[Contents]Puzzle No. 144OCEAN WAVESByMrs. H. A. WolfeDon’t get seasick, although it is a little difficult. We have to do something to please those crusty puzzlers who snort with contempt at easy problems.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132[100]HORIZONTAL1African spear7Language of Semitic origin11Climbing17Dead (Scotch)18Reverie19Harangues20Title21One who bequeaths23Ties25Too27Behold28Quality29Every third day33Fat34Bathe35Monsters37Non-poisonous strangling serpent39To sort41A kind of pastry43Island in the British West Indies45Land measure47Condition48Staggers50Half51Large volumes53Nightfall54Friend55Roman earth goddess57Decay58Nickname (female)60Royal banner63Combined66German province69Metal70Unit72Farm76Forests81Female singer84Fine85Incite87Point of the compass88Anger89Vehicle91College slang for a gathering93Horse95Vestige97Change99Bird100Drudge102Number103Dust collector105Corrode106Exhausted108Spanish lady109Fears112To make indented lines115Obstruction118Note of scale120Appendage121Expiate123Care125Fortify127Religious song of praise128Avarice129Reptile130Musical instrument131Worthless132Main componentVERTICAL1Increases2Perceive3Hindu deity4Revises5Worshippers6Annoy7Schedule8Pattern9A measure10Previous11Celestial body12Pertaining to the Gaels (combining form)13Allot14Exists15Nothing16Increase22Thorn (Scotch)24Mountain top ice26Equipped for propulsion30Lake in North America31At no time32Mountains in Eastern U. S.36Sandstorm37Club38Country in the Near East40Follower of the Dutch founder of Anabaptists41Wealth42Girl’s name44Rest46Scavenger fishes48Invade49Totals52Swamps54Assumption56Tyro59Suffix radical (chem.)60Suffix diminutive61Tear62Prefix, out63Tooth64Pronoun65Article67Dim68Affirmative70Suffix toward71Suffix one who73Small portable organs74Southern state (abbr.)75Orient76Previously existed77Place for the seal on legal papers78Southwestern state79Murdered80Pertaining to Italian volcano82Roman emperor83Cereal85Printer’s measures86Fruit of the vine89Dirt removers90Sharp rejoinder92Suffix quality94Occurrence96Antagonistic97Shades98Recompenses101Employ103Quarter in London104City in Nevada107Quaver110Scale111Biblical character Old Testament113Plant114Placed116Black117Give119Weary122Dark viscid oil124Insect exudation126Personal pronoun[103][Contents]Puzzle No. 145WAFFLED WORDSByMrs. Eric CrullSome people mumble their words, but what is more appropriate than this waffling of Mrs. Crull’s? This is medium well done—by which we refer not to quality, but to difficulty. Try it when the simple ones seem too easy and the difficult ones too tough.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111[102]HORIZONTAL1Ancient burial place8Dormant15Metallic rocks16Instrument18Vegetable19Medicinal herb20Low21Plateau23Design24Shake25Wager26Salutation27Lair29Rider Haggard’s heroine30Body organ31To add to33Small point35To rule38Stigmatized40Mythological queen43Hence44Pony of India45To bite lightly47To chastise48Clamor49Performed50A numeral52To tangle54Compete55A tribal symbol57A large bird59Adventitious sounds (med.)61Finery62Beyond63Girl’s name64A measure66Boisterous68A color69Attempt71Transgression72Piece of connecting pipe73Little Eva’s friend75A cereal77Placed79Of equal value80Legend81Contiguous (poet.)83Of greater density86Drunkard87Sailor89Not the same90Moisture91Pronoun94Weight96Pitch97A metal98Denoting three100Field102Scriptural animals105Fold106Heroine of a Wagnerian opera107Always108Cozy spot109A girl’s name110One who slows up111A kind of acidVERTICAL1Summoned2A space3Lacerate4Cleopatra’s finish5An amphibious mammal6Ditch or trench7Popular style of hairdressing8Salt water9Earth10Done with11Soft food12Troubles13Biblical character14Produce17South American animal18Mix22Dusk25Bar28Immediately30Self31Skill32Retreat34Shoe latchet36Latin verb (form of “to be”)37A great menace38Evil39Not bright41Perpetual motion (compound word)42Raised platform44Used in building46Associate49Relating to debts50A green spot51Fairylike53A beautiful lake56One of Dickens’s characters57Finish58Consume calories60Hawaiian decoration63Name of a street65Kind of cloth67Long ago68Change70Still72A black substance74Name of a boat (historical)76Corrode78Also79Through80Depressed82A rodent84Extreme85A bird86A number88Dressed90Flat plates92Robust93Once95Glacier ice97Thunder98Relate99Branches101Common European gull103Possessive pronoun104Also105Chemical base[105][Contents]Puzzle No. 146THE QUESTION MARKByMrs. E. I. AshtonThis puzzle is well named, to say the least, and those curving question marks will try the endurance of the solver to the utmost. Some of you will get out your Atlases and love this. Others in despair will throw themselves in the Siberian river and drown their woes. Good luck to all of you!12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364656667686970717273747576777879808182[104]HORIZONTAL1A science6Most loyal12A city in Nevada13Queen of the fairies16Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudarum (abbr.)18Paid (abbr.)20Ecclesiastical abbreviation21A great nation of ancient Syria23Prefix meaning together24One of the United States (abbr.)25Barren open country27Conjunction28Thou (Ger.)29A perfume (obs.)31Babylonian goddess32Or (Latin)33Chinese book of rights and ceremonies34One of the Banda Islands35A hero of the Trojan war37Spanish ecclesiastical historian39A fish40Any pointed saying42Thee (French)43Adverb45Ancient Roman poet46Russian penal colony48Female parent51Human beings52Famous Austrian electrician of 19th century54Night (Latin)56Preposition57To mark with degrees59Assyrian god60Bromine (abbr.)61Native of Turkey63Irritating sensation65A young dog66King of ancient Britain67Pronoun68Indefinite article69Tree70Portuguese chronicler72Part of the anatomy73Prefix meaning “twice”74A Hawaiian food75Grassy plant76River in Siberia77Silver (abbr.)78Philosophical theory of Hume and Kant80Tributary of Drina River81Foot coverings82Each (abbr.)VERTICAL2Conjunction3Bequeath4Transformation into human shape5Word of refusal7One of the United States (abbr.)8Unlawful9Interrogation point10If (French)11Monster of Greek mythology13A plant14Preposition15Pandemonium17Mountains in Bolivia19River in Venetia21German political economist of 19th century22Night (French)24Geological term26At suit of (abbr.)30To bind36Torn asunder38Ancient Cappadocian goddess41A spirituous liquor44A sacred box46Prefix, through47A town in southeastern Africa49Noted American humorist50To introduce something new52Town in southeastern Slavonia53Lymph vessels55Cape in Scotland57A province in Spain58A digraph60A famous modern pianist61Gratuity (colloq.)62Federations64A riddle65Ecclesiastical term68To humble71Egyptian god72A queen of Navarre79No date (abbr.)[107]
[Contents]Puzzle No. 144OCEAN WAVESByMrs. H. A. WolfeDon’t get seasick, although it is a little difficult. We have to do something to please those crusty puzzlers who snort with contempt at easy problems.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132[100]HORIZONTAL1African spear7Language of Semitic origin11Climbing17Dead (Scotch)18Reverie19Harangues20Title21One who bequeaths23Ties25Too27Behold28Quality29Every third day33Fat34Bathe35Monsters37Non-poisonous strangling serpent39To sort41A kind of pastry43Island in the British West Indies45Land measure47Condition48Staggers50Half51Large volumes53Nightfall54Friend55Roman earth goddess57Decay58Nickname (female)60Royal banner63Combined66German province69Metal70Unit72Farm76Forests81Female singer84Fine85Incite87Point of the compass88Anger89Vehicle91College slang for a gathering93Horse95Vestige97Change99Bird100Drudge102Number103Dust collector105Corrode106Exhausted108Spanish lady109Fears112To make indented lines115Obstruction118Note of scale120Appendage121Expiate123Care125Fortify127Religious song of praise128Avarice129Reptile130Musical instrument131Worthless132Main componentVERTICAL1Increases2Perceive3Hindu deity4Revises5Worshippers6Annoy7Schedule8Pattern9A measure10Previous11Celestial body12Pertaining to the Gaels (combining form)13Allot14Exists15Nothing16Increase22Thorn (Scotch)24Mountain top ice26Equipped for propulsion30Lake in North America31At no time32Mountains in Eastern U. S.36Sandstorm37Club38Country in the Near East40Follower of the Dutch founder of Anabaptists41Wealth42Girl’s name44Rest46Scavenger fishes48Invade49Totals52Swamps54Assumption56Tyro59Suffix radical (chem.)60Suffix diminutive61Tear62Prefix, out63Tooth64Pronoun65Article67Dim68Affirmative70Suffix toward71Suffix one who73Small portable organs74Southern state (abbr.)75Orient76Previously existed77Place for the seal on legal papers78Southwestern state79Murdered80Pertaining to Italian volcano82Roman emperor83Cereal85Printer’s measures86Fruit of the vine89Dirt removers90Sharp rejoinder92Suffix quality94Occurrence96Antagonistic97Shades98Recompenses101Employ103Quarter in London104City in Nevada107Quaver110Scale111Biblical character Old Testament113Plant114Placed116Black117Give119Weary122Dark viscid oil124Insect exudation126Personal pronoun[103]
Puzzle No. 144OCEAN WAVES
ByMrs. H. A. WolfeDon’t get seasick, although it is a little difficult. We have to do something to please those crusty puzzlers who snort with contempt at easy problems.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132[100]HORIZONTAL1African spear7Language of Semitic origin11Climbing17Dead (Scotch)18Reverie19Harangues20Title21One who bequeaths23Ties25Too27Behold28Quality29Every third day33Fat34Bathe35Monsters37Non-poisonous strangling serpent39To sort41A kind of pastry43Island in the British West Indies45Land measure47Condition48Staggers50Half51Large volumes53Nightfall54Friend55Roman earth goddess57Decay58Nickname (female)60Royal banner63Combined66German province69Metal70Unit72Farm76Forests81Female singer84Fine85Incite87Point of the compass88Anger89Vehicle91College slang for a gathering93Horse95Vestige97Change99Bird100Drudge102Number103Dust collector105Corrode106Exhausted108Spanish lady109Fears112To make indented lines115Obstruction118Note of scale120Appendage121Expiate123Care125Fortify127Religious song of praise128Avarice129Reptile130Musical instrument131Worthless132Main componentVERTICAL1Increases2Perceive3Hindu deity4Revises5Worshippers6Annoy7Schedule8Pattern9A measure10Previous11Celestial body12Pertaining to the Gaels (combining form)13Allot14Exists15Nothing16Increase22Thorn (Scotch)24Mountain top ice26Equipped for propulsion30Lake in North America31At no time32Mountains in Eastern U. S.36Sandstorm37Club38Country in the Near East40Follower of the Dutch founder of Anabaptists41Wealth42Girl’s name44Rest46Scavenger fishes48Invade49Totals52Swamps54Assumption56Tyro59Suffix radical (chem.)60Suffix diminutive61Tear62Prefix, out63Tooth64Pronoun65Article67Dim68Affirmative70Suffix toward71Suffix one who73Small portable organs74Southern state (abbr.)75Orient76Previously existed77Place for the seal on legal papers78Southwestern state79Murdered80Pertaining to Italian volcano82Roman emperor83Cereal85Printer’s measures86Fruit of the vine89Dirt removers90Sharp rejoinder92Suffix quality94Occurrence96Antagonistic97Shades98Recompenses101Employ103Quarter in London104City in Nevada107Quaver110Scale111Biblical character Old Testament113Plant114Placed116Black117Give119Weary122Dark viscid oil124Insect exudation126Personal pronoun[103]
ByMrs. H. A. Wolfe
Don’t get seasick, although it is a little difficult. We have to do something to please those crusty puzzlers who snort with contempt at easy problems.
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[Contents]Puzzle No. 145WAFFLED WORDSByMrs. Eric CrullSome people mumble their words, but what is more appropriate than this waffling of Mrs. Crull’s? This is medium well done—by which we refer not to quality, but to difficulty. Try it when the simple ones seem too easy and the difficult ones too tough.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111[102]HORIZONTAL1Ancient burial place8Dormant15Metallic rocks16Instrument18Vegetable19Medicinal herb20Low21Plateau23Design24Shake25Wager26Salutation27Lair29Rider Haggard’s heroine30Body organ31To add to33Small point35To rule38Stigmatized40Mythological queen43Hence44Pony of India45To bite lightly47To chastise48Clamor49Performed50A numeral52To tangle54Compete55A tribal symbol57A large bird59Adventitious sounds (med.)61Finery62Beyond63Girl’s name64A measure66Boisterous68A color69Attempt71Transgression72Piece of connecting pipe73Little Eva’s friend75A cereal77Placed79Of equal value80Legend81Contiguous (poet.)83Of greater density86Drunkard87Sailor89Not the same90Moisture91Pronoun94Weight96Pitch97A metal98Denoting three100Field102Scriptural animals105Fold106Heroine of a Wagnerian opera107Always108Cozy spot109A girl’s name110One who slows up111A kind of acidVERTICAL1Summoned2A space3Lacerate4Cleopatra’s finish5An amphibious mammal6Ditch or trench7Popular style of hairdressing8Salt water9Earth10Done with11Soft food12Troubles13Biblical character14Produce17South American animal18Mix22Dusk25Bar28Immediately30Self31Skill32Retreat34Shoe latchet36Latin verb (form of “to be”)37A great menace38Evil39Not bright41Perpetual motion (compound word)42Raised platform44Used in building46Associate49Relating to debts50A green spot51Fairylike53A beautiful lake56One of Dickens’s characters57Finish58Consume calories60Hawaiian decoration63Name of a street65Kind of cloth67Long ago68Change70Still72A black substance74Name of a boat (historical)76Corrode78Also79Through80Depressed82A rodent84Extreme85A bird86A number88Dressed90Flat plates92Robust93Once95Glacier ice97Thunder98Relate99Branches101Common European gull103Possessive pronoun104Also105Chemical base[105]
Puzzle No. 145WAFFLED WORDS
ByMrs. Eric CrullSome people mumble their words, but what is more appropriate than this waffling of Mrs. Crull’s? This is medium well done—by which we refer not to quality, but to difficulty. Try it when the simple ones seem too easy and the difficult ones too tough.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111[102]HORIZONTAL1Ancient burial place8Dormant15Metallic rocks16Instrument18Vegetable19Medicinal herb20Low21Plateau23Design24Shake25Wager26Salutation27Lair29Rider Haggard’s heroine30Body organ31To add to33Small point35To rule38Stigmatized40Mythological queen43Hence44Pony of India45To bite lightly47To chastise48Clamor49Performed50A numeral52To tangle54Compete55A tribal symbol57A large bird59Adventitious sounds (med.)61Finery62Beyond63Girl’s name64A measure66Boisterous68A color69Attempt71Transgression72Piece of connecting pipe73Little Eva’s friend75A cereal77Placed79Of equal value80Legend81Contiguous (poet.)83Of greater density86Drunkard87Sailor89Not the same90Moisture91Pronoun94Weight96Pitch97A metal98Denoting three100Field102Scriptural animals105Fold106Heroine of a Wagnerian opera107Always108Cozy spot109A girl’s name110One who slows up111A kind of acidVERTICAL1Summoned2A space3Lacerate4Cleopatra’s finish5An amphibious mammal6Ditch or trench7Popular style of hairdressing8Salt water9Earth10Done with11Soft food12Troubles13Biblical character14Produce17South American animal18Mix22Dusk25Bar28Immediately30Self31Skill32Retreat34Shoe latchet36Latin verb (form of “to be”)37A great menace38Evil39Not bright41Perpetual motion (compound word)42Raised platform44Used in building46Associate49Relating to debts50A green spot51Fairylike53A beautiful lake56One of Dickens’s characters57Finish58Consume calories60Hawaiian decoration63Name of a street65Kind of cloth67Long ago68Change70Still72A black substance74Name of a boat (historical)76Corrode78Also79Through80Depressed82A rodent84Extreme85A bird86A number88Dressed90Flat plates92Robust93Once95Glacier ice97Thunder98Relate99Branches101Common European gull103Possessive pronoun104Also105Chemical base[105]
ByMrs. Eric Crull
Some people mumble their words, but what is more appropriate than this waffling of Mrs. Crull’s? This is medium well done—by which we refer not to quality, but to difficulty. Try it when the simple ones seem too easy and the difficult ones too tough.
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[Contents]Puzzle No. 146THE QUESTION MARKByMrs. E. I. AshtonThis puzzle is well named, to say the least, and those curving question marks will try the endurance of the solver to the utmost. Some of you will get out your Atlases and love this. Others in despair will throw themselves in the Siberian river and drown their woes. Good luck to all of you!12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364656667686970717273747576777879808182[104]HORIZONTAL1A science6Most loyal12A city in Nevada13Queen of the fairies16Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudarum (abbr.)18Paid (abbr.)20Ecclesiastical abbreviation21A great nation of ancient Syria23Prefix meaning together24One of the United States (abbr.)25Barren open country27Conjunction28Thou (Ger.)29A perfume (obs.)31Babylonian goddess32Or (Latin)33Chinese book of rights and ceremonies34One of the Banda Islands35A hero of the Trojan war37Spanish ecclesiastical historian39A fish40Any pointed saying42Thee (French)43Adverb45Ancient Roman poet46Russian penal colony48Female parent51Human beings52Famous Austrian electrician of 19th century54Night (Latin)56Preposition57To mark with degrees59Assyrian god60Bromine (abbr.)61Native of Turkey63Irritating sensation65A young dog66King of ancient Britain67Pronoun68Indefinite article69Tree70Portuguese chronicler72Part of the anatomy73Prefix meaning “twice”74A Hawaiian food75Grassy plant76River in Siberia77Silver (abbr.)78Philosophical theory of Hume and Kant80Tributary of Drina River81Foot coverings82Each (abbr.)VERTICAL2Conjunction3Bequeath4Transformation into human shape5Word of refusal7One of the United States (abbr.)8Unlawful9Interrogation point10If (French)11Monster of Greek mythology13A plant14Preposition15Pandemonium17Mountains in Bolivia19River in Venetia21German political economist of 19th century22Night (French)24Geological term26At suit of (abbr.)30To bind36Torn asunder38Ancient Cappadocian goddess41A spirituous liquor44A sacred box46Prefix, through47A town in southeastern Africa49Noted American humorist50To introduce something new52Town in southeastern Slavonia53Lymph vessels55Cape in Scotland57A province in Spain58A digraph60A famous modern pianist61Gratuity (colloq.)62Federations64A riddle65Ecclesiastical term68To humble71Egyptian god72A queen of Navarre79No date (abbr.)[107]
Puzzle No. 146THE QUESTION MARK
ByMrs. E. I. AshtonThis puzzle is well named, to say the least, and those curving question marks will try the endurance of the solver to the utmost. Some of you will get out your Atlases and love this. Others in despair will throw themselves in the Siberian river and drown their woes. Good luck to all of you!12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364656667686970717273747576777879808182[104]HORIZONTAL1A science6Most loyal12A city in Nevada13Queen of the fairies16Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudarum (abbr.)18Paid (abbr.)20Ecclesiastical abbreviation21A great nation of ancient Syria23Prefix meaning together24One of the United States (abbr.)25Barren open country27Conjunction28Thou (Ger.)29A perfume (obs.)31Babylonian goddess32Or (Latin)33Chinese book of rights and ceremonies34One of the Banda Islands35A hero of the Trojan war37Spanish ecclesiastical historian39A fish40Any pointed saying42Thee (French)43Adverb45Ancient Roman poet46Russian penal colony48Female parent51Human beings52Famous Austrian electrician of 19th century54Night (Latin)56Preposition57To mark with degrees59Assyrian god60Bromine (abbr.)61Native of Turkey63Irritating sensation65A young dog66King of ancient Britain67Pronoun68Indefinite article69Tree70Portuguese chronicler72Part of the anatomy73Prefix meaning “twice”74A Hawaiian food75Grassy plant76River in Siberia77Silver (abbr.)78Philosophical theory of Hume and Kant80Tributary of Drina River81Foot coverings82Each (abbr.)VERTICAL2Conjunction3Bequeath4Transformation into human shape5Word of refusal7One of the United States (abbr.)8Unlawful9Interrogation point10If (French)11Monster of Greek mythology13A plant14Preposition15Pandemonium17Mountains in Bolivia19River in Venetia21German political economist of 19th century22Night (French)24Geological term26At suit of (abbr.)30To bind36Torn asunder38Ancient Cappadocian goddess41A spirituous liquor44A sacred box46Prefix, through47A town in southeastern Africa49Noted American humorist50To introduce something new52Town in southeastern Slavonia53Lymph vessels55Cape in Scotland57A province in Spain58A digraph60A famous modern pianist61Gratuity (colloq.)62Federations64A riddle65Ecclesiastical term68To humble71Egyptian god72A queen of Navarre79No date (abbr.)[107]
ByMrs. E. I. Ashton
This puzzle is well named, to say the least, and those curving question marks will try the endurance of the solver to the utmost. Some of you will get out your Atlases and love this. Others in despair will throw themselves in the Siberian river and drown their woes. Good luck to all of you!
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