PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.
Reading edition
10.—Oblique Puzzle.
Each word is one letter shorter than the one before. The initials, read downwards, give the name of a South American city.
The highest degree of respect.
Bitter hatred.
A common and useful covering for the floor.
A model of excellence.
A woman's name.
A sharp instrument.
A curved structure.
Congealed water.
An adverb.
A vowel.
C. J. B.
11.—Charade.
My first is thick and dark; my second is connected with the sea; my whole is an acid concrete salt, or some one keen and irritable.
C. J. B.
[Answers on page 263.]
Answer to Puzzle on Page 195.
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Wellington.
Marlborough.
Nelson.
Blake.
Shakespeare.
Tennyson.
Scott.
Dickens.
Elizabeth.
Victoria.
Answer to 'What am I?' on Page 214.
Dun-dee.