# St. Nicholas/Volume 32/Number 5/Riddle-Box

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE FEBRUARY NUMBER.
| Zigzag. Washington; from 1 ta 8, February. Cross-words: 1. Warm. 2. Paul, 3. Fish. 4. Arch. 5. Coin. 6. Once. 7. Gale. 8 Etna. 9. Buoy. 10. Barn. Transpositions and Zigzag. Frank Stocktou. 1. Fire, rife. 2. Eras, sear. 3. Abbe, babe. 4. Snap, pans. 5. Kiel, like. 6. User, sure. 7. Tool, loot. 8. Rome, more. 9. Cars, scar. 10. Skid, kids. 11. Tern, rent. 12, Lore, role. 13. Note, tone. A Labyrinth. Begin at the second C in second line reading across. Chattanooga, Chicago, Columbus, Council Bluffs. Squares and Diagonals. From 1 to 2, Saint Nicholas; 3 to 4, Ralph W. Emerson: 5 to 6, abbreviations; 7 to 8, balsamiferaus; 9 to 10, obstinateness; 11 to 12, brotherliness. I. 1. Abeam. 2. Blast. 3. Smite. 4. Satan. 5. Raven. II. 1. Wager. 2. Whole. 3. Black. 4. Loose. 5. Eagle. III. 1. Noose. 2 Stoop. | 3. Stick. 4. Ranch. Sagus. IV. 1. Olive. 2. Knife. 3. Babel, 4. Essay. 5. Umber. V. 1. Earls, 2. Bound, 3. Sleet. 4. Snipe. 5. Tapir. VI. 1. Sable. 2. Whole. 3. Shote. 4. Brush. 5. Stern. VII. 1. Roast. 2. Tasse. 3. Easel. 4. Above. 3. Taste. VIII. 1. Rails. 2. Slain. 3. Tenor. 4. Shame. 5. Tapir, IX. 1. Erect. 2. Dined. 3. Album. 4. Train. 5. Sabot. Cross-word Enigma. Roosevelt. —— Riddle, Back. Connected Diamonds. 1. r. R. 2 Rig. 3. Rigor. 4. Got. 5. R. II. 1. R. 2. Hot. 3. Rower. 4. Ten. 3. R. 2. Tut. 3. Rumor. 4. Tom. 5. R. IV. 1. R. 2. Bit. 3. River. 4. Tea. 5. R. IV. 1. R. 2. Mat 3. Razor. 4. Toy. 5. R. Concealed Word-square. 1. Sight. 2. Idler. 3. Glare. 4. Herbs. 5, Tress. |
| To our Puzzlers: Answers, to be acknowledged in the magazine, must be received not later than the 15th of each month, and should be addressed to St, Nicholas Riddle-box, care of The Century Co., 33 East Seventeenth St., New York City. Answers to all the Puzzles in the December Number were received, before December 15th from “Duluth”—Elizabeth Palmcr Loper—“Microbia”—Mary Elizabeth Askew—Mary Dunbar—”Allil and Adi”,— Harriet Bingaman—William R. McK.—Very—Emmet Russell—Benjamin L. Miller—Helen Hinds Twitchell—”Two Puzzlers”—Bessie Sweet Gallup—J. Alfred Lynd—Clements Wheat—Gladys Hilliard —Margarita F. Elder—Marion Thomas—St. Gabriel’s Chapter— Helen Hoag—Helen Stroud—Doris Hackhusch. Answers to all the Puzzles in the December Number were received, before December 15th from “Chuck,” 8—Elizabeth L. Kirlin, 1—Edwin and Beatrice, 3—Albert Noble, 1—Harold L. Godwin, 1—Frank L. Prohaska, 2—“Two D.’s,” 2— Harold B. Tripler, 8—W. O. Dickinson, 1—Helen MacKeen, 1—E. Adelaide Hahn, 8— Esther Jackson, 1—Grace Haren, 8—Edna Krouse, 8— Bunny and Buddy, 1—Kendrick Van Pelt, 1—“Aunt Emily,” 1— Helen Jelliffe, 8— Elizabeth B. Case, 1— Alan Winslow, 1 — Florence Hayes, 1—Jessy Caverhill, 1— Lillian Jackson, 8—Thomas L. Irving, 1—Walter L. Dreyfuss, 7—W.G. Rice, Jr, 1— Nettie C. Barnwell, 7—Mary S. Van Orden, 5—Jo and I, 8—Salome Baker, 1—Elizubeth J. Phillips, 1—Olga Lee, 8—Mary O'Connor, 1. ||
| Concealed Words. One word of four letters is concealed in each quotation. When rightly guessed and written one below another, the initial letters will spell the surname of an English poet. 1. “I would the gods had made thee poetical.” 2. “If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.” 3. “Again to the battle, Achians! Our hearts bid the tyrants defiance!” 4. “There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.” 5. “So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.” 6. “And moody madness laughing wild Amid severest woe. 7. “Who sees with equal eye, as God or all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall.” Doris Hackbusch (Honor Member). Transpositions. (Gold Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.) When the following words have been rightly guessed, and the omissions and transpositions have been made, the initials of the new words will spell a familiar title. All of the first words described contain six letters. 1. Omit the first letter of a household convenience for carrying articles in, transpose the remaining letters, and make something used on ice. 2. Omit the first letter of something to write on, transpose, and make a common article of furniture. 3. Omit the last letter of the name of slow-moving animals, transpose, and make part of the fingers. | 4. Omit the fourth letter of the name for a jackdaw, transpose, and make a likeness. 5. Omit the second letter of a rough drawing, transpose, and make a big box. 6. Omit the first letter of to beat soundly, transpose, and make crabbed. 7. Omit the first letter from to waver, transpose, and make a fur-hearing animal. 8. Omit the last letter from a number, transpose, and make an embankment. 9. Omit the fourth letter in something which brings good luck, transpose, and make the smallest particles. 10. Omit the fifth letter in a person in authority, transpose, and make clever. Phillip J. Sexton. Beheadings and Zigzag. (Silver Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.) When the following words have been rightly beheaded, and written one below another, the zigzag (beginning at the upper left-hand letter and ending with the lower right-hand letter) will spell the surname of a famous personage. 1. Behead a quick movement, and leave to desire. 2. Behead keen,and leave a musical instrument. 3. Behead a bottle for holding oil, and leave an artifice. 4. Behead a month, and leave a curve. 3. Behead a slow-moving animal, and leave a measure of length. 6. Behead a law, and leave in a little while. 7. Behead anew, and leave profit. 8. Behead moving, and leave to agitate. 9. Behead to empty by lading, and leave a grated box for confining chickens. 10. Behead a country gallant, and leave a wagon. Russell S. Reynolds. |
| Double Acrostic. (Silver Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.) My initials name a famous man, and another row of letters spell the name of a poem. Cross-words (of equal lencth): 1. A fine fabric made of flax. 2. A tropical fruit. 3. A wanderer. 4. Magnificent. 5. Part of a blacksmith’s outfit. 6. Keenly desirous. 7. A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures. 8. A dead language. 9. To suppose. 10. A common liquid. Mary Parker Charade. To my first a beggar came;  He said his need was last. “Come in,” I said; “here ’s food for you.”  (The quantity was vast!) Too plain for him my offering;  He threw it in my last, Then fled, as in an angry tone,  “My whole!” T cried, aghast. Helen A. Sibley. A “Dipper” Puzzle. From 8 to 1 (six letters), a great German poet; 9 to 1, a tragic poet of France; 10 to 1, the press established at Venice by Aldus Manutius; 11 to 1, a beginner; 12 to 1, to prosper. From 8 to 12 (the five end letters), a famous American general. From 13 to 2, an English historian born in 1777; 14 to 2, a symbol; 15 to 2, to enlighten; 16 to 2, a Westphalian town; 17 to 2, high regard. From 13 to 17, a German poet. From 18 to 3, teachable; 19 to 13, a water-spirit whose name gives the title to a German story; 20 to 3, rest; 21 to 3, “the holy maid of Astolat”; 22 to 3, a man who, in 1775, took a famous ride. From 18 to 22, a famous German painter and engraver. From 23 to 4, a large basket; 24 to 4, a writer; 25 to 4, at a distance; 26 to 4, the capital of Colorado; 27 to 4, a British admiral born in 1786. From 23 to 27, the composer of the “Creation.” From 28 ta 5, a famous “Autocrat”; 29 to 5, an Egyptian god; 30 to 5, the surname of an English poet and artistic decorator; 31 to 5 superfluity; 32 to 5, a great Flemish painter. From 28 to 32, 4 great Greek poet. From 33 to 6, the germ of a plant; 34 to 6, a musical term meaning a gliding movement; 35 to 6, a kind of deep blue; 36 to 6, a character in “Twelfth Night”; 37 to 6, a character in “Two Gentlemen of Verona”; From 33 to 37, the pen-name of a great English novelist. | From 38 to 7, the author of “The Origin of Species”; 39 to 7, “The Wizard of Menlo Park”: 40 to 7, the builder of the Clermont; 41 to 7, to direct with authority; 42 to 7, to procure. From 38 to 42, the author of a farnous story which appeared in 1719. From 1 to 7, a great American essayist. M. B. Cary Double Diagonal. 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 1 · · · · · · 4 · * · · · · * · · · * · · * · · · · · * * · · · · · * · · * · · · * · · · · * · 3 · · · · · · 3 Cross-words: 1. The surname of an American statesman. 2. Customary. 3. To reflect. 4. A merry-making. 5. The surname of two presidents of the United States. 6. Worthy of belief. 7. Pertaining to physics. 8. Malicious. From 1 to 2, a Carthaginian general; 3 to 4, a British dramatist and orator. Harry L. Tiffany (Honor Member). Anagrams. All of the stars may be replaced by the same five letters, differently arranged. A little boy wrote the following composition on his * * * * *. Waterfowl. Certain waterfowl are called * * * * *. They feel bad if you * * * * * their eggs, but some folks are not in the * * * * * considerate; and many boys think the * * * * * about the wrong in robbing nests are very * * * * * and foolish. E. Adelaide Hahn (Honor Member). Diamonds and a Square. (Gold Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.) 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · * * * * * · · · * * * * * · * * * * * · * * * * * · · · * * * * * · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · I. Upper Left-hand Diamond: 1, In terminal. 2. To cut down. 3. The whole. 4. A common verb. 5. In terminal. II. Upper Right-hand Diamond: 1. In terminal. 2. A shallow, open dish. 3. A bricklayer. 4. To bow. 5. In terminal. III. Central Square: 1. The chief of the fallen angels. 2. Apart. 3. Movements of the ocean. 4. Thoroughly proficient. 5. Bird homes. IV. Lower Lefthand Diamond: 1. In terminal. 2. A Japanese coin. 3. Worth, 4, To pinch. 5. In terminal. V. Lower Right-hand Diamond: 1. In terminal. 2. Turf. 3. A bird. 4. To delve. 5. In terminal. Gertrude T. Nichols. |
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