Chapter II: Part 2

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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 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

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 16 A fish 19 Knight errant 20 Granitic rock 22 Mark used in writing 24 Evolve 26 Exclamation of disgust 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

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.

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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 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 reëntrant angle 53 Primeval deity 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 Luzon 67 Selenium (symbol) 68 Break 69 Rate of exchange 71 City in Utah 72 Angry

VERTICAL

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 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 Cape on Atlantic Coast 43 Distress 44 Vigorous argument 45 Definite article 46 Woman’s club 47 Greedy king (myth.) 48 Anoint 54 Symbol for tellurium 56 Misses 58 Marking an alternative 60 Drink 61 Asterisk 65 To go about idly 66 Self 68 Thus 70 Bone

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.

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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 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 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

VERTICAL

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 decomposition of a body by electrolysis 11 New England 12 African fly 15 Exist 18 To lease 20 Free 22 Highly inflammable liquid 24 Negative 25 To be ill 26 Product of dissociation 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 44 Stroke 46 Odd 47 Empower 49 Sharp blow 51 Rested 54 Sailor 55 Possesses 57 Uncommon 59 Glove 60 Exclamation expressing disgust 61 Nothing 63 Coop 65 None 66 Bone 67 Therefore 69 For example

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 corner 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.

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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 dissociation 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 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

VERTICAL

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 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 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

PUZZLE NO. 63

GOOD AS GOLD

By B. Eisner and A. B. Leavitt

All 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?

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HORIZONTAL

1 Cosmetic 5 Instrument for writing 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 30 Water fowl 31 Exclamation 33 Clamor 35 Household utensils 36 Either 37 Consecrate 38 People who talk foolishly 39 Glass vessel 40 After Christ 41 Pert. to air 42 Tumult 44 Toward 45 Nimble 47 Forehead 49 Dens 51 Possesses 53 Ringlet 55 Mixture of herbs 56 Stop 59 Furnish with side supports 60 Annoyed 63 Organ of hearing 64 Result 65 One 66 Manage 67 Stationary 68 Indian tent

VERTICAL

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 manners and customs 21 Overcome 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 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

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.

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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 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 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

VERTICAL

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 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 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

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?

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HORIZONTAL

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 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 publication 75 Culmination 77 Greek mountain 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 solution 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

VERTICAL

1 To humiliate 2 Clergyman 3 Night bird 4 Killed 6 Period of time 7 Used by cowboys 8 Open 10 From a great distance 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 33 Indians of Utah 34 Employed 35 Writing fluids 37 Vexation 39 Inhabitant of northern 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 (abbr.) 54 Artificial language 56 Poem 58 Finis 64 Goddess of retributive justice 66 Weapon for airplane 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

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.

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HORIZONTAL

1 Mountain range between 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 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 Brazilian bird 68 Sun God 69 A right 71 A brace 72 Square of type 73 Incorporated (abbr.) 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

VERTICAL

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 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 document 51 Weave 54 Hail 55 Wrath 56 Support 58 Playing card 62 Song 63 Opportunity 66 Rough 67 Indian servant 70 Anxious (alternate spelling) 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

PUZZLE 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.

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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 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) 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

VERTICAL

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 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 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

PUZZLE NO. 68

A FLOCK OF TWO-SPOTS

By Persephone

An 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.

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HORIZONTAL

1 One who guards 8 Of or pertaining to wisdom or learning 15 Fleet of ships 16 Malefactor 18 Exclamation of sorrow 19 Included 21 To pick 23 Obtained 24 Snakes 25 Look! 26 The stem of a ship 28 Official residences of ministers 31 To greet 33 Murmur lovingly 34 Serf 35 Perfume 37 Court 38 Accustom 40 Official documents conferring rights or privileges 42 Anthropoidal ape 44 Guide 46 Slight deviation from accuracy 47 Heed 48 In, on, near or by 50 Indians of an Algonquin tribe in Canada 52 Rages 54 Like 55 That which restricts 57 Turmoil 59 Expatiate 61 Hiatus 62 Traveler by boat or train 63 Disencumber 64 Retreats 66 Exist 67 Checkered 70 Otherwise 71 Relieves 73 To fix deeply or indelibly 74 Thus 75 One thing 76 A form, the faces of which are parallel to one axis 79 Utensils 81 Individual pies 83 Certain hardwood trees bearing edible nuts 85 Custom 87 Mountain near ancient Troy 88 Makes equal 90 Place of worship 92 Invisible fluid 93 A long river 95 Entwined 97 Superlatively good 98 The thing 99 Old 101 Skill 102 Silent 104 Confusion 105 Mountain in Thessaly 106 Visionary creation of the imagination 108 Dry 110 Dominion 111 Rapid, involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs

VERTICAL

1 Chief 2 Above and in contact with 3 Narrow strip 4 Alleged source of all human curiosity 5 Imaginary circle in the heavens 6 From 7 Sailing races 8 Doses: drafts 9 One 10 Sacred city of Tibet 11 A mountain 12 To shatter; crush 13 Exists 14 One who makes a practice of using new words, or new meanings 17 Destiny 20 Midday 22 Seaweed 24 Small insects 25 Savage wild beast 27 Spirit 29 Ends; aims 30 Fur-bearing animal 32 Absent 34 Center 36 Apparel 39 Receiver 41 Pert. to the skin 43 Any official orders or decrees 45 Least shallow 47 To lie over and upon 49 Another wild beast 51 Efface 53 Expert 54 Range of very high mountains 56 Small rug 57 A king of Judah 58 Unit 60 Assist 64 Adherence to regular and habitual course of action 65 Lift 68 Love affair 69 Household servants 72 Exhausted in using 73 A small fish 75 Range of mountains between Europe and Asia 77 To gather thickly again 78 Comanchean 80 A wise man 82 Entrance 83 Curve 84 Stalk 86 Pant 89 Pert. to the palate 91 Atrabilious 94 Orient 96 Wrath 97 Floating fragment of a glacier 100 Employ 103 A drink 105 Bone 106 Accomplish 107 Belonging to me 109 A measure

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.