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.

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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.

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