ANSWERS TO RIDDLES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1506, 25 September 1880, Page 23

ANSWERS TO RIDDLES.

PCSLIBHSD 81PTEMBB* 4tH. 16SL CHARADE.- By Alex. KidJ, Wjndbam :— Minim. Semi-quaver. One minim is equal t> eight semi-qaaveri : flvs letters hi minim, 10 letter* in 6emi-qu»ver. 1683. Dimaioic.— Br Hamlet, Lovall'i Flat :— He whittled v he want, for want of thought, 1699, CSA*ADS,-By Albert X Hardy, Qamara ;-« O*pp WMbnvt

1584. Gkoqrafhicali Doublk Acrostic. —By Bob, Woodlands :— L AUKKBUR O A la Fa IT R xsh T N BRBDDDA H A A B C INCINKAT I H ATR E 1585. Diamond Puzzlk.— By Wide-awake, Palmerston: W T E N BAS I H DISTURB FAITHLESS PORTMANTEAU W E 8 T H AIWK S BURY S X OjR B KB X P H R rxinStatk eibßocs V. A U V B C R V V 1586. Charabb.— By;j J MT, WaUtcetown :— Inn. 1587. Decapitation.— By M and AH E, Pukerau:— Wheat, heat, eat, at. 1683. CHARAD*.-By Dtabolus, Winton :- Unquestionably. 1689. Numbsrk) Charask.— By Christina G, Walkaka :— Interrogatory. 1590. Swam Woro.— By Aunt Sally.^New River :— PSALM SAUCE ADDER LEPER MERRY 1691. OhARASB.— By Bella, Penltuula :— Dewdrop. 1592. Trakbposition.— By AB, Arrowtown:— Is that a ghost hi the corner there, White as a oloud, and aa thin to see ? A palpable thing of earth or air, Stretching and waving its hands to me ? A ghost 1 What a fancy ! I'm wild to-night ; A strange, strange way for a bride to keep Her marriage eve. 'Tis my veil of white That I took for a ghost when the shadows I creep. 1593. Charade— By Hook, Waimate ;— Lovesick. 1591. Transposition.— By W l, Stirling:— Ambassadress, Muncaster, Bend Or, Ercildoune, Abbess of Beanchief, Mycenae. 1596. Charadjb.— By D M'K, Inch^Clatha :— • Daitmouth. 1696. Biddm.— By Alex Campbell, i,Tokomahiro :— Oak. ' ; 1697, Anagrams, Biddlera' Names and Iddrasses^j By Eliza, Crookston : — ' 1, Will-iM-Can, Waimate j 9, Ghost, lovell's Plat: 8, Hook, Waimate; 4, Albert E. Hardy, Oamara; 5, Ids, Orett ; 6, Nihil Nameless, Gore ; 7, Nell and May, Greenvale ; 8, Bella, Peninsula. 1593. NtJHBBRRD Charask.— By OD F, Hjda :— Tehuantepec. 1599. Diamond Pozzm.— By WH, Glenhtm:— O aLs B Ii E A X GLKNHAM NIH 1 L X AT M 1600. Chakaoi.— By Beppo, GlarksvUle :— Season. CORRECT ANSWERS. lemay, Taieri, 1582, 86, 89. 92, 98, 93. '■ , Eric Joseph, Milburn, 1582, 95, 98. Wideawake, Falmerston. 1592. . A D Flamank, Byde c 1686, 89, 95, 96. . VT G Coster, Winton, ISB6, 87, 88, 89, SO, 91, 92. 93, 98,99-10. Terence M'G, Mataura, 1581, 86, 67, 89, 98, 90, 97 (1,8, 4, 7, 8), 98, 99, 1600 (partly) -10. " E h I, Dunedin, 1681, 82, 86, 87, ,89. 91, 92, 93, 94, 96,1600-11. - , '-'•'• A G Nicol, Greymouth, 1586, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 96, 1600; too late to 1651. 53, 61, 62, 68,09.70,78,76. W 1, 8«rltog, 1682, 86, 89, 91, 98. 93, 96, 96, 97(1, 2, 8. 4, 8), 1600-10. , ' Fern Hill, Eaihiku, too late to 1678. AT. InverowKill, too late to 1668, 70, 71, 78. 78, 74 Elba. Crookston, 1686, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93. 94 (1, 3. 4), 96,98,99,1600-11. V * Ina, Oreti, 1686, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 97 (1, 8, 8), 93, . Christina G, Waikaka, 1593, 95, 96, 97(1, 2, 3 4. 7, 8), 98, 99. 1600. ' ' I M O, Clyde. 1682, 86, 91. 02. 93. 95, 1600. ' J J M T, Wallacetown, 1689, 95, 93. Bella. Peninsula, 1682, 86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93,195, 96, 97, 98, 1600 — 12. * '> Albert E Hardy, Oamwu, 1582, 88. 85, 86, 87, 88 81 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 1609-17; also 1666 (omitted hi error). j Bzwa, Peninsula, writes J— ln No. 1624 published last week, pleats correct a typographical omission, by substitution "at present for " a present." ' \ ELI, Dunedin.— We shall be glad to hear from you at any time. Want of space prevents our Inserting your answers in the form in which you sent them in. You will find them actniwledged above. W I, Stirling, take* exception to No. 1582 being designated a square word.