PUZZLERS
Word square: 1— A flower. 2 A fixed scrutiny. 3 Found in books. 4 build. 5 Reclines. Riddle-me-ree: My first is in open, but not in shut; My second is in room, but not in hut; My third is in dawn and also in day; My fourth in November, but not in May; My fifth is in golden, but not in red; My sixth is in cradle and also in bed. Now find the answer: My whole is made Of a juicy fruit of a brilliant shade. * # * Answers to last week’s puzlers: Six queries: 1. —King Alfred, because he burnt the cakes. 2. —Long ago, when dogs were wild animals they often had to make their beds in tali grass. Then they had to turn round and round to press down the grass and they’ve kept the habit. 3. —Oliver Twist, in Dickens’ book of that name. 4. —Little Lord Fauntleroy. , 5. —The Princess Elizabeth. 6. —King Arthur. His famous table was called the Round Table. Jumbled proverb: Look before you leap.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 572, 26 January 1929, Page 31
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173PUZZLERS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 572, 26 January 1929, Page 31
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