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ADDING AND TAKING. Add Y to a youth to change his sex. Add T to comfort and then it will Take S,from a twirl to fasten it down. Add C to remainder to make a crown. Add G to a tear to take firm hold-. Take C from a smash to make him bold. Vdd R to vapour to make small river. Add S to a fish to make you quiver. Take T from a blow to make a swelling. Add U to a tube to make a dwelling. AN ARITHMETICAL PROBLEM. Divide the number 46 into two parts, so that, if the first be divided by 7 and the second by 3, the two quotients added together shall make 10. CAN YOU READ THIS? "Robin Adair.” said to his father: “What is an acrostic?” and his father replied: _ _ _ "If you / a / a X a X or X a / a X a / or X a X a X a X or / a X. a X aXorXaXaXa/ or / a / a X a /, would not that a an acrostic? ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLES WHAT ARE THEY? A Pair of Spurs. RIDDLE-ME-REE. Curtain. CHARADE. 1. HAGUE. 2. AMSTERDAM. 3. NEW ZEALAND. 1. SKATING.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 30, 29 October 1932, Page 19
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203PUZZLE CORNER Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 30, 29 October 1932, Page 19
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