[Contents]WORD PUZZLERSHave the Best Opportunity to a Correct Solution When Equipped WithWEBSTER’S NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY“The Supreme Authority”It contains over 407,000 words, including thousands of the new terms.Dictionary12,000 Geographical Names32,000 Biographical EntriesScholarly Treatment of SynonymsOne successful contestant of a word contest offering cash prizes writes:“Have won nearly $2,000.00 this year. Utterly impossible to accomplish success without the NEW INTERNATIONAL.”WRITE for specimen pages and prices. Free pocket maps if you name this publication.Why not be in the Winning Class?Let theNew Internationalserve youG. & C. Merriam Co., Springfield, Mass.Table of ContentsTHE CROSS WORD PUZZLE5CONFESSIONS OF A CROSS WORD PUZZLE EDITOR7HOW TO SOLVE THEM11THE SCIENCE AND LORE OF CROSS WORD PUZZLES18DO’S AND DON’T’S FOR SOLVERS231.A SOFT BEGINNING252.TRY AND DO IT273.A SIMPLICITY294.TETRACRUCIFORM315.WELL BALANCED336.BABY GRAND MODEL357.A FOUR PETALED ROSE378.A SPOTTED BORDER399.A CHECKERED CAREER4110.SMALL BUT NEAT4311.KEYS AND CROSSES4512.A BLACK BEAUTY4713.A GRAND OLD PUZZLE4914.A QUADRIPUNTAL ASTEROID5115.A QUADRUPLEX QUIDDITY5316.A WELL-TIED SAILOR’S KNOT5517.A TESSELATED TANGLE5718.HOT CROSS BUNS5919.STEPPING STONES6120.FIVE GREEK CROSSES6321.FOUR LEAF CLOVER6522.AT THE CROSSROADS6723.CROSSWORD VALENTINE6924.EIGHTEEN KARAT7125.HONEYMOON HOKUM7326.FOR THE ZIGZAG ZEALOT7527.THIS TAKES THE CAKE7728.A JERSEY ’SKEETER7929.UNLUCKY8130.SINGLE SPOTTER8331.A PRIZE PACKAGE8532.HIC LABOR HIC OPUS EST8733.A SERRATE SYZYGY8934.FIVE SPOTS AND RAYS9135.A SLOTTED OBLONG9336.AN HOUR GLASS9537.DECORATION9738.BLACK BEETLE9939.FACILE EST DECENSUS AVERNI10140.999⁄10 PER CENT PURE10341.A WEST POINTER10542.A CENTRAL SWASTIKA10743.NOT SO BLACK AS PAINTED10944.FINE AND DANDY11145.A LINGUAL LABYRINTH11346.A HUNDRED PER CENTER11547.CRANK HER UP11748.A VOCABULARY TESTER11949.IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE12150.OF SOMEWHAT ORIENTAL FLAVOR123ColophonAvailabilityThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.org.This eBook is produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team atwww.pgdp.net.MetadataTitle:The cross word puzzle book: first seriesAuthor:Prosper Buranelli (1890–1960)Infohttps://viaf.org/viaf/41419344/Author:Frederic Gregory Hartswick (1891–)Infohttps://viaf.org/viaf/6288249/Author:Margaret PetherbridgeInfohttps://viaf.org/viaf/302285860/File generation date:2022-06-08 21:56:39 UTCLanguage:EnglishOriginal publication date:1924EncodingIn the original book, the hints appear on the left-hand side page, and the diagram on the right-hand side page. To better work in unpaged media, this order has been changed.Revision History2022-06-06 Started.CorrectionsThe following corrections have been applied to the text:PageSourceCorrectionEdit distance5worldword120ΙχθγεΙχθυς220KristosChristos220Ιησομς Χριστος Θεοῖ Υιος ΣῷτηρἸησοῦς Χριστὸς Θεοῦ Υἱὸς Σῷτήρ7 / 236QuaprupedQuadruped142,52,102,122,122,122,122.[Deleted]147whosewho252TympanunTympanum1609229276H2OH2O092ReceptableReceptacle1101,101CerebusCerberus2112PortugesePortuguese1116travellerstravelers1

WORD PUZZLERSHave the Best Opportunity to a Correct Solution When Equipped WithWEBSTER’S NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY“The Supreme Authority”It contains over 407,000 words, including thousands of the new terms.Dictionary12,000 Geographical Names32,000 Biographical EntriesScholarly Treatment of SynonymsOne successful contestant of a word contest offering cash prizes writes:“Have won nearly $2,000.00 this year. Utterly impossible to accomplish success without the NEW INTERNATIONAL.”WRITE for specimen pages and prices. Free pocket maps if you name this publication.Why not be in the Winning Class?Let theNew Internationalserve youG. & C. Merriam Co., Springfield, Mass.

WORD PUZZLERS

Have the Best Opportunity to a Correct Solution When Equipped With

WEBSTER’S NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY

“The Supreme Authority”

It contains over 407,000 words, including thousands of the new terms.

Dictionary

12,000 Geographical Names

32,000 Biographical Entries

Scholarly Treatment of Synonyms

One successful contestant of a word contest offering cash prizes writes:

“Have won nearly $2,000.00 this year. Utterly impossible to accomplish success without the NEW INTERNATIONAL.”

WRITE for specimen pages and prices. Free pocket maps if you name this publication.

Why not be in the Winning Class?Let theNew Internationalserve you

G. & C. Merriam Co., Springfield, Mass.

Table of ContentsTHE CROSS WORD PUZZLE5CONFESSIONS OF A CROSS WORD PUZZLE EDITOR7HOW TO SOLVE THEM11THE SCIENCE AND LORE OF CROSS WORD PUZZLES18DO’S AND DON’T’S FOR SOLVERS231.A SOFT BEGINNING252.TRY AND DO IT273.A SIMPLICITY294.TETRACRUCIFORM315.WELL BALANCED336.BABY GRAND MODEL357.A FOUR PETALED ROSE378.A SPOTTED BORDER399.A CHECKERED CAREER4110.SMALL BUT NEAT4311.KEYS AND CROSSES4512.A BLACK BEAUTY4713.A GRAND OLD PUZZLE4914.A QUADRIPUNTAL ASTEROID5115.A QUADRUPLEX QUIDDITY5316.A WELL-TIED SAILOR’S KNOT5517.A TESSELATED TANGLE5718.HOT CROSS BUNS5919.STEPPING STONES6120.FIVE GREEK CROSSES6321.FOUR LEAF CLOVER6522.AT THE CROSSROADS6723.CROSSWORD VALENTINE6924.EIGHTEEN KARAT7125.HONEYMOON HOKUM7326.FOR THE ZIGZAG ZEALOT7527.THIS TAKES THE CAKE7728.A JERSEY ’SKEETER7929.UNLUCKY8130.SINGLE SPOTTER8331.A PRIZE PACKAGE8532.HIC LABOR HIC OPUS EST8733.A SERRATE SYZYGY8934.FIVE SPOTS AND RAYS9135.A SLOTTED OBLONG9336.AN HOUR GLASS9537.DECORATION9738.BLACK BEETLE9939.FACILE EST DECENSUS AVERNI10140.999⁄10 PER CENT PURE10341.A WEST POINTER10542.A CENTRAL SWASTIKA10743.NOT SO BLACK AS PAINTED10944.FINE AND DANDY11145.A LINGUAL LABYRINTH11346.A HUNDRED PER CENTER11547.CRANK HER UP11748.A VOCABULARY TESTER11949.IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE12150.OF SOMEWHAT ORIENTAL FLAVOR123

ColophonAvailabilityThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.org.This eBook is produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team atwww.pgdp.net.MetadataTitle:The cross word puzzle book: first seriesAuthor:Prosper Buranelli (1890–1960)Infohttps://viaf.org/viaf/41419344/Author:Frederic Gregory Hartswick (1891–)Infohttps://viaf.org/viaf/6288249/Author:Margaret PetherbridgeInfohttps://viaf.org/viaf/302285860/File generation date:2022-06-08 21:56:39 UTCLanguage:EnglishOriginal publication date:1924EncodingIn the original book, the hints appear on the left-hand side page, and the diagram on the right-hand side page. To better work in unpaged media, this order has been changed.Revision History2022-06-06 Started.CorrectionsThe following corrections have been applied to the text:PageSourceCorrectionEdit distance5worldword120ΙχθγεΙχθυς220KristosChristos220Ιησομς Χριστος Θεοῖ Υιος ΣῷτηρἸησοῦς Χριστὸς Θεοῦ Υἱὸς Σῷτήρ7 / 236QuaprupedQuadruped142,52,102,122,122,122,122.[Deleted]147whosewho252TympanunTympanum1609229276H2OH2O092ReceptableReceptacle1101,101CerebusCerberus2112PortugesePortuguese1116travellerstravelers1

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.org.

This eBook is produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team atwww.pgdp.net.

In the original book, the hints appear on the left-hand side page, and the diagram on the right-hand side page. To better work in unpaged media, this order has been changed.

The following corrections have been applied to the text:

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