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things in the picture above, To which I would call your attention, Are (11) part of a carriage or part of a boy, And (12) a sort of a stop or suspension. AUNT SUE. CURTAILMENTS. 1. Curtail a bur, and leave to plague; curtail again, and leave plants. 2. Curtail a celestial body, and leave to make smooth; again, and leave a model. 3. Curtail a low, wet ground, and leave a planet; again, and leave to injure; again, and leave a parent. 4. Curtail a jury-roll, and leave a glass; again, and leave part of a gun-lock; again, and leave a parent. CYRIL DEANE. COMPLETE DIAGONAL. Diagonals from left to right, downward: 1. Fifty. 2. A boy's nickname. 3. A title of respect. 4. To affirm. 5. Ardent. 6. A vale. 7. A rule of action. 8. A river in Italy. 9. Phonetically, a measure. Horizontally: 1. Used by painters. 2. An Israelitish king. 3. A name for beer. 4. More dim. 5. To reduce. N.T.M. EASY NUMERICAL ENIGMA. I am composed of twelve letters. My 2 11 3 is a fish. My 1 4 3 2 5 is a girl's name. My 7 3 8 10 5 is an American politician. My 12 8 6 1 is pretty for a child's wear. My 9 8 12 10 5 is a necessary domestic utensil. My 4 8 6 2 is very pleasant. My whole is the title of a popular book. D.C.R. SQUARE-WORD. 1. An emperor's title. 2. Nothing. 3. Weapons. 4. A flower. B. ANAGRAM DOUBLE DIAMOND AND CONCEALED DOUBLE SQUARE. From the sentence "Seer eats a pear" form a double diamond, the center of which will be a double word-square. CYRIL DEANE. PICTORIAL PROVERB PUZZLE. The answer is a well-known couplet. [Illustration] ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN JANUARY NUMBER. DOUBLE ACROSTIC.--Initials, Russia; finals, Turkey; across, R--a----Y U--nit--E S--ac---K S--uga--R I--O----U A--n----T HOUR-GLASS PUZZLE.--Diagonals, hones, sends; central, inner; horizontals, H A I L S O N E N D E E S O R E S DECAPITATIONS.--Acorn, corn; brook, rook; drake, rake; flute, lute; pearl, earl; plane, lane; wheel, heel; spine, pine; trout, rout; prune, rune. DIAGONAL PUZZLE.--Diagonal, January; horizontals, Jollity, sAdness, kiNdles, ensUing, compAny, appeaRs, holidaY. DOUBLE PUZZLE.--Central Syncopations: Rabid, raid; stair, stir; haste, hate; steep, step; Tiber, tier; grain, grin; holes, hoes; tiles, ties. The syncopated letters, B, A, S, E, B, A, L, L, form the answer to the Cross-word Enigma. GEOGRAPHICAL TRANSPOSI
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