PUZZLERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 86, 2 July 1927, Page 27

PUZZLERS

A WORD SQUARE ACROSS 1. A bathe. 2. The highest and the lowest in a pack of cards. 3. A tree. DOWN 1. Twenty-four hours. 2. Frozen water. 3. A church seat. The whole’s an insect (how he stings!), He’s fond of jam and all sweet things. Behead it, and the letters spell A reptile's name (he stings as well!). Curtail the word, and, 10, you see The past tense of the verb "to be.’’ Reshuffle now the letter here And pussy’s feet trill then appear. Answers to last week’s puzzlers: North Island towns: Mercer. Frankton, Thames, Russell. Hidden vegetables: Radish, Cucumber. Lettuce, Tomato, Cauliflower. THE GARDENER The squire has a park and gardens of roses, With a hedge of yew which is trimmed and fine. But far more exciting than that (says Billy) Is —I’ve got a wallflower that’s out in mine. And mine is under the nursery window. Mine measures six feet by four feet, and near The pansy plant is a red geranium And a budding calceolaria. Quite seven gardeners up at the Manor With barrows and spades through the gates you see; But I’ve got a hoe of my own (says Billy), And who’d want a gardener when there’s me? TO BABYLON How many miles to Babylon? —Three score and ten. Can I get there by candlelight? —Yes. and back again. If your feet are nimble and light. You will get there by candlelight.