THE SQUARE ROOT OF CROSS WORDS
Reading edition
By Irvan Neckerman
How does he get that way? Here are some conversational words cheek to cheek with monstrosities dragged forth from their native obscurity. We warn all those to whom an obscure word is as a red flag to a bull to keep away from here.
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HORIZONTAL
1 A dissension 5 Expression of pity 9 Any slender bristlelike organ 13 Smooth and transparent 14 Afforded 15 Plain 17 Revolves 18 Passageway 19 Frame for drying clothes 20 Small island 21 Geometrical figure 22 An allotted portion 23 Manifestation 24 Outcry 25 Commands 26 Eastern title of authority 28 One of Rider Haggard’s books 30 To annoy 34 Chinese Buddha 36 Geometrical figure 41 Early name of Ireland 42 Poisonous extract 45 Wander 46 A chink 47 Rubber 48 A throng 49 Cotton or woolen dress goods 51 Old way of spelling “that” 52 Additional 54 Goddess of vengeance 56 Literary fragments 57 Dance 61 A borrowing 64 To name 69 Relating to spaces 70 Father 71 A student (Fr.) 72 Measure of capacity 73 Batrachian 74 Artist’s models 75 Household gods 76 Besides 77 River in England 78 Inclinations 79 To account 80 Commissioned
VERTICAL
1 Wallow 2 A cloth worn by Roman ladies 3 City in France 4 Canopies 5 Mixtures 6 To set out 7 Historical record 8 Shelters (obs.) 9 Random cuts 10 Choice body 11 Darnel 12 Concerning 13 Small ditch or furrow 16 Fragments 27 Eminence 29 Consecrated place 30 Possessive pronoun 31 Enclosed place 32 Fissure 33 Put up 34 Contest 35 Malt kiln 37 Chief; greatest 38 To penetrate 39 Across 40 Information 43 Abraham’s birthplace 44 Syllable of diatonic scale 50 Unwilling to hear 53 Special gifts 55 Transported 56 Chaplet or wreath 57 To invite 58 Ancient heretical sect 59 Combining form, meaning stone 60 Heard 62 Weight of twelve grains 63 To lower 65 A walk or passageway 66 Wild goat of the Bible 67 Conclusion 68 For fear that