FOR INSOMNIACS
Reading edition
By Dennis R. Smith
We are told that puzzles put people to sleep and prevent nervous breakdowns by taking the subject’s mind off his troubles. This one should have therapeutic qualities, for according to the ratio rule it could have at least 38 black squares, whereas it has only 33.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34
35 36 37 38
39 40
41 42 43 44 45
46 47 48 49 50 51
52 53 54 55
56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64
65 66 67 68
69 70
HORIZONTAL
1 Indian squaws 7 Sociable 14 Drier 16 An injury 17 Obtain 18 One who slanders 21 A broad ferryboat 22 A denial 23 A lynx 25 Symbol of metallic element 26 Island connected with life of Napoleon 28 To shut in 29 Land measure (pl.) 31 To wait 33 Suffix denoting superlative 34 To eat away 35 To reward 37 Form 39 Intentions 40 To avoid 42 American journalist 44 Tail-like plait of hair 46 “That is to say” (two words) 48 Name of either boy or girl 50 Vehicles on runners 52 Stop 53 Nobleman of lowest grade 55 Part of the eye 56 Anglo-French (abbr.) 57 Impartation of knowledge 60 Greek letter 61 Egg of a louse 63 A country 64 A prefix denoting through 65 Willows 67 Projecting edge in carpentry 69 A copper alloy 70 Small device for throwing a stream of liquid
VERTICAL
1 Loadstones 2 A small space 3 Strike 4 In the year of our Lord 5 Mother of Helen of Troy 6 Acute crest of a mountain range 8 Flower (Fr.) 9 Decorative plant 10 Denoting equality 11 Upper part of apron 12 Lent 13 Enclosed 15 Young sheep 19 Noted 20 Ditches used as fortifications 23 Religious order 24 Canvas covered with waterproof material 27 Tool used to make holes for small nails 30 Smallest European deer 32 Fungus used in cooking 34 Edge of a roof 36 Combining form meaning within (Greek) 38 Ejaculation meaning “alas” 41 Furnace used by alchemists 43 Location 44 Proportional share 45 Soothe 47 Simple 49 Mouths (more common as adjective) 51 Eating principal meal of the day 53 Saclike cavity 54 Simpleton 58 Loose soil 59 Smell 62 Fasten 64 Confused noise 66 Prefix, geological epoch 68 Seventh tone of musical scale