Puzzledom.

Matamata Record, Volume XVI, Issue 1441, 13 July 1933, Page 3

Puzzledom.

WORD SQUARES. 1. A flower. ROSE 2. A precious stone. OPAL 3. To navigate. S AIL 4. Measures of Length. ELLS. 1. Horse’s gait. TROT 2. Strong plaited thread. ROPE 3. Ajar. OPEN 4. Canvas cover. TENT WHAT AM I? My first is in upper, but not in sole; My second is in rabbit, but not in mole; My third is in stick, but not in rod; My fourth is in turbot, but not in cod; My fifth is in sun, but not in planet; My sixth is in bird, but not in gannet; My last is in strength, but not in might; My whole is oft a charming sight. (Answer at end of column.) RIDDLES. (Sent by P. Bernstein.) 1. Why did the fly fly? 2. Why did the owl howl? 3. When is a horse not a horse? 4. What is there always a lot of in an empty box. 5. What is always behind time ? 6. Who is the smallest sailor in the world? 7. Why did the potato sprout? Answers. 1. Because the spider spider (spied her). 2. Because the woodpecker woodpecker (would peck her). 3. When it is turned into a field. 4. Room. 5. The back of a watch. 6. The one who sleeps in his watch. 7. Because the parsnip would snip.

WHAT FRUIT? My first is in Alice, but not in Len; My second’s in Percy, but not in Ben; My third is in rye, but not in wheat; My fourth is in chair, but not in seat; My fifth is in cold, but not in hot; My sixth is in bowl, and also in pot; My seventh’s in plait, and also in pleat; My whole is a fruit you all like to eat. (Answer at end of column.) MORE RIDDLES. 1. What is the difference between a sailor and a soldier? 2. Why is a schoolmistress like the letter C? Answers. 1. One tars his ropes and the other pitches his tent. 2. Because she forms lasses into classes. ANSWERS. What Fruit?—Apricot. What Am I?—Picture. TOFFEE APPLE.

I have got a toffee apple Stuck upon a stick. It grows a smaller toffee apple Every time I lick. How I wish that I could buy One that had the trick Of growing just a little bigger Every time I lick!