THE RIDDLER.
New Riddles.
4187. Missing Vowels.— By Eliza, Crookston :—
L-z-n-ss tr-v-ls s- sl-wly th-t p-v-rty s-n -v-rt-k-s h-m ; 2, B-tt-r b- th- j-st -f - f-1 th-n h-s f-v~r-t- ; 3, H-m-l-ty -s - fl-w-r th-t pr-sp-rs m-st wh-n pl-nt-d -n th- r-ch s«l -f - n-bl- -nd gr— t m-nd ; 4, W-th m-n -n- m-n -s r-ch -n-th-r m-n -s p--r, b-t th-td—s n-tpr-v-wh-chh-s m-st w-sd-m. 4188. Double Acrostic— By Asphodel, Mount
Indelicate; a certain size into which sheets are folded ; a shelter used in warfare ; inanimate; a musical drama; opinion. Primals read downwards name a celebrated hero, and the finals a country with which his name will always be connected. 4189. Diamond :—: —
Nothing; an animal; a town in the province of Valencia; a desert bird; a river in France; a trifle; a consonant. 4190. Charade: — My whole is but a species of my third, Yet has my third no right to such a name Unless my first and second form a word, To which he lays an undisputed claim; But if my whole renounce my first and second, My last indeed he may, but not my whole, be reckoned. 4191. Squabes :—: — 1, Part of the face, a tether, unshut, and to go j forward. 2, Name of a German musician, pain, part of the face, useful domestic stock. 4192. Acrostic—By A. L. O. S. :— * 1, To count; 2, to enroll; 3, a little horn; 4, rugged; 5, offensive; 6, a girl's name.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1812, 13 August 1886, Page 29
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241THE RIDDLER. Otago Witness, Issue 1812, 13 August 1886, Page 29
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