C.K.

EASY CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.

  My first is in edict, but not in law;
  My second’s in chilly, but not in raw. 
  My third is in ice, but not in snow;
  My fourth is in cut, but not in mow. 
  My fifth is in mild, but not in bland;
  My sixth is in country, not in land. 
  My seventh is in silent, not in still;
  My eighth is in slaughter, but not in kill. 
  My ninth is in learn, but not in teach;
  My tenth is in sandy, but not in beach. 
  My whole is the name of a useful book,
  As soon you’ll see, if you’ll closely look.

W.B.H.

DOUBLE WORD-SQUARE.

Across:  1.  Departed. 2.  Declare. 3.  Look askance. 4.  Terminates.  Down:  1.  High wind. 2.  Part of a stove. 3.  Want. 4.  Mistakes.

H.H.D.

REBUS.

A two-line quotation from a poem by Thomas Gray.

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CENTRAL SYNCOPATIONS.

1.  Syncopate an orifice, and leave a troublesome insect. 2.  Syncopate to cut, and get a natural underground chamber. 3.  Syncopate a wise saying, and get to injure. 4.  Syncopate a small house, and leave a fugitive named in the Bible. 5.  Syncopate a crown of a person of rank, and leave a musical instrument.

A.B.

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

The initials form the name of a European sovereign.  The finals form the name of a great statesman.

1.  Striking. 2.  A vowel repeated. 3.  A body of soldiers. 4.  A lofty building. 5.  A musical drama. 6.  Scarce. 7.  A pastoral poem. 8.  The surname of a celebrated Italian poet.

DYCLE

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN AUGUST NUMBER.

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.—­Primrose, 1.  PeaR. 2.  RomeO. 3.  IsthmuS. 4.  MacE.

NUMERICAL ENIGMA.—­All owing:  allowing.

PICTORIAL TRANSPOSITION PUZZLES.—­1.  Ten mugs; nutmegs. 3.  Ten tea-pots; potentates.

DIAMOND PUZZLE.—­1.  M. 2.  JAy. 3.  MaCaw. 4.  YAk. 5.  W.

SQUARE-WORD.—­1.  Crane. 2.  Raven. 3.  Avert. 4.  Nerve. 5.  Enter.

SHAKSPEAREAN REBUS.—­“Hamlet,” Act III., Scene i.

   “Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
    And thus the native hue of resolution
    Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought.”

GEOGRAPHICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC.—­1.  ChilI. 2.  HellesponT. 3.  IndiA. 4. 
NepauL. 5.  AlleghanY.

METAGRAM.—­Dip, fip, lip, hip, rip, nip, pip, sip, tip.

VERY EASY HIDDEN FURNITURE.—­1.  Table. 2.  Sofa. 3.  Chair. 4.  Stool. 5. 
What-not. 6.  Crib. 7.  Cot 8.  Hat-rack 9.  Desk.

DOUBLE CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.—­Holmes, Lowell.

TRANSPOSITIONS.—­1.  Warned, warden, wander. 2.  Red nag, gander, ranged, garden, danger. 3.  No elms, Lemnos, lemons, melons, solemn. 4.  Red opal, pale rod, real pod, leopard.