THE RIDDLER.

Otago Witness, Issue 1824, 5 November 1886, Page 29

THE RIDDLER.

New Riddles. -1266. Double Acrostic: — An Iti*h town; a musical play; a burial place; an animal. Initials aud finals down display Two patsious which the heart oft sway. 42G7. Enigma:— My fir.st comes in August, my second in June, My third in wintery May, My fourth in September, my fifth iv December, My sixth in November gay ; My whole comes always once a year, Stays three brief months, then leaves us drear. 4268. Double Acrostic: — A covering ; a gardener's tool ; an article of stationery ; one of the twelve tribes ; a port. The initials and finals give the name of a country and its capital. 4269. Square:— 1, An organ of the body ; 2, a mistake ; 3, to ascend ; 4, colophony ; 5, direction. 4270. Decapitations: — (1) Whole, a song ; behead, a vehicle ; again, and lam a liquid ; again, own ; again, a preposition ; again, a consonant. (2) My whole is a person in high office ; behead, to communicate; behead, haughty; behead, not punctual; behead again, the past fceuse of a verb ; curtail, a preposition. (3' Whole, a clerical assistant; behead, a chemical compound; again, to reckon; behead and transpose, a beverage. 4571. Metagrams (change the initial letter each time) : — To gain : change the initial letter aud make evil; change again and make a loud noise; change again and make a measure; change again and make a useful article for fastening ; change again and make part of a fish ; change again and make a metal; change again and make a liquor; change again aud make relationship; change again and make a recepticle for com and other things. 4272. Transposition. — By Eliza, Crookston : — Be iknd to uald nniegar, for now she is rlaif As a imte-tthsaeerd reet nnbedig low in the aelg; Wenh you eewr wee bianrise ttto-totting about, She awthede you wehn in and she wtchade when out ; And mnid, thuohg the bylcht day o' yutho now is yuros, Itme ilhv itwhre its joys as wlid intwer the folwres ; And oyur tspe tths'a noo cliht as the obnud o' the reo, Wi' eeesschrl aldu gae mya be eeeflb and Iwso. Answers to Biddies published Oct. 22. 4253. Acrostic: — M eorut. D israeli (then Chancellor of the Exchequer). C arming (then Governor of India). C awnpore. [are Comin'." C olin Campbell (Sir), and " The Campbell's L uckuow. V ictoria Gros?. I ndus. I lbert. 4254. Charade: — 4255. Enigma: — Honeymoon. Unquestionably. 4256. Conundrums: — (1) The adder. (2) Because he must write by the score. 4257. Transposition: — Never a night so dark and drear, Never a cruel wind so chill, But loving hearts can make it clear, Aud find some comfort in it still. 4258. Proverb: — Better late than never. 4259. Riddles:— (1) Euclid; (2) Galen. Correct Answers. Colonslie, Wakari, 4204, 57, 58. Therbites, Oamaru, 4253, 54, 56 (1), 57, 59 (2). Romany Rye, Musselburgh, 4254, 57, 58.