ANSWERS TO POSERS
(Questions on Page 7)
1, Einstein. 2, Rear-admiral. 3, A loggerhead in the 17th century was the name given to an iron rod with a bulb at one end, used in the Navy when heated for liquefying tar. A similar implement was used in inns for heating "flip." From this grew the phrase "to go to loggerheads," i.e., to settle the question by means of these weapons. 4, The bitter end. 5, In mediaeval times bakers allowed retailers an extra loaf on the dozen to repay them for their trouble. 6, Provide heat for the body. 7, Gyroscope. 8, Money market 9, Pullet 10, Strikes the hour when a spring is pressed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 309, 30 December 1944, Page 8
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