THE PUZZILER.

Saturday Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 123, 17 November 1877, Page 15

THE PUZZILER.

' -U. g.-J .i i i i*t.\ .77177 7T7 ■:■, S. T .A. [We shall be? glhdtd receive? contributions > for this column,’'either'original Or selected from aiMT i PAH .solutions should be sent in not later than the Tuesday in the WtM’ week after the problems have ln. order to give our northern, readers an‘ppportunity of sending solutions,'we do not publish the answers till the third week after the problems have appeared; lienee 1 we cannot acknowledge J )n!i of wbwjlot to ifiioiittZ'iy iirodlftt a mutt

SOLUTIONS. No. 679.—Problem. Ans. Ninety miles. Correct’reply from ' ' No 680. Ans. Witb a radius of 31 ; 04 : inches describe a, semicircle, then from the centre witli a fadiiis of 1d ; 624 iixi describeanother semicircle, inside the former; and-140/3'f decrees of tlih sector between the * semicircles will be the shape and size of the > piece of sheet metal —required (without making allowance for joints). No replies received;! ■ lodv; wife lo_ v. sib t hii. ‘hh t’ircrilitif ribW). . No. 681. Conuudr um.~~ Ans. Because he , beats time. Beplies from E.lt., Jaque?»,y Simple Simon. ' , ,' ] „ ,y. No. 682. Conundrum. . Ans. Because they are to a parent (tool apparent). Correct replies 'from J.EIS., E.K., jaques,‘Simple -? Simon, X.Y.Z. J > i, ; ;. No. 683. —Problem. Ans.. 5*17 inches, which is the breadth Of the ring; or part of 4 the stone ground down by the first man, 4 83 inches the second man’s shares 10 inchesj| to the third man’s share. JEteply from S.J.M.'tS J.NssSfv%ive:his reply in twentieths, the prO-j& portion given being 9,6, and 5. - No. 684. —Square Word. Ans. ; -mi • C L.o C I • • ;1 q [ u.-r L ath E 1 i '1 O X T E It * 1 C H E E E. NO ' Ke b r Y"= Correct rejfiies from G-.L.A., J.S.W. (Dunedin), J.E.S., E. 8., Jaques, Simple Simon, X.Y.Z., P.A.T. T j PBOBLEMS. No. 693] —CONUNDRUM. What letter is always repeated in Dunedin? M.F. (Lawrence). No. 694.— Square Word. / .... A small animal, a preposition, a patriarch, an island. ‘ ; ’’n;"i■ .. Fernglen. No. 695.— Charade. , My first’s what every island has, 4 .. . And many a country too ; My second is a sentinel, So vigilant and true ; My whole is placed along my first, Always to be my second ; My wliolc as well both vigilant, And brave by all is reckoned. . Fernglen. No. 696. — Conundrum (Original).

What is the difference between an apprentice just out of his apprenticeship and the puzzler column of this journal ? G.C.-B. (Dunedin). No. 697. Conundrum (Original). / When is a shoemaker like the most tardy horse in a race ? G.C.B. (Dunedin). No. 698. — Pyramid Puzzle. The third of pup, a man’s name, a county, to attend, a chariot; The centres read down and across name a county in the North Island. M.F. (Lawrence). No. 699. — Charade (Original). My first is in remember, but not in forget; My second is in sadness, but not in regret; My third is in recovered, but not in lost; My fourth is in friend, but not in host; My fifth is in accept, not in disdain ; My sixth is in claimant, also in name ; My seventh is in doughty, but not in Kate ; My eighth is in city but not in estate. Solve this puzzle, be you the factor, It will give the name of a great actor. G.C.B. (Dunedin).