Puzzle No. 37

[Contents]Puzzle No. 37DECORATIONByAnna J. MunroA good deal of black, but very ornamental. The center, with its outreaching arms, is well built.1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071727374757677787980818283848586[96]HORIZONTAL1River boundary, ancient Italy6Ladies small umbrella12To weaken13A sailor15An alcoholic drink16Cotton fabric18Part of verb “to be”20To demand the return of22Act23Disorder25Portions of medicine27Part of verb “to be”29Equip with weapons30A quick blow32Eggs of fish33Indefinite article34Separately36Last38A feature40Corn weed41Pertaining to a poet of Greece43Faction44Girl’s woolen hat45A fish47An artist of colors48Forwards by post50Numeral52Recent54Bits of materials57Statesman60City in Italy62Interior64Alarm65Malicious crime66Near67By way of69Before70Not bright71Parent72Cuttlefish74Fathers75Behold77Move78Exist79Organ of head81A foundation82Devoured84Strike85Retreated86Do without; refrain fromVERTICAL1To butt2Above3Pronoun4Billiard shot5Raw metals7Dry8Hearsay9Part of verb “to be”10Either11Guided12Glut14Purer17Terse19Part21Noblemen24Skill26Drunkard28Mineral spring30Edge31State of equality33Help35Accuse36Abets37Liberty39Purposeless41Loathes42A member of solar system44Powerful explosive46A bird of crow family49Easily crumbled51Gazers53Oriental tower55Insect56Separate58Playing card59Rage60Equipped61Vortex63Tear65Tune68Directed70Systematic rules for eating73Military assistant74To pierce76Used in small boats78A box or place80In regard to81Part of verb “to be”83Latin for “and”84Exclamation[99][Contents]Puzzle No. 38BLACK BEETLEByFred L. KleinschmidtThis constructor blocked out a pretty fair beetle form. The center is a little loose.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990[98]HORIZONTAL1Intellectual dullness6A resting place8The hair of the Angora goat13Bracing15Hairy appendages16Come together18Pertaining to Mars19A female bird21Drinking vessel23Threads that guide through a maze25A vase with feet26Barren30Single31Note of scale32To vanquish33Concise34As36Us37An obstinate person39As41A game of chance45General term for followers of theory47To corrode48Lessened49A soft white metal50To take out52Aid55Regarding57Madness60Conjunction62Near64Primp66Exposes68Towards69Consumed71To dignify73Be indebted to75Carries76Scented78Sick79Wearisome81Hebrew prophet82Anxious85An indestructible unit88Instruction89A lair90A drink of hot milk curdled with liquorVERTICAL1Problems in arithmetic2To speak3River in Italy4Forward5Edge7One who consumes8Male9Preposition10A personal pronoun11Pale12Flees14The air15A tree17Handbag20Female sheep22To deduce24A pale yellowish clay26A male child27Period of time28Possessive pronoun29To make a mistake31Personal pronoun35Over and above36A common liquid38Jeer40Fur-bearing animal41Hobby42A lyric poem43To freeze44Utilize45Historic mountain46To rest51Diseased person53Chest54A parent56A golf term57An hotel58To recede59Metalliferous earth61To act63An Oriental weight65To go into67A book for pictures68To inform70Stories72To think74Useless plants75A bank-note77Shade79A number80To soak in83So84To depart86Negative87To wit[101][Contents]Puzzle No. 39FACILE EST DECENSUS AVERNIByCerberusCerberuswas a three-faced dog, and that is what you may think of the progenitors of this bark after you’ve tried it. Averni (which does not mean Arverne) is the unkeyed centre-piece.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125[100]HORIZONTAL1Extremities4Unchangeable12A metal15Concerning16Digits17Variety of wood18Therefore19Shores21Thus23Catkins26Fruit of common tree27And so forth30Obliterate31Things of secondary importance33Sportmen’s lodges (Scot.)34A blow35Grassy field37Part of “to be”39Ecclesiastical contribution box40Strike41Bleak44Unoccupied46Container for liquids48Rip50Hindu mendicant51Designation53Annoy54Common breakfast food55Lacquer56Latin, and57Roman magistrate59Behold61Pert. to63Road (abbr.)64Eager65Indian Cult67Black69Companion70Organs of hearing71Legendary Queen of Carthage72Toward74To eulogize77Myself78Orange-brown80Disordered type81Mammal milk bag83Toss gently85Rational animal86Mournful sound88Collected mass of eggs (pl.)89Kind of fish90Engrave92Vocal music93Before, prefix94Head covering95Requirement98Secreted100Possessive pronoun101Equal103Golf term105Fermented drink107Severe108Fossil lizards110African antelope112Vend again114Latin for “and”115Compound of nitrogen117Inside119Earth121Open hall122Elevated123An injury124Association125MeltVERTICAL1Roman garment2Allowing that3Tale4Belonging to it5Missive6Article of apparel (pl.)7Like8By9Wild animal (pl.)10A priest11Piece out12Prefix, within13Bone14A feature19A metallic element20Again21Prophet22Pert. to the ear24Lizard25Persian ruler28Form of limestone29Stimulate32Juice of a tree34Form of male address35Written or printed productions36Revise38To be impelled by wind40Old women42Substance derived from seaweed43Meanderings45Lifts47Anger49Self50Captain of Arab vessel (pl.)52Literary compiler55Shifting sail58Conception59Kind of soil60Giant62Man of ancient Asiatic race64Form of “to be”65You66Intransitive verb68Word of negation73Smell75Common woman76Measure of weight78Perched79Measure of length80To palpitate82More profound84African native race85Plural of medium87Egg-shaped (obs.)89Pitch91Pronoun94Domestic birds96Judicial circuit97Send forth99Wild animal102Upright103A dinner course104Boredom106Apart from107Utensil for roasting108Fruit of a shrub109Storehouse for grain111Thick liquid113Sprite116To prepare leather118Denial120Pronoun121Near122Plural pronoun[103][Contents]Puzzle No. 4099​9⁄10 PER CENT PUREByKross Korner KnutThey don’t come much better than this one. K.K.K. is an expert of the first water and knows how to put words together in a fascinating pattern.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139[102]HORIZONTAL1Self contradiction6Competitor10Restrict16Holly17Couch18Dance step20Froth21Crow-like bird23Solitary24Smooth26Condition28Prayer29Hard blows31Infirm33Caoutchouc34Acquires36Again38Underanged39Completed40Either41Flavor43Cloud45Annoy47Any48Slant49Divide proportionately52An auction54Dormant56Obliterate57Austere59Trite60Guided62Consume64Retorts66Possessive pronoun67Comrade68Precious stone70Small cake72Weird73Fruit74Eludes75Table-land79Fondle80Shallow vessel82Place83Medley86Episode88Decade90Bog91Endured92Diners94The end97German100Baked clay101Humming103Wagon travel105Printing measure107Climate109Insect110Different one112Exclamation113Bribes115Cabal117Ancestor118Proof-reading direction120Wrath121Inner part of bottom of a shoe123Penetrates125Metallic rock126Restrain128Remain129Learning130Tall, slim structure132Opposite of aloft134Before135Behold136Uncouth137Metallic salts138Ether derived from oxygenated acid139A young sealVERTICAL1Model of excellence2Short bolt3Beverage4Lairs5Bovine quadruped6Regenerate7Important Roman dates8Mimics9Bathes11Concerning12Snout13Corpulent14Adult, mature insect15Rudiment17Nursery rhyme character19Legislative body22Affirm23Cotton fibre25Baseball team27Oceanic fish30Refuse32Let35Silences37State of mind, esp. of soldiers39Dele.42To the sheltered side43Pro44Aeriform fluid46Rescue48Ex-Emperor50Color51Golf requisite53Young eagle54Corroded55Worlds57Scholar58Spike59Chagrin61To raise the spirits63Humble65Ecclesiastic council67Baby food68Chasm69Humans71Lace76Close of day77Locate78Capers81Broad thoroughfare83Weasel-like fur-bearing animals84Behold85Compound of atoms and electrons87Relate89Neither90Baseball enthusiast91Certain93Govern95Canaille96Two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle98The upper air99In addition101Represent102Neck swelling104Provider106Greater108Church service111A cross112In this place114Leaf of a corolla116To stare fiercely117Grimace of contempt119An altar cloth121To smooth cloth or clothing122Orbs123Otherwise124Button for shirt front127Yale131Unusual133Us136Sun God[105]

[Contents]Puzzle No. 37DECORATIONByAnna J. MunroA good deal of black, but very ornamental. The center, with its outreaching arms, is well built.1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071727374757677787980818283848586[96]HORIZONTAL1River boundary, ancient Italy6Ladies small umbrella12To weaken13A sailor15An alcoholic drink16Cotton fabric18Part of verb “to be”20To demand the return of22Act23Disorder25Portions of medicine27Part of verb “to be”29Equip with weapons30A quick blow32Eggs of fish33Indefinite article34Separately36Last38A feature40Corn weed41Pertaining to a poet of Greece43Faction44Girl’s woolen hat45A fish47An artist of colors48Forwards by post50Numeral52Recent54Bits of materials57Statesman60City in Italy62Interior64Alarm65Malicious crime66Near67By way of69Before70Not bright71Parent72Cuttlefish74Fathers75Behold77Move78Exist79Organ of head81A foundation82Devoured84Strike85Retreated86Do without; refrain fromVERTICAL1To butt2Above3Pronoun4Billiard shot5Raw metals7Dry8Hearsay9Part of verb “to be”10Either11Guided12Glut14Purer17Terse19Part21Noblemen24Skill26Drunkard28Mineral spring30Edge31State of equality33Help35Accuse36Abets37Liberty39Purposeless41Loathes42A member of solar system44Powerful explosive46A bird of crow family49Easily crumbled51Gazers53Oriental tower55Insect56Separate58Playing card59Rage60Equipped61Vortex63Tear65Tune68Directed70Systematic rules for eating73Military assistant74To pierce76Used in small boats78A box or place80In regard to81Part of verb “to be”83Latin for “and”84Exclamation[99]

Puzzle No. 37DECORATIONByAnna J. Munro

ByAnna J. Munro

A good deal of black, but very ornamental. The center, with its outreaching arms, is well built.1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071727374757677787980818283848586[96]HORIZONTAL1River boundary, ancient Italy6Ladies small umbrella12To weaken13A sailor15An alcoholic drink16Cotton fabric18Part of verb “to be”20To demand the return of22Act23Disorder25Portions of medicine27Part of verb “to be”29Equip with weapons30A quick blow32Eggs of fish33Indefinite article34Separately36Last38A feature40Corn weed41Pertaining to a poet of Greece43Faction44Girl’s woolen hat45A fish47An artist of colors48Forwards by post50Numeral52Recent54Bits of materials57Statesman60City in Italy62Interior64Alarm65Malicious crime66Near67By way of69Before70Not bright71Parent72Cuttlefish74Fathers75Behold77Move78Exist79Organ of head81A foundation82Devoured84Strike85Retreated86Do without; refrain fromVERTICAL1To butt2Above3Pronoun4Billiard shot5Raw metals7Dry8Hearsay9Part of verb “to be”10Either11Guided12Glut14Purer17Terse19Part21Noblemen24Skill26Drunkard28Mineral spring30Edge31State of equality33Help35Accuse36Abets37Liberty39Purposeless41Loathes42A member of solar system44Powerful explosive46A bird of crow family49Easily crumbled51Gazers53Oriental tower55Insect56Separate58Playing card59Rage60Equipped61Vortex63Tear65Tune68Directed70Systematic rules for eating73Military assistant74To pierce76Used in small boats78A box or place80In regard to81Part of verb “to be”83Latin for “and”84Exclamation[99]

A good deal of black, but very ornamental. The center, with its outreaching arms, is well built.

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[Contents]Puzzle No. 38BLACK BEETLEByFred L. KleinschmidtThis constructor blocked out a pretty fair beetle form. The center is a little loose.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990[98]HORIZONTAL1Intellectual dullness6A resting place8The hair of the Angora goat13Bracing15Hairy appendages16Come together18Pertaining to Mars19A female bird21Drinking vessel23Threads that guide through a maze25A vase with feet26Barren30Single31Note of scale32To vanquish33Concise34As36Us37An obstinate person39As41A game of chance45General term for followers of theory47To corrode48Lessened49A soft white metal50To take out52Aid55Regarding57Madness60Conjunction62Near64Primp66Exposes68Towards69Consumed71To dignify73Be indebted to75Carries76Scented78Sick79Wearisome81Hebrew prophet82Anxious85An indestructible unit88Instruction89A lair90A drink of hot milk curdled with liquorVERTICAL1Problems in arithmetic2To speak3River in Italy4Forward5Edge7One who consumes8Male9Preposition10A personal pronoun11Pale12Flees14The air15A tree17Handbag20Female sheep22To deduce24A pale yellowish clay26A male child27Period of time28Possessive pronoun29To make a mistake31Personal pronoun35Over and above36A common liquid38Jeer40Fur-bearing animal41Hobby42A lyric poem43To freeze44Utilize45Historic mountain46To rest51Diseased person53Chest54A parent56A golf term57An hotel58To recede59Metalliferous earth61To act63An Oriental weight65To go into67A book for pictures68To inform70Stories72To think74Useless plants75A bank-note77Shade79A number80To soak in83So84To depart86Negative87To wit[101]

Puzzle No. 38BLACK BEETLEByFred L. Kleinschmidt

ByFred L. Kleinschmidt

This constructor blocked out a pretty fair beetle form. The center is a little loose.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990[98]HORIZONTAL1Intellectual dullness6A resting place8The hair of the Angora goat13Bracing15Hairy appendages16Come together18Pertaining to Mars19A female bird21Drinking vessel23Threads that guide through a maze25A vase with feet26Barren30Single31Note of scale32To vanquish33Concise34As36Us37An obstinate person39As41A game of chance45General term for followers of theory47To corrode48Lessened49A soft white metal50To take out52Aid55Regarding57Madness60Conjunction62Near64Primp66Exposes68Towards69Consumed71To dignify73Be indebted to75Carries76Scented78Sick79Wearisome81Hebrew prophet82Anxious85An indestructible unit88Instruction89A lair90A drink of hot milk curdled with liquorVERTICAL1Problems in arithmetic2To speak3River in Italy4Forward5Edge7One who consumes8Male9Preposition10A personal pronoun11Pale12Flees14The air15A tree17Handbag20Female sheep22To deduce24A pale yellowish clay26A male child27Period of time28Possessive pronoun29To make a mistake31Personal pronoun35Over and above36A common liquid38Jeer40Fur-bearing animal41Hobby42A lyric poem43To freeze44Utilize45Historic mountain46To rest51Diseased person53Chest54A parent56A golf term57An hotel58To recede59Metalliferous earth61To act63An Oriental weight65To go into67A book for pictures68To inform70Stories72To think74Useless plants75A bank-note77Shade79A number80To soak in83So84To depart86Negative87To wit[101]

This constructor blocked out a pretty fair beetle form. The center is a little loose.

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[Contents]Puzzle No. 39FACILE EST DECENSUS AVERNIByCerberusCerberuswas a three-faced dog, and that is what you may think of the progenitors of this bark after you’ve tried it. Averni (which does not mean Arverne) is the unkeyed centre-piece.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125[100]HORIZONTAL1Extremities4Unchangeable12A metal15Concerning16Digits17Variety of wood18Therefore19Shores21Thus23Catkins26Fruit of common tree27And so forth30Obliterate31Things of secondary importance33Sportmen’s lodges (Scot.)34A blow35Grassy field37Part of “to be”39Ecclesiastical contribution box40Strike41Bleak44Unoccupied46Container for liquids48Rip50Hindu mendicant51Designation53Annoy54Common breakfast food55Lacquer56Latin, and57Roman magistrate59Behold61Pert. to63Road (abbr.)64Eager65Indian Cult67Black69Companion70Organs of hearing71Legendary Queen of Carthage72Toward74To eulogize77Myself78Orange-brown80Disordered type81Mammal milk bag83Toss gently85Rational animal86Mournful sound88Collected mass of eggs (pl.)89Kind of fish90Engrave92Vocal music93Before, prefix94Head covering95Requirement98Secreted100Possessive pronoun101Equal103Golf term105Fermented drink107Severe108Fossil lizards110African antelope112Vend again114Latin for “and”115Compound of nitrogen117Inside119Earth121Open hall122Elevated123An injury124Association125MeltVERTICAL1Roman garment2Allowing that3Tale4Belonging to it5Missive6Article of apparel (pl.)7Like8By9Wild animal (pl.)10A priest11Piece out12Prefix, within13Bone14A feature19A metallic element20Again21Prophet22Pert. to the ear24Lizard25Persian ruler28Form of limestone29Stimulate32Juice of a tree34Form of male address35Written or printed productions36Revise38To be impelled by wind40Old women42Substance derived from seaweed43Meanderings45Lifts47Anger49Self50Captain of Arab vessel (pl.)52Literary compiler55Shifting sail58Conception59Kind of soil60Giant62Man of ancient Asiatic race64Form of “to be”65You66Intransitive verb68Word of negation73Smell75Common woman76Measure of weight78Perched79Measure of length80To palpitate82More profound84African native race85Plural of medium87Egg-shaped (obs.)89Pitch91Pronoun94Domestic birds96Judicial circuit97Send forth99Wild animal102Upright103A dinner course104Boredom106Apart from107Utensil for roasting108Fruit of a shrub109Storehouse for grain111Thick liquid113Sprite116To prepare leather118Denial120Pronoun121Near122Plural pronoun[103]

Puzzle No. 39FACILE EST DECENSUS AVERNIByCerberus

ByCerberus

Cerberuswas a three-faced dog, and that is what you may think of the progenitors of this bark after you’ve tried it. Averni (which does not mean Arverne) is the unkeyed centre-piece.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125[100]HORIZONTAL1Extremities4Unchangeable12A metal15Concerning16Digits17Variety of wood18Therefore19Shores21Thus23Catkins26Fruit of common tree27And so forth30Obliterate31Things of secondary importance33Sportmen’s lodges (Scot.)34A blow35Grassy field37Part of “to be”39Ecclesiastical contribution box40Strike41Bleak44Unoccupied46Container for liquids48Rip50Hindu mendicant51Designation53Annoy54Common breakfast food55Lacquer56Latin, and57Roman magistrate59Behold61Pert. to63Road (abbr.)64Eager65Indian Cult67Black69Companion70Organs of hearing71Legendary Queen of Carthage72Toward74To eulogize77Myself78Orange-brown80Disordered type81Mammal milk bag83Toss gently85Rational animal86Mournful sound88Collected mass of eggs (pl.)89Kind of fish90Engrave92Vocal music93Before, prefix94Head covering95Requirement98Secreted100Possessive pronoun101Equal103Golf term105Fermented drink107Severe108Fossil lizards110African antelope112Vend again114Latin for “and”115Compound of nitrogen117Inside119Earth121Open hall122Elevated123An injury124Association125MeltVERTICAL1Roman garment2Allowing that3Tale4Belonging to it5Missive6Article of apparel (pl.)7Like8By9Wild animal (pl.)10A priest11Piece out12Prefix, within13Bone14A feature19A metallic element20Again21Prophet22Pert. to the ear24Lizard25Persian ruler28Form of limestone29Stimulate32Juice of a tree34Form of male address35Written or printed productions36Revise38To be impelled by wind40Old women42Substance derived from seaweed43Meanderings45Lifts47Anger49Self50Captain of Arab vessel (pl.)52Literary compiler55Shifting sail58Conception59Kind of soil60Giant62Man of ancient Asiatic race64Form of “to be”65You66Intransitive verb68Word of negation73Smell75Common woman76Measure of weight78Perched79Measure of length80To palpitate82More profound84African native race85Plural of medium87Egg-shaped (obs.)89Pitch91Pronoun94Domestic birds96Judicial circuit97Send forth99Wild animal102Upright103A dinner course104Boredom106Apart from107Utensil for roasting108Fruit of a shrub109Storehouse for grain111Thick liquid113Sprite116To prepare leather118Denial120Pronoun121Near122Plural pronoun[103]

Cerberuswas a three-faced dog, and that is what you may think of the progenitors of this bark after you’ve tried it. Averni (which does not mean Arverne) is the unkeyed centre-piece.

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[Contents]Puzzle No. 4099​9⁄10 PER CENT PUREByKross Korner KnutThey don’t come much better than this one. K.K.K. is an expert of the first water and knows how to put words together in a fascinating pattern.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139[102]HORIZONTAL1Self contradiction6Competitor10Restrict16Holly17Couch18Dance step20Froth21Crow-like bird23Solitary24Smooth26Condition28Prayer29Hard blows31Infirm33Caoutchouc34Acquires36Again38Underanged39Completed40Either41Flavor43Cloud45Annoy47Any48Slant49Divide proportionately52An auction54Dormant56Obliterate57Austere59Trite60Guided62Consume64Retorts66Possessive pronoun67Comrade68Precious stone70Small cake72Weird73Fruit74Eludes75Table-land79Fondle80Shallow vessel82Place83Medley86Episode88Decade90Bog91Endured92Diners94The end97German100Baked clay101Humming103Wagon travel105Printing measure107Climate109Insect110Different one112Exclamation113Bribes115Cabal117Ancestor118Proof-reading direction120Wrath121Inner part of bottom of a shoe123Penetrates125Metallic rock126Restrain128Remain129Learning130Tall, slim structure132Opposite of aloft134Before135Behold136Uncouth137Metallic salts138Ether derived from oxygenated acid139A young sealVERTICAL1Model of excellence2Short bolt3Beverage4Lairs5Bovine quadruped6Regenerate7Important Roman dates8Mimics9Bathes11Concerning12Snout13Corpulent14Adult, mature insect15Rudiment17Nursery rhyme character19Legislative body22Affirm23Cotton fibre25Baseball team27Oceanic fish30Refuse32Let35Silences37State of mind, esp. of soldiers39Dele.42To the sheltered side43Pro44Aeriform fluid46Rescue48Ex-Emperor50Color51Golf requisite53Young eagle54Corroded55Worlds57Scholar58Spike59Chagrin61To raise the spirits63Humble65Ecclesiastic council67Baby food68Chasm69Humans71Lace76Close of day77Locate78Capers81Broad thoroughfare83Weasel-like fur-bearing animals84Behold85Compound of atoms and electrons87Relate89Neither90Baseball enthusiast91Certain93Govern95Canaille96Two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle98The upper air99In addition101Represent102Neck swelling104Provider106Greater108Church service111A cross112In this place114Leaf of a corolla116To stare fiercely117Grimace of contempt119An altar cloth121To smooth cloth or clothing122Orbs123Otherwise124Button for shirt front127Yale131Unusual133Us136Sun God[105]

Puzzle No. 4099​9⁄10 PER CENT PUREByKross Korner Knut

ByKross Korner Knut

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They don’t come much better than this one. K.K.K. is an expert of the first water and knows how to put words together in a fascinating pattern.

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