PUZZLE COLUMN.
CHARADE. A COMMON verb you’ll find my first. Which beautifully expresses What tides may do And windmills, too. And women Ito old dresses). My last a tyrant is. accursed By those who see most clearly. Though woman-kind, . E’en men of mind. May sometimes love him dearly. My irholt the place from the very first Fre<iuented most at the Fair. ’Twas no nice place to be. There was nothing to see. But you saw me each day you were there.
From a to h: Boastful. From 1 to 2: Splitting. Base: A check : a commotion ; fluent: benedictions. ANSWERS. Answers to Cousin Maude's riddles : (1) Because they go too, too, too (two and two and two.) (2) A good appetite. (3) Because it is read (red.) (4) When he is a-board. (5) Because having eyes they see not and ears they hear not. (6) Because it is a tanner. Answer to Cousin Jack’s conundrum : When its run down. Answer to anagram : Team, tame, meat, mate
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIV, Issue VII, 16 February 1895, Page 167
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165PUZZLE COLUMN. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIV, Issue VII, 16 February 1895, Page 167
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