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PART III

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WORD PUZZLES, MISSING WORDS, LETTER PUZZLES III-1

ANAGRAMS, PICTURE PUZZLES III-48

PALINDROMES III-108

SOLUTIONS III-111

WORD PUZZLES

No. I--AN EARLY CRYPTOGRAM

The use of some sort of grille was not uncommon in olden days among the many methods then employed for secret correspondence. Here is an early and interesting specimen:--

[Illustration: VENITE PAUPERES]

An important despatch would appear to be a mere confusion of letters, until it fell into the right hands, and this perforated key was laid over it, when the intended instructions were at once revealed, and read in the openings of the tracery.

No. II.--A MANIFOLD MONOGRAM

Here, by seven straight lines and one circle, a manifold monogram is formed.

[Illustration]

Within its borders we find a circle, a square, a parallelogram, a triangle, the vowels a, e, i, o, u; the consonants, C, D, H, K, L, M, T, W; and other forms and figures.

MISSING WORDS

1. PICKING AND STEALING

What tempting ...... beguiled the boy to sample Fruit that hung ...... on the parson’s trees? ...... upon ...... shall make him an example When the stern ...... has brought him to his knees.

The missing words are spelt with the same six letters.

No. III.--A BOOK AND ITS AUTHOR

What well-known book and its author may be represented thus:--

[Illustration]

2. A SWARM OF MISSING WORDS

No less than eight different words, spelt with the same six letters, are available to fill the gaps in the following lines:--

Man of the dark room, ...... none I find Upon these ...... of likeness to my features. ...... then nought, O man of evil mind, Who ...... thus to libel fellow-creatures?

Evil thus done ...... upon the doer, The ...... in thy conduct, Sir, are many; ...... thy life, and let thy crimes be fewer, Or all thy ...... of good won’t fetch a penny!

No. IV.--ON THE SHUTTERS

Upon the shutters of a barber’s shop the following legend was painted in bold letters:--

NO. I JOHN MARSHALL IN ATTENDANCE FROM 8 A.M. DAILY BARBER AND HAIR CUTTER THE BALD CRY ALOUD FOR HIS CREAMS AS DISPLAYED IN THIS WINDOW WHICH MAKE HAIR GLISTEN CLOSES AFTER 8 P.M.

One evening about 8.30, when it was blowing great guns, quite a crowd gathered round the window, and seemed to be enjoying some excellent joke. What was amusing them when one shutter blew open?

3. NO HEART!

False Kate! ... .... . ......’s nest, .. ..... the Upas tree, I will not budge, ... .... to rest, .. .... . coward be.

No, not .... ... enough their sting To drive me back to thee; None swifter meet thy beckoning .... ... the hills I flee.

... .... frosts less my love would quell. Rather than seek thy side, Of ... .... horse I love so well I’ll ... .... hoofs and hide!

The number of letters in each word of the missing phrases is indicated by dots, and the seven letters in each case are those that spell also “no heart,” which we give as a title and clue.

No. V.--A PHONETIC MAXIMUM

How far phonetic spelling may be pushed, is illustrated by the following swarm of variations given in a book published at Enfield in 1829:--

Scissars -- ers -- irs -- ors -- urs -- yrs Scisars -- „ -- „ -- „ -- „ -- „ Sciszars -- „ -- „ -- „ -- „ -- „ Scizars -- „ -- „ -- „ -- „ -- „ Scizscars -- „ -- „ -- „ -- „ -- „ Scizzars -- „ -- „ -- „ -- „ -- „

Or the word may start with Sis, Siss, Siz, Sys, Syss, Syzz, Syzs, Syz, Cis, Ciss, Ciz, Cisz, Cysz, Cyz, Cyzz. By substituting “z” for the final “s” we may double the number, and reach a total of 1224.

4. UNNATURAL HISTORY

’Neath ...... Indian seas fierce battles spread ’Twixt ...... hermit-crabs and other shellfish! With horrid ...... when their foes are dead, These crabs declare their shells ......, so selfish!

Each missing word has the same six letters.

No. VI.--SOLVITUR AMBULANDO

On this chequered floor, paved with slabs each a foot square, the palindrome word ROTATOR can be traced in various ways.

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If a man walks over it, taking one slab at every step, and never lengthening his strides, how many steps will he take in tracing every possible variation of the word, and how many such variations are there?

No. VII.--A CURIOUS CHRONOGRAPH

A bachelor clergyman, whose initials were I.E.V., had built a fernery with the profits of his tracts on the deceased wife’s sister question. He dated it on a mural tablet thus:--

If the Roman numerals are extracted from this inscription, and added together, they amount to 1884, the desired date.

Though ------ secure and ------ in his cage, Our Polly, when ------, will fly into a rage.

Each missing word has the same six letters.

All courtly honours are but light As grains that from a ------ fly; And he who wears the ------ bright May haply in a ------ die.

The missing words are spelt with the same six letters.

I’d rather from a ------ eat, I give my sacred word, Than dine in slums where ------ meet, And ------ pedlars herd.

Each missing word has the same six letters.

No. VIII.--AN OLD SAMPLER

In the drawer of a cabinet that had belonged to my grandmother I came upon an old sampler, beautifully worked in scarlet cross-stitch. Its very curious legend runs as follows:--

A much married ....... of Cadiz Once ....... some riotous ladies. To ....... him they chucked A ......., but he ducked, Which ....... these rude ladies of Cadiz.

The five missing words are spelt with the same seven letters.

9. THE LASS AND HER LOVER

A lass and her lover were ------ by the sky Not to ------ too far where no shelter was nigh. She lingered behind, and ----- -- old church, St. ------ by name, and was left in the lurch. She tried a short cut through a park on the grass, But sternly the ------- forbade her to pass; Then helplessly stood the disconsolate maid, When the lad she was soon to --- --- to her aid.

The missing words are spelt with the same six letters.

No. IX.--THE LANDLORD’S PUZZLE

The following curious Missing Words Puzzle is to be seen on a card which hangs in the bar of an inn in the Isle of Man:--

It is to be read thus:--

I had both _money_ and a _friend_, by both I set great store, I lent my _money_ to my _friend_, and took his word therefor,

_and so on to the end_.

When ------- smiles, and sunbeams play On flowers that ------- and deck the green, ------- can match the scene so gay ------ they crown the May-day queen?

The missing words are spelt with the same seven letters.

’Tis said of William, while his forces rested On Albion’s ------, when Harold had been bested, He made the ------ of his ------ fuse Saxon spear-heads, to fashion into shoes.

Each missing word has the same six letters.

No. X.--DECAPITATED WORDS

The decapitated words are in italics:--

The ship rode in an _eastern_ bay, Asleep _astern_ the master lay, A _stern_ and rugged man was he, And, like a _tern_, at home at sea. Like swooping _ern_ he caught his prey Whene’er an _R.N._ came his way; But while due _N._ the needle kept He in his cabin lay and slept.

The ern, or erne, is the sea-eagle.

Happiness, brighter than ------, is dead; Life’s battle, sterner and ------ now, Heals the sore ------ that love left as it fled, ------ remembrance of long broken vow!

The missing words are spelt with the same six letters.

13. AN AUTHOR’S EPIGRAM

Press critics fall on me like sharks; “A shameless ....... of odds and ends, No ....... original,” and more remarks In adverse mood. But stay, my friends, He ....... best who hath his record clean; My faults are published, yours are yet unseen!

The missing words have the same seven letters.

...... are his ......, fashion-forms of grace In ...... deftly hinted. ...... soft as ......, crowned by Beauty’s face, In ...... hues are tinted.

The six missing words are spelt with the same six letters.

No. XI.--AN ANCIENT ANAGRAM

On the front of a church, in the Largo Remedios, at Braga, in Portugal, there is an inscription which, with its letter-perfect Anagram, runs as follows:--

| | -+----------------------------+- | BEATUS IOANNES MARCUS | | CHRISTI DOMINI DISCIPULUS | | ---- | | ANAGRAM | | -------------- | |IS IN MUNDO PIUS EST MEDICUS| | TUIS INCOLIS, BRACHARA | | -----*----- | -+----------------------------+- | |

which may be rendered--“Blessed John Mark, disciple of Christ the Lord.” _He in this world is the holy healer of thy people Braga!_

When Kate --- -------- ----- -------- displayed ----- ----- --- hide a tear; “All love is dead --- --------,” he said. “------- I’ll ----- --------!”

The missing word and groups of words are spelt with the same seven letters.

Some grinding at the ------ must toil, Down-trodden ------ of to-day; While other children of the soil In vast ------ their wealth display.

The missing words are spelt with the same six letters.

No. XII.--STRIKE A BALANCE

This diagram shows that the odd numbers of the 9 digits add up to 25, and the even numbers to 20.

+----------------------+ /| |\ +-+----------------------+-+ | | 1 | | | | 3 2 | | | | 5 4 | | | | 7 6 | | | | 9 8 | | | | -- -- | | | | 25 20 | | | | ======== | | +-+----------------------+-+ \| |/ +----------------------+

Can you arrange the 9 digits in two groups in which the odd numbers and the even will add up to exactly the same sum?

Betrayed by faithless friends, in ------ mood Man ------ his fellows as the ------ brood.

The missing words are spelt with the same six letters.

18. HONEST INDIAN

With divers ---- his ---- is scarred, He hangs a bangle in his nose; Such marks secure his ---- regard, Exalt his fame, and ---- his foes.

Each missing word is spelt with the same four letters.

No. XIII.--HKISTA!

MRS LR’S SR MR LR KRS. “BLR MR LR!” MRS LR HRS.

How do you read these lines and their title?

19. ON THE OCEAN WAVE

------- who, as we ------- roll, ------- for me the foaming bowl, And ------- off unfriendly spray With oilskin cape, thou shalt not say “In vain I’ve ------- my favours here.” I’ll think of thee when port is near!

The four missing words are spelt with the same seven letters.

20. THE ZENANA MISSION

With high ------ for hearts and hands, These ------ ------ for distant lands.

The three missing words are spelt with the same six letters.

The ------- of his speech did not ------- his audience a jot. They greeted all he said thereafter With -------, smiles, and open laughter.

The missing words have the same seven letters.

To convent shrine at break of day With ----- together nuns repair; Mid gleaming ----- they kneel and pray, And chanted ----- allays each care.

Spelt with the same five letters.

No. XIV.--IN MEMORIAM

The following puzzle-epitaph was engraved on a tombstone in Durham Cathedral:--

Here once, as a hag is bedizened with paint, A ----- ----- ----’- in the garb of a saint.

The three missing words are spelt with the same five letters.

24. IN PRAISE OF SUSSEX

Sussex! No ----- of a bygone age Ride through thy ----- to-day with shield and -----, And ----- no horseflesh so they may engage To save some damozel from harm or fear.

Who now would give a thought to ----- or peaches? He truly farms who ----- a golden store; And, though he cannot ----- the simplest speeches, ----- down expense, and savings has galore!

Each missing word is spelt with the same five letters.

No. XV.--A FRENCH WORD SQUARE

Here is an excellent French Word Square of seven letters:--

+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |R|E|N|E|G|A|T| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |E|T|A|L|A|G|E| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |N|A|V|I|R|E|S| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |E|L|I|D|A|N|T| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |G|A|R|A|N|C|E| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |A|G|E|N|C|E|R| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |T|E|S|T|E|R|A| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

This is a worthy companion to the English seven-letter squares on “Problem” and “Palated,” which are given on other pages.

----- in the ----- far away, Remote alike from heaven and hell, The silent -----, so poets say, Who shape the ends of mortals dwell.

Each missing word has the same five letters.

In all our ------ the mechanician’s skill Now compasses the rogue with artful wile. The patent ------ and the “tell tale” till Beset his way who ------ the path of guile, Besotted youth, who ------ to defy The rule of right, beware his awful fate Who, sitting down to eat a stolen pie, ------ the eighth commandment on the plate!

Spelt with the same six letters.

No. XVI.--A QUAINT EPITAPH

This epitaph, most of it in some sort of dog Latin, tells its own pathetic tale on its tablet.

The .... with .... importunate To rule his .... may try; His .... is so unfortunate That .... they may reply!

The missing words are spelt with the same four letters.

28. “TURN AGAIN WHITTINGTON!”

In all the pomp of ---- and chains He lords it o’er the town; The ---- of his hopes he gains Who ---- with half-a-crown.

Each missing word has the same four letters.

No. XVII.--A TRAGIC CALENDAR

29. A SAUCY JADE

A writer quite devoid of tact, She valued ------ more than fact. A wayward ------ she made her muse On ------ and noble heaped abuse. Dealt ----- on ------ to prince or peer, Her ----- wit a paltry jeer.

Each missing word is spelt with the same six letters.

30. MISSING WORDS

Of all destructive country pests The farmer ..... ..... least; He cannot yet the puzzle ..... How to suppress the beast!

The missing words have the same five letters.

No. XVIII.--A DIAMOND PALINDROME

Within the four corners of this Mystic Diamond the Palindrome, NAME NO ONE MAN, can be traced in 16,376 different directions, in straight lines, or at right angles, starting from the centre or from the borders.

N NaN NamaN NamemaN NamenemaN NamenonemaN NamenooonemaN NamenoonoonemaN NamenoonenoonemaN NamenoonemenoonemaN NamenoonemamenoonemaN NamenoonemaNamenoonemaN NamenoonemamenoonemaN NamenoonemenoonemaN NamenoonenoonemaN NamenoonoonemaN NamenooonemaN NamenonemaN NamenemaN NamemaN NamaN NaN N

31. TO THE FRESH AIR FUND OH THE ------ OF THE ------.

The ------ of darkest London are radiant with ------, You can ----- it in their ----- little faces. So wherever you ------ let it be your heart’s ------ To ease the ----- and sorrows of all -----.

The missing words in the title and those in the first and third lines each contain six letters. Those in the second four, and in the fourth five.

No. XIX.--SHAKESPEARE RECAST

If you start with the right letter in this combination, and then take every third letter, a well-known quotation from Shakespeare will be formed.

32. THE FLIRT THAT FAILED

She ...... in vain, “Men are ......, and as shy As ...... in October,” she says with a sigh.

The missing words are spelt with the same six letters.

When good men lapse the ....... grins, When one ....... he swears, And strives to set his former sins Against his ....... prayers.

Each missing word is spelt with the same seven letters.

No. XX.--A DOUBLE ACROSTIC

An old Italian bird we know Whose heart is ever touched by snow.

1. None can press me without pain Pressure is against the grain. 2. I am a king without my head. 3. Here is another king instead.

It is fair to our readers to say that some knowledge of Latin and French is needed for dealing with this very excellent Acrostic, of which a full explanation is given with the solution.

34. THE GIPSY LAD

His hands and face were -----, and sad Upon the ----- a gipsy lad Lay; as the breeze his temples fanned He counted ----- on either hand.

Each missing word has the same five letters.

35. THE OLD DIVINE

In yon grey ----- an old divine Taught me my ----- to decline, And verbs with ----- of mood and tense; But while I plodded on apace I had to keep the ----- of grace, And close his prayers with loud -----.

Each missing word is spelt with the same five letters.

36. BANZAI!

No reckless ------ of the sword, He ------ his fatherland to save. Fighting for freedom, not ------, Now ------ of the eastern seas.

The four missing words contain six letters.

No. XXI.--HIDDEN PROVERBS

Five familiar proverbs are hidden in this square of 169 letters.

R E N O W N E D T H A N W S Y O U R C A K E A N D A S T E T O B E F E A R H R E A R K S S P O I L E A F L E O O H E R S N T D V O O T M O T L I N O H T E U N O S C A L A G M E H I R S N I Y G O R S O B A T S E N G N E N O T S R N P A I A O A M O O T S O A E W R C D E V I L A H T D A S O U O Y N O I L D A E C A T C I V R E H H T A H E Z

The proverbs are arranged in a regular sequence.

37. OF DOUBTFUL WORTH

A fair ------, though ------ and frayed, The critic ------ to own, And it might interest the trade If ------ by some one known.

The missing words are spelt with the same six letters.

In his ------ days, as when he was young, The ------ indulges in ------ of tongue.

Each missing word is spelt with the same six letters.

No. XXII.--AN ALPHABETICAL TOAST

Lord Duff, who evidently had a turn for puzzles, proposed this alphabetical toast, which became popular among the Jacobites.

A.B.C. A blessed change. D.E.F. Down every foreigner. G.H.J. God help James. K.L.M. Keep Lord Mar. N.O.P. Noble Ormond preserve. Q.R.S. Quickly resolve Stuart. T.U.V.W. Truss up vile Whigs. X.Y.Z. Exert your zeal.

Another quaint and ingenious use of separate letters is recorded of the well-known preacher, Henry Ward Beecher.

Years ago, before his reputation had become world-wide, he was asked to give a lecture without charge, and assured that it would increase his fame. His reply was characteristic and very much to the point: “I will lecture for F.A.M.E.--fifty and my expenses!”

39. MISSING WORDS

(1) A cylindrical lock Where no key can be found, (2) An instrument treble And ringing in sound. (3) In story-land ranging, (4) Now chopping and changing; (5) Broken up, reunited, Quite whole I am found.

Words, spelt with the same eight letters are indicated in these lines. There are two words in (1).

No. XXIII.--A MORAL PRECEPT

The following obscure legend was worked on an old sampler, in the red cross-stitch that found favour when our grandmothers were girls:--

This was evidently some excellent moral precept, but it hung on its frame, a mere puzzle on the school-room wall, until an expert word juggler came that way, and solved the mystery by reading it off thus:--

“Eliza be thou true, constant in everything. Love sways us, and art.”

In the following lines the first missing word has two letters, and the letters are carried on, with one more added each time, and in varied order, throughout the verses, either in single words or in groups of words:--

A lover of .. unkind fair Were less than ... did he not .... “Mine is no ..... life, I swear, It dwells in this ...... alone. Grant me thy love, like ....... chaste .. ...... lest thou live unwooed, ..... .. . lowly life to waste The treasures of sweet ..........”

No. XXIV.--SHAKESPEARE’S MANTLE

Ingenious cryptic efforts have been made to prove that Bacon was the author of Shakespeare’s plays, but it has been reserved for us to reveal, by a convincing cryptogram, the modern wearer of his mantle.

The secret is disclosed by a line of capital letters shown below:--

Mac B eth. Oth E llo. Comedy of Er R ors. Merchant of Ve N ice. Coriol A nus. Midsummer Night’s D R eam. Merry Wives of Win D sor.

Measure for Mea S ure. Much Ado about Not H ing. Antony and Cleop A tra. All’s Well that ends W ell.

41. MISSING WORDS

Till a man is as ----- of a ----- as his palm is, We ----- him from earning his ----- in our armies.

The missing words are spelt with the same five letters.

42. THE PAUPER’S PLAINT

Pale penury that ------ social bands, And any link that ------ worth to fame, Take ye the blame for my inactive hands, I ------ in vain to build upon the sands, Without a ------ who can make a name?

The missing words are spelt with the same six letters.

No. XXV.--CAPITAL SHORT CUTS

The following example of the use of phonetic capitals and figures is fresh and original. It contains more than eighty such symbols in its twenty-four lines:--

A MAID OF ARCADY

A rosy maid of R K D Is L N in her bower; Brisk as U C A honey B, And sweet as N E flower.

Does she S A herself 2 please (XQQ the saucy miss), She sings an L E G 2 TT, Or blows an M T kiss.

“B mine, I say, U bonny J, B 4 I CC mine L; When you are gay my hopes D K, In T sing U X L.”

Without ado she takes the Q, Her II B 9 and B D, “O, sir, I do not N V U I C that U R C D.

“X S of spirits--O D V-- Begins 2 U U U up; The cure must B a dish of T With K N in the cup!”

“O L N U I C R true, Y need I C Q less? I’ll never D V 8 from U, But end my cares with S.” (_caress_).

43. MISSING WORDS

Mr Backslide, afflicted with weakness of mind, -------- over to Lushington’s inn, where he dined. He -------- the pledge he had taken as handy, And emptied forthwith a -------- of brandy.

Each missing word has eight letters.

A ------ sat in his ------ grey, Watching the moonbeams ------ play On a keg that in the bushes lay, And these were the words of his song:-- “Thou ------ the weak, thou ------ the strong, To thee the ------ of bad deeds doth belong.” And the leaves with a ------ took up the sad song.

Each of these missing words is spelt with the same six letters.

No. XXVI.--SIMPLE SCHOLARSHIP

Three hungry scholars came to a wayside inn, and saw this sign over the door:

One of them eager to show his ready wit, translated these Latin words of welcome roughly into English verse:--

“Good cheer we provide, Our service is sure; Their savours abide Though meats don’t endure!”

The complacent smile faded from his face as a village schoolboy, who had overheard him, broke in with the real rendering of the words:--“Place to rest at or dine; O rest a bit, or eat a bit!”

In these lines, where the dots occur, insert words, each of which is longer by one letter than the one before, and so complete the poem. The same letters are carried on each time in varied arrangement:--

Nature . love .. every land, On burning plain, by wooded rill; Where ... is girt by coral strand, Or .... rears her castled hill.

Then ..... from me the tale to hear, How, true to one ......, the bee Once ....... out keeps, year by year, The ........ by her instinct given, Which teach her, wheresoe’er she roam, In every clime beneath the heaven, To build the same ......... home.

No. XXVII.--WAS IT VOLAPÜK?

A schoolmaster in the Midlands, who was a bit of a wag, wrote this on the blackboard, as a novel exercise for the boys of Standard VI. Can you decipher it?

Here is another ingenious specimen of missing words, spelt each of them with the same five letters:--

That Samson did a thousand ----- Is not so wondrous strange. In days like these at ----- such feats Assume a wider range. The Press ----- news ----- now, Enough to scare a sinner, And any fool who chooses may, In Samson’s way, his thousands slay Who chews his ----- at dinner.

No. XXVIII.--ANOTHER EPITAPH

(_On an Old Pie Woman_)

BENE AT hint HEDU S.T.T.H. emo Uldy O L.D.C. RUSTO F.N.E. L.L.B. AC. hel orl AT Ely W ASS hove N.W. how ASS Kill’d Int heart SOF pi escu Star D. sand Tart Sand K N ewe, Ver yus E oft he ove N.W. Hens he ’Dliv’ Dlon geno UG H.S. hem Ade he R la STP uffap UF FBY HE RHU S. B an D. M. Uchp R.A. is ’D no Wheres He dot H.L. i.e. TOM a Kead I.R.T.P. Iein hop est Hat he R.C. Rust W I L.L.B. ERA IS ’D----!

47. IN A FARM-YARD

All his flock from ------ rough, To the ------ ran apace, Where their ------, old and tough, ------, the guardian of his race.

In these lines each missing word is spelt with the same six letters.

This is a bright little specimen of a missing words puzzle:--

Come, landlord, fill the flowing ---- Until their ---- run over; For in this ---- to-night I’ll ----, To-morrow ---- to Dover!

Each missing word has the same four letters.

No. XXIX.--DOG LATIN

An old worn stone, with the inscription given below just legible, was found near to some ancient Roman remains, and was the valued possession of a local antiquarian, who was convinced that it dated back to the days of the Emperor Claudius:--

BENE AT . HTH . IS . ST ONERE . POS . ET H . CLAUD . COS. TERT R . I . P ES . ELLE . RO F . IMP IN . G . TONAS . DO TH . HISCO N . SORTJ A . N . E

His pride of possession was, however, shattered when a rival collector read it off into excellent English:--“Beneath this stone reposeth Claud Coster, tripe seller, of Impington, as doth his consort Jane.”

Here, as quite a novelty, is a double-barrelled missing words puzzle. As a puzzle, Part I . should stand alone, but the second part forms a thinly-veiled solution, which throws light upon the missing words. These are four in number and are spelt differently with the same six letters.

## Part I I tell of voices hushed and still, I bid men prick their ears, I help an army’s ranks to fill, My gleam like gold appears.