THE RIDDLER.

Otago Witness, Volume 11, Issue 2280, 11 November 1897, Page 46

THE RIDDLER.

New Blddleg. * BS3O. Reversed Rhomboid —By Arcauus :— •' Across.— (l) A baptismal or 'Christian name (obs., Century) ; (2) soaked ; (3) a dry sooty coating on the leave* of higher plants (Standard) ; (4) Linnerets (Century! ; (5) a small rope sometimes used to form tbe sheer of a chip (Web. Unab.); (6) assuaging; (7) a native of Tyrol (Web. Unab.); (8) those who praise. Down —(l) A letter; (2) the symbol of terbium; (3) a genus of bivalve molluscs ;' (4) a town of Sinde, Bombay ; (5) substances made from the powdered leaves of the baobab tree, and used by the Africans to mix in their soup ; (6) a soft silk, heavier than a foulard, »nd not glossy ; (7) more radiant; (8) without renown; (9) peitaioiDg to eared seals (Century); (10) post office, Keokuk County, fowa; (11) hackneyed ;, (12) small earthen jars (Century); (13) the goddess of mischievoua folly ; (14) myself ; (15) a letter. "8631. Charade.— By Colonslie :— Upon my first my second sits, And o'er the roads in pleasurp flits ; My whole, without my first, you'll see, My second not my first would be. 8632. Decapitation.— By Thersites :— What implement, in springtide used upon th« furrowed field, Beheaded, will a weapon of ancieut warfare

yield ? 8633. Anagram.— By Jenny Jay :—

The left-hand group of asterisks represents the name of some particular scientists who are constantly giving to the world what is represented by the right-hand groups— three little words formed with the letter* contained in tbe . fmk Can you unriddle me ? • • Answers to Riddles Pub. October 28. 8621. Bukibd Flowers.— By E. C. R. :— (1) Fox-glove; (2) A-rum ; (3) bull-rush : (4) ragged-robiu ; (5) butter-cup ; (6) Mari(e)-gold ; (7) crow-foot ; (8) monks-hood. 8622. Beheading and Curtailment.— By Emily B. * Amen, men, me. 8623. Enigma.— By Thersites :— Craft. 8624. Curtailment.— By Colonilie :— Lasso, las*