A STAID FORM
Reading edition
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
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