# St. Nicholas/Volume 32/Number 3/Riddle-Box

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE DECEMBER NUMBER.
| Double Acrostic. Primals, Santa; finals, Claus. Cross-words; 1. Sails. 2 Adieu. 3. Nubia. 4. Thill 5. Antic. Connected Word-squares.I. 1. Lists. 2, Ideal. 3. Sense. 4. Taste. 5. Sleep. II. 1. Under. 2. Nerve, 3. Droop. 4. Evoke. 5. Repel III. 1. Power. 2. Olive. 3. Widen. 4. Event. 3. Rents. IV. 1. Enter. 2. Niece. 3. Teals. 4. Eclat. 5. Rests. V. 1. Straw. 2. There. 3. Regal. 4. Arabs. 5. Welsh. Syncopations and Zigzag. Charleston. 1. Ca-ni-ne, cane. 2. Sh-in-ed, shed. 3. Me-nt-al, meal 4. Do-ct-or, door. 5. Mu-mb-le, mule. 6. Ce-ment, cent. 7. Sa-dd-le, sale. 8. St-re-et, stet. 9. Co-tton, coon. 10. Re-ta-in, rein. Illustrated Numerical Enigma. Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. | Charade. Pu-pils. Diagonals. Christmas. 1. Canceling. 2. Shoulders. 3. Piratical. 4. Exhibited. 5. Satisfied. 6. Operating, 7. Persimmon. 8. Cathedral, 9. Albatross. Transpositions and Zigzag Christmas. 1. Rack, cork. 2. Huts, shut. 3. Pear, reap, 4. Ripe, pier. 5. East, seat. 6. Bats, stab. 7. Taine, mate. 8. Pace, cape. 9. Ears, sear. Wood-square. 1. Ears. 2. Arca. 3. Rear. 4. Sara. Geographical Cube. From: 1 to 2, America; 1 to 3, Algiers; 2 to 4, Alabama; 3 to 4, Sumatra. 5 to 6, Mombasa; 5 io 7, Managua; 6 to 8, Arizona; 7 to 8, Austria; 1 to 5, Anam; 2 to 6, Apia; 4 to 8, Asia; 3 to 7, Saba. |
| 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 October Number were received, before October 15th, from “Chuck”—”Duluth”—Elizabeth D, Lord— Marguerite Hyde—”Allil and Adi”—Nessie and Freddie, Answers to Puzzles in the October Number were received, before October 15th, from C. C. C., 1—H. Jones, 1—Mildred Kahn, 2—Edith L. Kaskel, 2— Martha C. Hollister, 2— Benjamin L. Miller, 8— Kathryn Sprague De Wolf, 7— Walter L. Dreyfuss, 5—Harriet Bingaman, 5—Walter P. Bliss, 8—Bessie Sweet Gallup, 4—St, Gabriel’s Chapter, 4. ||
| DOUBLE ZIGZAG. (Gold Badge, St, Nicholas League Competition.) 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 13‍ 1 · 3 · · · · * · * · · · · * · * · · · · * · * · · * · * · · * · * · · * · * · · · * · * · · · · * · * · · · · * · * · · · · * · * · · * · * · · * · * · · 2 · 4 · · · Cross-words: 1. A reply. 2. To acquire. 3. A narrow stretch of water. 4. To keep. 5. An island of the South Pacific. 6. A wonder. 7. A grassy field. 8. Certain flowering shrubs. 9. To guide. 10. A tropical fruit. 11. Something that brings good luck. 12. Pertaining to sound. 13. A quick look. 14. Something used in sewing. From 1 to 2, a famous American; from 3 to 4, a personage who has given his name to a certain date. Elinor Colby. DOUBLE ACROSTIC. (Silver Badge, St, Nicholas League Competition.) (Stiver Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.) My primals spell a word which means changes of form or appearance; my finals may all be found in the word “metamorphosis.” Cross-words (of equal length): 1. An aromatic plant used for seasoning. 2. Verse. 3. Solitary. 4. Pluck. 5. To frighten. 6. An inclosure about a field. 7. To come forth. 8. To estimate. 9. To join. 10. A road or path, 11. A passageway, 12. Yours. 13. An idol. 14. A fruit-tree of southern Europe. 15. A recess in a wall. 16. An ointment. Estelle Ellisson | OBLIQUE RECTANGLE. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1. In plaid. 2 Liable. 3. A month. 4. Easily frightened. 5. A spring flower. 6. A place for keeping milk. 7. A small bottle for sauces. 8. Periods of time. 9. Marked peculiarity. 10. The power of seeing. 11. In that place. 12. Flat, broad yessels on which dishes are carried. 13. The nest of a bird of prey. 14. Gestures by which thoughts are expressed, or wishes made known. 15. To decree. 16. A small bag. 17. Retiring. 18 A kind of pastry. 19. In plaid. Charlotte Morrison (Honor Member) |
| Charade A consonant letter; the cry of a beast;  Combine; that is,if you can. An island they ‘ll name which once proved too small  To hold an illustrious man. Florence R. Faxon. King’s Move Puzzle The eighty-one squares in this puzzle contain the names of forty-two animals. They may be spelled out by what is known in chess as the “king’s move,” namely, one square at a time in any direction. Thus, from the first O on the second line, one could move to X, N, Y, L, F, U, I or S. In sending answers, indicate the moves by the numbers in the squares, Thus, dog would be indicated by 75, 65, 56. Elsie Locke. | Double Beheadings and Curtailings. (Gold Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.) Example: Doubly behead and curtail window drapery, rearrange the remaining letters, and make a sailor. Answer, cu-rta~in, tar. 1. Doubly behead and curtail to go astray, and make railroad vehicles. 2. Doubly behead and curtail consumption, and make an exclamation commanding silence. 3. Doubly behead and curtail knowledge, and make to shower. 4. Doubly behead and curtail strife, and make purpose. 5. Doubly behead and curtail a gift, and make to perceive. 6. Doubly behead and curtail promptness, and make strikes gently. 7. Doubly behead and curtail a healing lotion, and make belonging to me. 8. Doubly behead and curtail servitude, and make a conjunction. 9, Doubly behead and curtail one who thirsts, and make to move slightly. When rightly guessed, the initials of the nine new words will spell a joyful season of the year. Katharine King. |
| Acrostic. All the words described do not contain the same number of letters, When nightly guessed and written one below another, one of the rows of letters (reading downward) will spell the name of a character in one of Dickens's books. Cross-words: 1. One of the grand divisions of the world. 2. An autumn fruit. 3. A color. 4. A light-producing apparatus. 5. A celebrated Greek sculptor. 6. To take a picture. 7. An elongated fish, 8. A vegetable. 9. A dealer in drugs. Miriam L. Ware (League Member). Double Diagonal. 1 · · · 4 · * · * · · · * · · · * · * · 3 · · · 2 | Cross-words: 1. A plant whose stem bears stout prickles. 2. A governor. 3. A missile weapon. 4. Overthrows. 5. Waste matter. From 1 to 2, 4 noted Scotch poet; from 3 to 4, a noted German painter. William Ellis Keysor (League Member). An Obelisk. (Silver Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.) · * · · · * · · · · * · · · · * · · · · * · · · · * · · · · * · · · · * · · · · * · · · · * · · · · 2 · · Cross-words: I. In January, 2. To flee. 3. The outer covering of a flower. 4. To dwell. 5. A musical instrument. 6. A builder. 7. A pleasure-boat. 8. A fruit. 9. To swindle. 10. Quick. 11. A rogue. 12. A tree. Centrals, from 1 to 2, a famous general. Harry W. Hazard, Jr. |
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