the sum- and Don’t’s 'd Puzzlers. kle the puz- Production. In the back pages of this volume you will find a number of interesting and important announcements. They will make clear how the use of Webster's Dic¬ tionary and Putnam’s Word Book, for example, will improve your tech¬ nique and enhance your de¬ light in cross word puz¬ zling. 4 'When life is entirely with¬ out satisfactions, as it is most of the time for even the best of us,” writes Ruth Hale, 44there is nothing to do but leave it, temporarily, of course, but completely. Now a game of bridge will do a little, and a ball game will do even better, but a Cross Word Puzzle does best of all.”