The Riddler.

Otago Witness, Issue 1598, 8 July 1882, Page 24

The Riddler.

New Riddles. 2943. Central Words.— By Adonitis, Dunedin :— 1 J— T a plural pronoun 13. J— Y a hymenopteran 2. J— R an abbot 13. J- Y to drive down 3 J— D beiug 15. K— Y a dead tongue | 4. J— Y a coin 16. K— T contiguous 5 J— Y a measure 17. X— L a woman's name Q. J-D a flame 18. K— T a mineral 7 J-*D a gull 19. K— B a mud-flsh 8. J— L a sheep 20. L— T a tune 9. J— E the mango tree 21. L— S loses time 10. J— N a ship 22. L-S spasm. 11 J— L an address 23. L— E an animation 12^ J_Y an old language 24. L— N to thaw. I The definition given ia that of the word which is to supply the place of the dash, thus : L Tto be established. Answer, lAMENt. 2944. Charade.— By Jessio and Alick, Pukerau :— Carelessly she second her shapely first— Fall o'er the first of the velvet chair,— My whole gleamed bright 'neath the shadowy lace,— A thing of beauty resting there.— But my thoughts would follow a brown, brown first,— Guiding a boat thro' a seething sea ;— A tired one supporting an aching head,— And more fair than my lady's they seemed to me. 2945. Enigmaticai, M.H.R.'s.— By Fitz Barry, Kur Bush :— 1, A creature that can breathe under the snow white waves ; 2, a person who is able to build a stone church ; 3, a soft vegetable carpet that is often seen on an old hollow broadleaf log ; 4, the colour of our beauteous forests; 5, a consonant, a part of your pretty little dark-eyed sweetheart's head, and a descendant ; 6, a garden vegetable and a male bird ; 7, a personal pronoun, a consonant, and twenty hundred weight ; 8, a winged animal that loves to fly about by night, two consonants, and what the ugly old glutton did withhis dinneryesterday ; 9, a semi-vowel, tostnke, and a vowel ; 10, a dwarf t ocean and a weight; 11, a consonant, an instrument of torture which our religious forefathers used to use, the heart of Dunedin, and the head of New Zealand ; 12, a useful little in- | sect, a consonant, and the hind leg of a hog. 2946. Charade.— By T. R., Hyde :— A preposition, article, and pronoun first will give, —My whole I'm sure you could not be unless you ceased to live ;— lf my first you now read backwards it is still the same you'll find,— And I doubt not when you're lonely to have second you're inclined. 2947. Square.'— By Alex. Davidson, Kaihiku :— First, a musician; second, reluctant; third, to rehearse ; fourth, nicely ; fifth, fortune ; sixth, alarmed, i 2848. Charade.— By Albert E. Hardy, Oamaru :— 1, To lodge ; 2, a vowel ; 3, a tax ; whole an ignorant person. 2949. Enigmatical List of Wombn's Names.— By Mignonette, Caversham :— To lease, a pronoun, and two vowels ; 2, a mountain in Europe, a consonant, and a vowel ; 3, to stamp coin, a vowel, and a coin worth one halfpenny sterling ; 4, a country in Europe and a consonant ; 5, to spoil, and an occasional vowel. 2950. Charade.— By Wm. Anderßon, Oamaru : - Now, riddlers all, the race is past,— Let's start again as we were at first, — Throw down the second, 'tis provocation—To whole a social conversation. 2951. Square.— By John Whyte, Oamaru :— 1, To draw; 2, a proposition; 3, the son of Brahma; 4, a marine measure of length. 2952. Charade.— By GZ Q, Oamaru :— 1, A measure; 2, a leader; 3, an affix ; 4, character; 5, an affix ; whole resembling nail heads. } 2953. Double Acrostic— By B Blunt, Gore:— 1, A new name for a supposed place of torment ; 2, one of the Hebrew patriarchs ; 3, a short sword ; 4, a man we read a good deal about in the 2nd Book of Kings ; 5, a name given to a joint of beef cut from the fore-quarter ; 6, belonging or pertaining to the ocean ; 7, a man whose wife was taken by one of the Kings of Israel ; 8, a kind of fruit ; 9, the surname of one of the twelve apostles. The primals and finals name two diseases to which horses are subject. Nos. 1, 2, 7 contain five letters each ; 3, and 4, six ; 5, 6, and 9, seven ; and 8, nine letters. 2954. Geographical V.— By Bella, Peninsula :— 1, A town in the Southern States of America ; 2, a town in England ; 3, a town in Palestine ; 4, a town in Mun&ter (Ireland) ; 5, a country the inhabitants of which excel in the fine arts ; 6, a river in bwitzerland; 7, a vowel. Centres down name a country in Europe, the native land of a people who are described as being grave, industrious, and hospitable. 2955. Double Cross Word —By Eliza, Crool'ston :— . My first ia in madam, but not in Luke ;— Second is id Roger, but not in duke ;— Third is in kiss, but not in hug ;— Fourth is in Henry, but not in jug;— Fifth is in Oezel, but not in Laland ;— Sixth is in master, but not in miss ;— Seventh isnn tarnish, but not in bliss ; — Eighth is in Juno, but not in Lea ; — Ninth is in ocean but not in sea.— Now if these letters be read aright,— Two poetesses bring to light. 2956. Cross.— By William JL :— 1 The goddess of revenge ; 2, an exclamation expressing triumph ; 3, to dry by exposure to the air ; 4 an inflammation of the brain ; 5, a song set to music; 6* to forewarn ; 7, most distant ; 8, to shoot forward ; 9' a bird ; 10, a genus of forest trees ; 11, the beak of a' bird ; 12, to return, to flow back ; 13, directly, exactly * 14, a much used Latin phrase, meaning the rest so forth ; 15, having a low estimate of one's self ; 16 a stuffed seat without a back ; 17, to reach beyond in' any direction; 18, fit or suitable for drink; 19, 1 <'iven to drinking; 20, having sharp points. Centres read downwards, bring to light a very practical maxim. Answers to Riddles Published June 17tn. 2898. Decapitation, -By 2906. Hexagon. —By J Bella :— Davidson :— Charm, harm, arm. M 2899. Octagon.— By Adon- MARIE „ iti V~ .un MERCIEE Reinite, nitre, thuhte, MICH AU D agate, cyanose, irite, MALE UA L ' zoisite, prase, thus : — M A T A N boßax mto wisEniN j 2 i P Roo Nriß^T c 2907. CiiARAD 8 .-By Wm tronA.dlsThenb J^ 1 ", klin t, S T R d v 1 t b Thousand. ZOISITETILUIIT 2003. Rebus. — liy Fitz cuboiT, STibine Barry :— oast I r ON, Amber G eorgk moßioN, auGit L ais IdriA.tufA A bel barYtes D ick MICAS S AITIIO rp TIOM \H 2DOO. Charadk. - ByTR:— q Wl ,/ N Steeplechase. jj apoleon 2001. Item - By M 9 DBCAPI ™ 0B ._ By Si' Bf i -WS~ Horse hose R 2910. Charade. —By H Black back L Biazior:— Fair far I Whirlwind. Throne throe N 2911. Enigmatical List op 2902. CiiARADE.-By Jessie FisHua-By Ooquin :- and Aleck:— 1, Whale; 2, shark; 3, Post-office. cod; 4, ling; 5, mullet; 6, heiring; 7, flounder; 8, 2903. Square. By Mig- carp; 9, perch; l'l, i.i!:e; nonette:— n ) burgeon; 12, plaice. O V A m 2912 - Square. -By Win pat?t?tt Anderson:— YOUTH JS^g 2904. Charade. -By In- KEGS cognito:— 2913. Biddle.— By Jupiter, Gun-cotton. Waikouaiti:— 2905. Charade. —By J Adonis is a pheasant's C X:—K :— oye, add it to Adonis, and Waskington, Zinimor- the answer will be Adonman, Vnlenouve, Swam- it-is, one of my rlddler merdam, Melancthon, Li« jriends; therefore the an. vingetone, ewer Is « Adonitis/

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Correct Answers.

Eliza, Crookston, 2598, 2901, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11. Adonitis, Dunedin, 2895, 99, 2900, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 (3), 12 (I), 13— 14 J. John Whyte, Oamaru, 2898, 99 Q), 2900, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 (I), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ($), 12, 13—13^. J 0 X, Wavepa, 2898, 99 (i), 2900, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 (J), 13—13. GZ Q, Oamaru, 2898, 99 (i), 2900, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Q), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (|), 12, 13-13 J. W Don, Warepa, 2598, 99, 2900, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (J), 12 (j), 13—15. J Davidson, Kaihiku, 2898, 99 (i), 2900, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 (J), 13—13. {EfAlbert E Hardy, Oamaru, 2898, 99 (i), 2900, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (-}), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13-14.

To Correspondents.

G Z Q, Oamaru.— You should have been credited with a correct answer to 2887 in our last issue, and half for 2892, making the total number of your answers Q\ instead of 7s. Adonitis.— You should have received credit for 2894. G Z Q writes :— (1) I notice that all who have applied to have full credit for late answers have eventually been given it. Now I do not think that it ii at all fair, although I was one of the unfortunate ones whose answers came to hand late. I also telegraphed to you to inquire whether they had arrived or not the next day at noon, and they had not ; therefore it shows you it was not my fault they did not arrive in time. Still you have never given me any credit for them in full. I suppose it is because I have not written and probably Btated some plausible yarn. (2) Your explanation of the square containing Freyja or Frigga cannot be right, or the square mu3t have, been wrong, as there were only five-eights in it. — (1) You certainly did telegraph on the Thursday (when the paper was published), but we fail to remember your having claimed to have posted } our answers in time, thus showing that it was the postal authorities and not yourself who were to blame. This is simply the sum total of the 'plausible yarn' spun to us by those who have received full credit. However, in order to treat every one with fairness, perhaps it will be as well to give full credit to all who have missed from the beginning of the competition. As every one has missed once at least there can be no unfairness in adopting this course, the late answers in every instance having been received on Wednebday afternoon. (2) In the explanation given in Notes and Queries in our issue of the 17th ult. the explanation was given as Freyja, Frigga, or Friga. We do not know what more you want. A E H— Had we been depending upon a comparison of the answers sent in alone, we should have made no remark on the matter, notwithstanding the extremely suspicious circumstance that the incorrect answers are almost always similar. We, however, a week or two back were furnished with more direct evidence through the carelessness of one of the solvers.