PUZZLE CORNER

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 210, 1 June 1929, Page 26

PUZZLE CORNER

WORD SQUARE 1. To assemble. 2. A girl’s name. 3. Ah Arabian military commander. 4. A weed. CHARADE My first asserts your power to do, My second that you’ve done it. Pray be my whole, and tell us now All that you know about it. PAR PUZZLES The solutions of the following are all words beginning with “par” : — 1. A par that is a guardian. 2. A par that is a living room. 3. A par that forgives. 4. A par that is a military show. 5. A par that is a clergyman. 6. A par that points a moral. 7. A par that is a small parrot. S.’ A par that is a game bird. ANSWER TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLES AN ANAGRAM . Spot. Stop. Pots. HOW MANY APPLES? Seventy-six. RIDDLE-ME-REE / Willow. A CATCH This is a very simple question'which Is seldom answered correctly. Ask your chum this: If a bottle and cork together cost 24d. and the bottle costs 2d. more than the cork, how much does the cork cost? He is nearly sure to answer “A ha’penny”; but this is incorrect, as you can see, because the cork costs only a farthing. FOR SPARE MINUTES Besides collecting wild-flowers, it is also very interesting to collect ’ wild ferns. Press these the same as an ordinary flower under something heavy and you will be surprised what a lot of different ferns you can gather and what a nice book they will make.