THIS WEEK'S PUZZLES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19374, 24 December 1932, Page 12

THIS WEEK'S PUZZLES

A HIDDEN SAYING A well-known saying can be formed by using only these nine letters: EOSNIDMAH The saying consists of 24 letters. ''Answer next week.) WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS? In the brain but not in the mind, In the fruit but not in the rind, In the grease but not in the oil, In the earth but not in the seal, In the marsh but not in the fen, In the lair but not in the den, In the vale but not in the dell, It is part of an Empire that fell. (Answers next week.) FIND THESE WORDS Each line in tl . -puzzle is the clue to a word, each one beginning with the same three letters.

A gipsy’s home is here in view. A sweetmeat this for me and you. “The old grey mare’’ with this will rhyme. We all sing these at Christ mas-time. This always goes behind the horse. You put this on the floor of course. A donkey’s fond of these to scrunch. Thus Father cuts the meat for lunch. (Answers next week.)

JUMBLED NAMES OF COUNTRIES ELNGNDA IA AM EC R NAIHC LRIDNAE NALSCDOT (Sent by “Little Cowslip." Gleniti.) (Answers next week.) CHANGED WORDS To see me whole, observe a spring; But headless, I’m a thing You’ll find among the kine. Again transposed, I’m at the farm; Reverse, and I shall cause alarm Mid forest, wood, and pine. (Answers next week.) ! WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS? It’s in the field but not in the lea, It’s in the price but not in the fee. It’s in the shoe but not in the boot, It’s in the plant but not in the root, It’s in the road but not in the street, It’s in the snow but not in the sleet, It’s in the land but not in the sea, A North Atlantic island you’ll see. (Answer next week.)