Volume 13 — THE RIDDLE-BOX.
Reading edition
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE AUGUST NUMBER.
Charade. Keepsake.
Octagon. 1. Dab. 2. Cecil. 3. Decolor. 4. Aconite. 5. Bilious. 6. Lotus. 7. Res.
Greek Cross. I. 1. Rate. 2. Aver. 3. Teas. 4. Erst. II. 1. Tore. 2. Omer. 3. Reps. 4. Erst. III. 1. Erst. 2. Rhea. 3. Seas. 4. Task. IV. 1. Task. 2. Area. 3. Seat. 4. Kate. V. 1. Task. 2. Anne. 3. Snap. 4. Kept.
Inverted Pyramids. I. Across: 1. Oratory. 2. Erode. 3. Toe. 4. L. II. Across: 1. Masonic. 2. Sabot. 3. Mow. 4. E.
Illustrated Central Acrostics. Centrals, Socrates. Cross-words: 1. snowShoes. 2. dragOn-fly. 3. chiCken. 4. baRns. 5. bAt. 6. aTe. 7. reEls. 8. opoSsum.
Egyptian Puzzle. Centrals, Memnon. Cross-words: 1. M. 2. gEm. 3. caMel. 4. oraNges. 5. crocOdile. 6. AlexaNdrian.
Cube. From 1 to 2, imperial; 2 to 4, lanneret; 3 to 4, lapidist; 1 to 3, immortal; 5 to 6, schooner; 6 to 8, rounding; 7 to 8, hoveling; 5 to 7, Shadrach; 1 to 5, Iris; 2 to 6, leer; 4 to 8, tang; 3 to 7, lash.
Rimless Wheels. I. Andersen. From 1 to 9, Anne; 2 to 9, Nile; 3 to 9, dome; 4 to 9, Erie; 5 to 9, rise; 6 to 9, size; 7 to 9, edge; 8 to 9, nine. II. Farragut. From 1 to 9, face; 2 to 9, able; 3 to 9, ripe; 4 to 9, rare; 5 to 9, acre; 6 to 9, gape; 7 to 9, urge; 8 to 9, type.
Diamond. 1. H. 2. Jib. 3. Judea. 4. Hidalgo. 5. Belle. 6. Age. 7. O
Double Acrostic. Primals, Herrick; finals, Shelley. Cross-words: 1. HardinesS. 2. EmbellisH. 3. RationalE. 4. RehearsaL. 5. IdenticaL. 6. CarmelitE. 7. KnowinglY.
Beheadings. Salmagundi. 1. S-ear. 2. A-rid. 3. L-imp. 4. M-ope. 5. A-mid. 6. G-lad. 7. U-rim. 8. N-ail. 9. D-ram. 10. I-ago.
Zigzag. The Atlantic Cable Landed. Cross-words: 1. True. 2. sHow. 3. glEe. 4. galA. 5. saTe. 6. sLap. 7. Atom. 8. oNce. 9. laTe. 10. semI. 11. raCe. 12. aChe. 13. Arid. 14. aBle. 15. hiLl. 16. hirE. 17. haLe. 18. hAil. 19. Need. 20. iDea. 21. stEw. 22. benD.
To our Puzzlers: In sending answers to puzzles, sign only your initials or use a short assumed name; but if you send a complete list of answers you may sign your full name. Answers should be addressed to St. Nicholas "Riddle-box," care of The Century Co., 33 East Seventeenth street, New York City.
Answers to all the Puzzles in the June Number were received, before June 20, from Maud E. Palmer—Jo and I—Maggie T. Turrill—"B. L. Z. Bub, No. 1"—Mamma and Fanny—"B. L. Z. Bub, No. 2"—Hazel—"San Anselmo Valley"—"Shumway Hen and Chickens"—D. B. Shumway—M. Margaret and E. Muriel Grundy—Carrie Seaver and Alice M. Young—F. W. Islip.
Answers to Puzzles in the June Number were received, before June 20, from M. L. Bosher, 1—Marion Strong, 1—Grace A. Zublin, 2—E. V. Sudell, 2—Prince and Prancer, 1—Paul Reese, 13—R. E. B., 1—Jas. A. Bond, 2—Nellie L. Howes, 6—T and Coffee, 1—Nanon and Ninon, 4—H. R. H., 1—Robert Nead, 3—R. Earle Olwine, 1—Helen W. Gardner, 1—"Jack and Jill," 5—Effie K. Talboys, 7—M. Clare H. Guion, 4—Karl E. Sommer, 3—"Silver-tongue," 1—Alice Blackinton, 1—C. F. Bishop, 3—"Squid," 5—"Dad," 1—"The Reads," 3—Florence Althaus, 8—No name, Cleveland, 1—No name, Oakdale, 12—"May and 79," 7—"Young Man," 6—"Tiger," 2—Laura and Irene, 7—E. M. B. and A. G. B., 2—Mamie R., 13—Lucia C. Bradley, 11—Nellie and Reggie, 11—H. Lovejoy, 9—"Jack Sprat," 5—Kittie, Chessie, Avis, and Grace, 7—Gen. T. Hughes, 2—Smed, 12—Helen Burnham, 2—Patience, 3—Arthur and Bertie Knox, 8—We, Us, & Co., 4—"Mohawk Valley," 10—Pearl Colby and Nell Bates, 10—Louise Joynes, 3—Daisy Van Ingen, 1—Elise Ripley, Ripley, 7—Lucy M. Bradley, 11—Fred T. Pierce, 4—Sadie and Bessie Rhodes and "De Grassy," 10—"Original Puzzle Club," 12—Hattie Weil, 2—Eleanor Peart, 4—Ida and Edith M. Swamwick, 7—"Two Cousins," 13—Lewis Kilborn, 2—Langham, 2—Dash, 12—Eugene Kell and Mamma, 1.
CONNECTED PYRAMIDS.
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Upper Pyramid. Across: 1. In moping. 2. The cry of an animal. 3. Relish. 4. A horseman's cap. Downward: 1. In moping. 2. To depart. 3. A small sweet-cake. 4. Elapsed. 5. Preyed upon. 6. A conjunction. 7. In moping.
Lower Pyramid. Across: 1. In moping. 2. A period. 3. To pass through by filtering. 4. An old-fashioned Spanish ship. Downward: 1. In moping. 2. A musical syllable. 3. A kind of fish. 4. Spoken. 5. A unit. 6. A call to excite attention. 7. In moping.
Centrals, reading downward (eight letters), a bucolic.
"MYRTLE GREEN."
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.
My first is in rise, but not in fall; My second in entry, but not in hall; My third is in give, but not in take; My fourth is in pie, but not in cake; My fifth is in gun, but not in toy; My sixth is modest, but not in coy; My whole is easily found, no doubt,— 'Tis a thing the world would scarce "run" without.
LELAND STANFORD B.
BURIED QUADRUPEDS.
1. If you will give me the broken seal, Pa can replace it, I am sure. 2. It would certainly be a very good idea to do so, Ethel. 3. The little black cub is only waiting for a chance to bite you. 4. I will not give her mine. 5. He gave them each a moist piece of preserved ginger. 6. She did not encourage Nettie to pursue her musical studies. 7. The parlor is already dusted, and ready for our visitors. 8. How will a man, in his position, ever retrieve himself? 9. I was there when Lem urged his claim so persistently. 10. Did you ask if Pa could stop at the big grocery. 11. Pa can stop, I am sure. 12. I set out this shallow pan daily, for the birds. 13. At the sound of the familiar tap I ran to the window. 14. Did you call Jack a lazy lad?
PAUL R. PIERCE.
DIAMOND.
1. In alpaca. 2. Chance. 3. Pleasantry. 4. A thin fabric. 5. Studied with an abstracted gaze. 6. To clear. 7. In alpaca.
"ŒDIPUS."
CONNECTED SQUARES.
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I. Upper Left-hand Square: 1. A spring. 2. A nobleman. 3. Surface. 4. To contrive.
II. Upper Right-hand Square: 1. A scheme. 2. A slender cord. 3. Small insects. 4. A snug abode.
III. Lower Left-hand Square: 1. To devise. 2. Erudition. 3. Artifices. 4. A snug place.
IV. Lower Right-hand Square: 1. A collection of boxes. 2. A reverberation. 3. A pretense. 4. A small city.
"SAM WELLER."
DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
My primals spell what every one is wishing for, and my finals spell where it may come from.
Cross-words (of equal length): 1. A bivalve shell-fish. 2. A Russian feminine name. 3. To lend. 4. A prefix signifying half. 5. Destitution. 6. A part sung by a female voice. 7. A part of speech. 8. A girl's name.
"ŒDIPUS."
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
I am composed of one hundred and twenty-one letters, and form a four-line stanza by Celia Thaxter.
My 30-87-70-58 is joyous. My 45-20-75-17-98-34 is a color. My 64-5-89-54 is part of a bottle. My 67-49-82-11-9 is an apparition. My 102-25-77-118-107 is a poor cottage. My 53-113-83-94-38 is an apartment in a ship. My 85-27-42-33-121-73 is to deter. My 60-114-80-16-97-21-56-31-115-55 is the science of Egyptian antiquities. My 110-13-92 is part of a fish. My 40-91-120-103-99 is airy. My 62-1-51-69-29-103-86-7-12 is extraordinary. My 23-32-57-3-47 is to gather. My 79-65-14-96-43-2 is to loiter. My 116-36-108-66-4-78 is to manifest. My 6-61-52-104 is to lash. My 74-101-59-112-72-119-50-88 is abased. My 26-76-24-109 is a fierce animal. My 68-81-63-28-117 is to halt. My 48-41-18-39-100 is strong. My 93-44-10-71 is to be incandescent. My 90-37-19-95 is to draw or paint. My 111-35-22-84 is secure. My 106-8-46-15 is to impede.
"CORNELIA BLIMBER."
DOUBLE ZIGZAG.
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7***17***
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Cross-words: 1. A very small cake. 2. Having the quality of imbibing. 3. Singular. 4. Those who have charge of money. 5. A free gift. 6. Cleanses. 7. Personal satires. 8. Destitute of pores. 9. To punish. 10. Primitive.
The zigzag from 1 to 10 spells the name given to a certain day in September; from 11 to 20, the name of a dish eaten in England on that day.
FRANK SNELLING.
RHYMED WORD-SQUARE.
(1.) A kind of meat. (2.) An odor sweet. (3.) Struggled, strived, contended. (4.) Last, but not least. (5.) A Persian priest. And now my rhyme is ended.
"KATASHAW."
OCTAGON.
1. A jump. 2. Pertaining to the pope. 3. A lip having a fissure like that of a hare. 4. To act. 5. Flattery. 6. A measure. 7. By means of.
"ROYAL TARR."
BEHEADINGS.
1. Behead to acknowledge with gratitude, and leave a bunch of yarn. 2. Behead to frequent, and leave a relative. 3. Behead discloses, and leave enclosures. 4. Behead a fine rain, and leave land surrounded by water. 5. Behead askant, and leave oblique. 6. Behead a large wave or billow, and leave to incite. 7. Behead very dark, and leave attenuated. 8. Behead to imbibe, and leave a place of amusement. 9. Behead fanciful, and leave to distribute. 10. Behead a subterraneous canal, and leave a pitcher. 11. Behead a mountain nymph, and leave to peruse. 12. Behead the present occasion, and leave formerly.
The beheaded letters will spell the name of an inventor.
WILLIE AND CORT.
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.
You will find me in the orchard, where the pears and apples grow; I'm discovered in the clauses that the lawyers so well know; I am found in every present that our loving friends bestow; I am bound up in the caskets that will splendid jewels show; I am seen within the patient who is sick of drugs and pills; The planter carries me with him while riding o'er his hills; 'Mongst the letters of the ledgers I feel perfectly at home; And from the muffins, sweet and fresh, I never wish to roam; The fairies hold me in their arms as through the air they fly; And every scholar claimeth me as he at work will ply; I take part in all the ballads that are sung by young and old; I am portion of the denizen who roams the forests bold; In thickets I'm not absent, as you all must plainly see; And my whole comes in September, filling farmers full of glee.
C. D.
TRIANGULAR PRISM.
1 . . . . . . 2 . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . 6
From 1 to 2, one of an ancient race of people; from 1 to 3, a fragment; from 2 to 5, a small bird of the titmouse family; from 1 to 4, a form of instruction by means of questions and answers; from 3 to 6, a snout or trunk; from 4 to 5, to coin; from 4 to 6, a collective body; from 5 to 6, a structure of cross-barred work.
"ROSE MADDER."