The cross word puzzle book: Second series
Part 2
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HORIZONTAL
1 Stout 5 Rapid 9 Roofs of mouths 11 Belonging to 13 Called 14 Adverb (degree) 15 Vessel 17 Presently 18 Perform 19 Happening 21 Weapon 23 Unclose 24 Also 25 Sorrow 27 Parts of speech 29 Conducted 30 Japanese sash 32 Provide outlet for 33 Alleged force 34 Obliterate 36 Preposition 37 Small herring 39 Cut out 40 Smells strong
VERTICAL
1 Demonstrate 2 Above 3 Plan 4 Sow 5 Cooks 6 United 7 Exists 8 Sense 10 Past 12 Was partial to 14 Circus performer 16 Lukewarm 18 To check in development 20 Born 22 Corroded 25 Article of clothing 26 Natural phenomenon 27 Guard 28 Stains 31 Interjection of disgust 34 Conclude 35 End of day 37 Three-toed sloth 38 You
PUZZLE NO. 52
A TRIAL BOUT
By Joseph A. Margolies
When four eleven-letter words meet each other at right angles, something is bound to happen. This only goes to show that Mr. Margolies of Brentano’s is one of our most confirmed addicts.
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HORIZONTAL
1 Groundwork 5 Exhausted 9 High explosive 10 Small seed 11 Tropical chestnut 12 First son 14 Exercisings of authority 17 A prophetic sign 18 Russian carnival 19 Melodies 20 Opposed to 23 Twirl 26 Refactory 29 Narrow street 30 Expression of hearty assent 32 Moved swiftly 33 A common toy 35 A passageway in a theater 36 Brief treatise
VERTICAL
1 Exist 2 A stick 3 Designed 4 Chief actor in a play 5 A humanitarian society (abbr.) 6 ppp. (pl.) 7 Narrative poems 8 Preposition 11 A Gypsy 13 Point 14 Become insane (two words) 15 Present time 16 Holy person 21 Nothing 22 Extinct rulers 24 Looks furtively 25 Small hotel 26 New Testament (abbr.) 27 A prayer 28 Fruit of certain palm trees 31 Exclamation 34 Near
PUZZLE NO. 53
AS YOU LIKE IT
By Mrs. J. Meissner
All the words in this pattern should be in your every-day vocabulary. For instance, the first word means a lot to golfers, and there are several that will please the housewives.
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HORIZONTAL
1 Cavity 5 Morning prayer 9 Down with 13 Form of “to be” 14 Condiment made from bean 15 A number 17 Short song 18 A seed vessel 21 To sift 23 Sooner than 24 A purpose 26 Point 27 Chronicles 29 Mexican cat 32 Terminate 33 Affinity 34 To be drowsy 36 By 37 Doctrines 38 Baubles 40 Parent 41 Spanish for “the” 42 Id est 43 Towards 45 Part of the eye 48 Petition 50 Indef. article 51 Haunch 53 Greetings 54 Skill 55 Splendor 57 Kind of type 60 A poet 61 Armed conflict 63 Aeriform fluid 65 Tilted 68 A tree 70 To lengthen 71 Witty saying 73 Male adult 74 Before time 75 Measure 76 The whole 77 Inquiries
VERTICAL
1 Hearty 2 Mineral 3 Motto 5 Man’s name 6 Yes 7 That thing 8 Modern 10 Candy 11 Commotion 12 Unites with thread 14 Daubs 16 Four score and ten 19 Vessel for ashes 20 Jumbled type 22 Nothing 24 Vipers 25 Open for debate 27 Insect 28 Composed of thin plates 30 Game 31 Child’s plaything 32 Ground 35 Make afraid 37 Ailing 39 Perch 44 Lubricant 46 Respect 47 Killed 48 Rouse 49 Figure with equal angles 50 Part of circle 52 Doll 54 Passages 56 Soak 58 Lick up 59 Forepart of vessel 62 Since 64 Metal bearing rocks 66 Short for Isaac 67 Small speck 68 Comrade 69 Noah’s vessel 71 Towards 72 Preposition 73 Mother
PUZZLE NO. 54
TINY TIM
By W. S. Boyd
Sixteen black squares to one hundred and fifteen white is a pretty fine average. A too black pattern means the constructor was a bit lazy. This is small, but the words are not ordinary by any means.
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HORIZONTAL
1 Stocks and bonds 9 Hail 10 Anger 11 More exact 13 Paris subway 15 Roulade 16 Builder 18 Harmonize 20 Discretion 21 Expletive 23 Hits lightly 26 Famous Irish chalice of 10th century 29 Stir 31 Snake 32 Make fast 33 Shellfish 35 Period 36 Members of hill tribe, British India 37 Baked clay
VERTICAL
1 Refractory 2 Boast 3 First lady 4 Tranquil 5 Act 6 Built 7 Girl’s name 8 To gyp 12 Beaten track 14 Bird of fable 17 Reposed again 19 Arrogant person 22 Surgeon’s cylindrical saw 24 Years 25 One who heaps 27 Town of Gold Coast 28 Gull (Scotch) 30 Nurse 34 Quarrel
PUZZLE NO. 55
A SPOTTED SPECTER
By J. T. Rich
In spite of an abbreviation here and there, this puzzle is one which is high in its rating. There aren’t so many difficult words in it; but the few that do exist will keep you searching, or we miss our guess.
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HORIZONTAL
1 Consumptive 7 Part of a whole 12 Wings 13 Carrion 14 Member of Japanese race 15 A fragmentary thing 17 Disciple 20 Eastern state 21 Flying insect 23 Small bottle 24 Note of the scale 25 Three-toed sloth 27 Anchor 28 For example 30 Nobleman 32 Girl’s name 33 Body of water 34 Matron 36 Noble 38 Before 40 Small mug 42 Girdle 44 To catch sight of 45 Unite 46 One holding extreme opinions 47 Epoch 48 Part of a hammer 50 Coarse 53 Snugly 55 Mineral spring 57 Required 60 Soon 61 And so forth 63 Human being 65 Anxiety 66 Exist 67 Treat as a celebrity 68 Southern state 69 Like 71 Small aperture 72 Mild expletive 74 Post graduate (abbr.) 75 Short poems 79 Character in “Arabian Nights” 82 Booty 83 Bird 84 Inland body of water 85 Ensnare 86 Compartment
VERTICAL
1 Pilgrimage to Mecca 2 Old age 3 Part of machinery 4 To be prolific 5 Fibrous substance 6 Astern 7 Heroine of famous poem 8 Prison 9 Belonging to him 10 Explosive 11 Part of boat 15 Attack 16 Wanderers 18 Heathens 19 Consumed 22 Whetstone 23 Official endorsement 25 Dexterity 26 Evils 28 Sharp 29 Joke 31 Accessory of a plane 35 Mixer 37 A stand 39 To fee again 41 To suppose 43 Barbarian 44 Organ of the body 48 To languish 49 Small hole 51 To heat to fix colors 52 To retch 53 Flat basket 54 Sough 55 Scotchman 56 In the midst of 58 The time of light 59 To vouchsafe 62 Metallic material 64 The angel of death 70 Single 71 Interdiction 73 Magnesium silicate 74 Breakwater 76 Not (prefix) 77 Negative particle 78 Past 80 Transport by relays of men and horses 81 College fraternity
PUZZLE NO. 56
LITTLE BUT NEAT
By Isidore Edelstein
A pretty construction by an old-timer at the game. And don’t run away with the idea that its size has anything to do with ease of solution! Tackle it, and you’ll get what we mean.