PUZZLE CORNER
CHARADE Although my first is called complete My last can never be, .My total’s salutary, sound, And good for you and me. WORD CHANGING Change the word “ship” to "tent” in seven stages altogether, altering only one letter nt a time, and at each stage making a dictionary word. riddle.me-ree My first is in peacock and also in sparrow, My second’s in cur and also wheelbarrow. My third is in eat but never in drink, My fourth is in edge but never in brink. My fifth is in eel but never in fish. My sixth is in knife but never in dish. My seventh’s in rent and also in let. My whole is a thing which at Christians wo get. —By “Blue Gem," Featherston. R STEPS It and one letter —meaning about. It and two letters —to regret, it and three letters —to wander. It and four letters —one who mutinies. H and five letters —one who runs. It and six letters—to make right. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLES FLOWER CHARADES (1) Pansy, (2) Dandelion. (3) Marigold. (4) Larkspur, (5) Violet. (6) Hollyhock, (71 Cowslip. (8) Sweet William. (9) Canterbury Bel], (10) Candy Tuft, (11) Primula, (12) Lilac. (13) Clematis. (14) Carnation. (15) Jonquil. (16) Tulip, (17) Sweet Pen. (IS) Anemone. (19) Foxglove. (20) Heliotrope. (21) Dinuthus, hidden toys (1) Doll. (4) Ball. (2) Top. (5) Bat. (0) Kite. (6) Boat. CHARADE Workshop. PICTURE PUZZLE Pegs, Irish, lake, late, orbit, words; names of tilings needed at night, sheets, pillow.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 57, 30 November 1929, Page 28
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251PUZZLE CORNER Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 57, 30 November 1929, Page 28
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