PUZZLES AND RIDDLES.
(Answers Next Week.) WHAT IS IT? My first is in early but not in late; My second's in saucer and also In plate; My third is in ink but not in lead; My fourth is in net but not in bed; My fifth is in brown bu't not in green; My sixth is.in olive but not in bean; My seventh’s in wet but not in dry; My whole you can see after rain in the sky.
WHAT PLAYER?
My first is in rose but not in lily; My second’s in Ruth but not in Billy; My third is in zoo but not in fair; My fourtli is in trap and also in snare; My fifth is in man but not in baby; My*sixth is in no but not in maybe; My seventh’s in sadder and also in
gayer; My whole is the name of a great tennis player.
TRUE TRIANGLE PUZZLE
(1) A flower. (2) Bitter fruit. (3) To have possession. (4) Did lead. (5) Verb to be (present tense). (6) One.
WHAT FLOWER?
(1) In the midst of. (2) Inquired. (3) Consumed. (4) Brutal. (5) Smudge. Reading from, top left-hand corner in a slanting line to bottom right-hand corner, you will find a flower.
LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS. What Token? —Rainbow. Riddle in Rhyme—Sydney. Word Square— SLOW LANE ONCE WEED
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17691, 20 April 1929, Page 16 (Supplement)
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