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Solution to STRANGEST CROSSWORD Puzzle in P,-evious Issue

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Comparison of the clues with the solution words will render some of the original lues self-evident. An explanation of the less obvious clues follows:

Horizontal Clue.~

8. The MANJIT is an East Indian plant more usually referred to as the INDIAN ( =: redskin) MADDER ( = angrier).

I I. HAOMA is a consecrated drink in the religion of Persia. 17. A?IARGOSO is the name for the bark or external covering of the GOATBUSH, a

spiny Mexican shrub. lR. Among the early Welsh, an AILLT was an unfree fannel' who remed land. 20. CLIPPING means "abbreviation," but is a comparatively 10nK word, spelled with

eight letters. 23. To INTITULE is to entitle ( = to name). 24. The ESROG was the fruit of the citron, used .by the Jews in ancient timl's with the

palm branch, in celebrating Sukkoth. 26. The Scottish word SLOUNGE (to loaf, to lounge) may be analyzed into S +

LOUNGE. The words "Sneaky" and "Snaky," an alliteration on the letter S, suggest that Jetter, and the Jetter is snaky in shape; a LOUNGE is a place where one drinks.

29. EPIMENIDES was an ancient Cretan poet and prophet, fabled to have slept in a ca ve for 57 years.

31. A STROPHOID is a geometric curve that may be either straight or oblique. It is defined as the path of a focus of a conic.

32. A TACHE is a uniting tie. 36. NIVAL means "living in snow." 38. In Greek mythology, the PIERIDES were the nine dall~hters of a Macedonian king,

changed into birds after being defeated in a contest with the Muses. 39. 1·[UZZ is British slang meaning "to study, to grind." 40. An equally correct alternative solution word is STEEPS ( =: steep ascents or de­

scents), if it is combined with the alternative solution word WHOPPER for 28 Vertical.

44. A HEADENDER is a head·on collision, as between automobiles. 45. PAUvIARIAN means "worthy or deserving of the palm or prize." 49. A SCINTILLA is less than a bit, being a barely perceptible manifestation, or the

slightest panicle or trace. The word is often used in referring' to evidence. 5 I. A PSHAV is a member of a Caucasian tribe of mountaineers, a brnllch of the Geor­

gians, living in the republic of Georgia. 52. In the New Testament, MALCHUS was the high priest's se'fvant whose ear was cut

off by Peter. 55. TROGUE is a mining term used in parts of EnRland to denote ;l wooden trough

forming a drain. 58. ZEITGEIST, "the spirit of the time," is n word of German origin. Its literal meaning

is "time ghost." 60. MANUARY is a very old word for manual labor. It rhymes with JANUARY, the

first month of the year. 61. An ELEPAIO is a Hawaiian flycatcher (a kind of bird). 62. A GOHILA is one of a people in K.lthiawar, India, descended from the conqueror

BOPPA, who founded a dynasty at Chittoor about A.D. 727. 63. The DEWLAP is the wattle (pendulous skin fold under the neck) of a goose. Pho­

netically, WATTLE = WHAT'LL.

WORD WAYS

Vertical Clu.es

2. An EMBOL 3. An ADlAPr

create NEVF 4. In Shakespe;

twin brother violin,"

5. In the Eastel cut into fOUl

Mary. 7. An IMITA1 9. AGATA is a

10. In Greek an 11. "The HOR~

America, wh: the opening

12. An ODOPH 13. An ABORIG 14. FRILLIES a 19. KNOWE is; 22. EE is a Scot

EASE. 24. The full naT 25. In roulette, ; 27. In Scott's Iv

the rich for 28. WHISKER i

tion word is solution wor

30. A STADDA 33. A RAZOR i~

The clue we sponds to B1 corresponds

34. An OVIDIA of love. He .

35. STILLlCIDl 37. A LUSUS, 0

feature such 38. PRURITUS 39. In Greek m~

while lookinl 41. SPAETZLE,

or other stev. 46. ALMAGRA 48. A TUT is a 50. LEBBAN is;

is a swig or 53. A SRADH is 54. GLEYD is a

nder some of the :>Us clues follows:

to as the INDIAN

he GOATBUSH. a

:nted land. word, spelled with

ient times with the

nalY7.ed into S + he letter S, sll~gest

where one drinks. to have slept in a

t or oblique. It is

Macedonian king, Ises.

'ep ascents or de­HOPPER for 28

lifestation, or the 'idence. nch of the Geor­

'hose ear was cut

wooden trough

; literal meaning

JANUARY, the •-n. the conqueror I

)f a g-oose. Pho- I

ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS (PREVIOUS ISSUE)

Vertical Clues

2. An EMBOLUS is an air bubble circulating in the blood stream. ~. An ADIAPHORON is a matter of indilIerence in religion or morals. It does not

create NEVERJvIINDS (serious affairs, matters of concern). 4. In Shakespeare's Twelfth NIght, OLIVIA is it countess who marries Sebastian, the

twin brother of Viola. In music, the VIOLA is an instrumelll also called a "tenor violin:'

5. In the Eastern Church, a PANAGI:\RIOl'\ is a platc used in the elevation of a loaf cut into four parts-a ceremony observed in honor of the assumption of the Virgin Mary.

7. An IMITATRIX is a female IMITATOR. An APE is an IMITATOR. 9. AGATA is a late 19th century American glassware characterized by a mottled finish.

10. In Greek antiquity, ,1 TE\IEI\'OS was a sacred precinct. I I. "The HORN" is another name for Cape Horn, the southernmost point or South

America, wbich had to be sailed around to get from the Atlantic to LhePacific before the opening of the Panama Canal.

12. An ODOPHONE is a scale of odors. SCALE suggests fish .. ODORS suggests smell. 13. An ABORIGEN, or aborigine. is one of the earliest known inhabitants of a country. 14. FRILLIES are women's clothes with rutnes, or TRIJ...IMINGS. 19. KNOWE is a word used in Scotland for a mound or knoll. 22. EE is a Scottish word for "eye." It is rn,lde (spelled) with £'s. Phonetically, E's

EASE. 24. The full name of the English racecourse is EPSO?f DOWNS. 25. In roulette, a MILIEU is a bet that pays 2 for I. 27. In Scott's Ivanhoe, LOCKSLEY is the assumed name of Robin Hood. He robbcd

the rich for the benefit of the poor. 28. WHISKER is an old word for a monstrous lie. Equally correct as an alternative solu­

tion word is WHOPPER, also a monstrous lie, if it is combined with the alternative solution word STEEPS for 40 Horizontal.

30. A STADDA is a saw formerly used in combmaking. It had two thin, parallel blades. 33. A RAZOR is a sharp instrument. There is a type of hog called a mwr·backed hog,

The clue word SHARPIE corresponds to RAZOR, the clue word PICKED corre· sponds to BACKED (both mean "supponed a candidate"), and the clue word PIG corresponds to HOG.

34. An OVIDIAN is a disciple of the ancient Roman poet OVID, especially in matters of love. He who has disciples is a teacher.

35. STILLICIDE, or ea\'esclrop, is the dripping of rain water from the eaves of a house. 37. A LUSUS, or LUSUS ~ATURAE, is a sport or freak of nature. Camivals often

feature such freaks in their sideshows rJojo the dog-faced boy," etc.). 38. PRURITUS is an itching of the skin. 39. In Greek mythology, Perseus slew the Gorgon :-'.JEDUSA by cutting off her head

whik looking at its reflection in his shield. 41. SPAETZLE are cooked strings and lumps (made of a batter) added to gravy, goulash,

or other stews. 46. ALMAGRA is a Spanish ocher used for polishing glass and silver. 48. A TUT is a base in the game of rounders. 50. LEBBAN is an Arab beverage of coagulated sour milk diluted with water. A SWILL

is a swig or a drink. 53. A SRADH is a Hindu ceremony performed in behalf of departed ancestors. 54, GLEYD is a very old word meaning "crooked, awry, wrong."

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Solution to KRISS KROSS KRAFT Puzzle in Previous Issue

WORD WAYS

(I) Utter n( (2) The Die

TiTmleUJ (3) Ibid., PG (4) Absolute (5) Ibid., T, (6) Ibid., P~

(7) Ibid., Rc (8) Complet (9) Ibid., Rc

(10) Ibid., TI (II) Total nc (12) Ibid., R(

(13) Thorou~

(14) Ibid., Pa

Since you matically in

1. myrrh 2. raison d 3. bossa nc 4. coxswail 5. hautboi~

hautboy 6. Die Wa 7. occasion 8. Neufch2 9. Hohoku

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Answers to "The National Philosophy Test-Ir:(page 77)

(I) Uuer nonsense (2) The Dialogues of Plato, trans. by B. Jowett, Random House, New York, 1937,

Timaeus, 86 (3) Ibid., Parmenides, 260 (4) Absolute nonsense (5) Ibid., Timaeus, 90 (6) Ibid., Parmenides, 142 (7) Ibid., Republic, Book II, 377 (8) Complete nonsense (9) Ibid., Republic, Book IV, 425

(10) Ibid., Timaeus, 45 (II) Total nonsense (12) Ibid., Republic, Book IX, 585 (13) Thorough nonsense (14) Ibid., Pal'menides, 157

Since you knew that 9 quotations were real and 5 fictitious, it was mathe­matically impossible for you to have fewer than 4 correct.

Answe,-s to "Super-Quiz No.2" (page 84)

1. myrrh 2. raison d'etre

10. eighth 11. laissez faire 0 R

17. Quaid'Orsay 18. borscht OR

3. bossa nova laissez-faire borsch

4. coxswain 12. Spuyten Duyvil 19. sacrilegious

5. hautbois OR hautboy

6. Die Walkiire

13. accommodate 14. sang-froid OR

sangfroid

20. nol-pros 21. COS! fan tutte 22. Phoebe OR

7. occasional 15. Rumania OR Phebe

8. N eufch<hel Romania 23. quay

9. Hohokus OR 16. bird's-eye 24. Chihuahua

Ho-Ho-Kus 25. Colquhoun

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Solution to "Word Chess" (page 110)

I. HEARTSince all twelve names for the signs of the zodiac can be traced out in the 2. SINEW

original diagram, and it would take an exorbitant amount of space to reproduce 3. TORSO the 12 tracings here, we are omitting them, on the assumption that yOll have 4. MOUTH solved this problem successful! y. 5. SCALP

6. FLESH 7. NAVEL... . ... 8. FINGER

Solution 10 "Literary Quiz" (page 111)

1. Robert Louis BALFOUR Stevenson, 1850-1894. 2. Elizabeth BARRETT Browning, 1806-1861. 3. Harriet Elizabeth BEECHER Stowe, 1811·1896. 4. NeWLOn BOOTH Tarkington, 1869·1946. 5. Francis BRET(T) Harte, 1836-1902. 6. Percy BYSSHE Shelley, 1792·1822. 7. Joel CHANDLER Harris, 1848-1908. 8. Sir Arthur CONAN Doyle. 1859·1930. 9. William CULLEN Bryant, 1794·1878.

10. James FENIMORE Cooper, 1789·1851. 11. Marjorie KINNAN Rawlings, 1896-1953. 12. Samuel LANGHORNE Clemens, 1835-1910. (Pseudonym, MARK T\VAIN.) 13. Alfred, LORD Tennyson, 1809-1892. 14. William MAKEPEACE Thackeray, 1811·1863. 15. Mary Elizabeth MAPES Dodge, 1831-1905. 16. Albert PAYSON Terhune, 1872-1942. 17. Edgar RICE Burroughs, 1875·1950. 18. William SOMERSET Maugham, 1874-1965. 19. Henry WADSWORTH Longfellow': 1807-1882. 20. Ralph WALDO Emerson, 1803-1882.

Shelley died shortly before his 30th birthday. Maugham died shortly before his 92nd birthday.

A-Anglicans, A B-BaptislS, Bw

.011011 C-Congregatiol D-Dunkers, Di E-Episcopalian F-Friends, FarrSolution to "Abstruse Acrostics" (page 112) G-GnOSlics, Gt H-Holy Roller

The 8th letter of the first line, the 9th letter of the second line, the 10th I-lndependen~

letter of the third line, and so on, taken in order, are the answer to the problem, J-Jehovah's W for they spell the word SOLUTION. K-Knoxians

L-Lutherans, I M-Mormons, 1\ N-New Thoug.

.011.

WORD WAYS

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ne, the 10th the problem,

ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS (CURRENT ISSUE)

Solu.tion to "A Lesson in Anatomy" (page 113)

1. HEART 9. BREAST 18. EARDRurv[ 2. SINEW 10. ARMPIT 19. ABDOM:EN 3. TORSO II. THROAT 20. RETINAS 4. MOUTH 12. PALATE 21. LIGAl'I'[ENT 5. SCALP 13. CORNEA 22. EARLOBES 6. FLESH 14. UTERUS 23. GENITALS 7. NAVEL 15. TOENAIL 24. EPIDERMIS 8. FINGER 16. EYELIDS 25. FOREFINGER

17. STOMACH

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Solution to "Cl"isscross Words" (page 114)

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Solution to "In Search of Religion" (page 114)

A-Anglicans, Anabaptists, Arminians, Athanasians B-Baptists, Buchmanites, Bible Christians C-Congregationalists, Catholics, Calvinists, Christian Scientists D-Dunken, Disciples of Christ, Doukhobors E-Episcopalians, Erastians. Ebionites F-Friends, Familists G-Gnostics, German Baptists, Glassites H-Holy Rollers, Huguenots. Hussites, High-Churchmen I-Independents, Irvingites, Infralapsarians J-Jehovah's Witnesses, Jansenists, Jovinianists K-Knoxians "L-Lutherans, Latter·Day Sain LS. Lollards, Laudians M-Morrnons, Mennonites, Molinists N-New Thoughters, Nazarenes

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O-Old Catholics, Oxfordists, Origenists P-Presbyterians, Protestants, Puritans, Papists Q-Quakers, Quietists R-Roman Catholics, Ranters, Romanists S--Shakers, Seventh-Day Adventists, Salvationists, Stundists T -Trappists, Tractarians, Trinitarians, Transubstantiationalists U-Unitarians, Universalists, Ubiquitarians V-Vincentians W-Wesleyans, Waldensians, Wydiffites X-Xaverian Brothers, Xtians Y-Yorker Brethren Z-Zwinglians

CONNECTICUT'S GLORY

Nestled in southeastern Connecticut, away from the world's hustle and bustle, there lies a very small lake. The name of that lake is OXOBOXO, a four-way palindrome. Not only does this name read the same backward as forward, but it keeps its palindromic quality intact when read in a mirror placed horizon­tally just above the word. This makes it a four-way palindrome.

We salute you, Connecticutl

THE DIVINE PALINDROME

Many of us who follow the ways of the word have always DEIFIED the palin­drome, feeling that it had attributes of divinity. It is only recently, however, that this feeling has formally been substantiated.

What has clinched the matter is the discovery that the name of the supreme god among the natives of what was formerly designated the Slave Coast-the coastal region of Africa extending from the mouths of the Niger River to Ghana-is as fine a palindrome as you would ever wish to meet: UWOLOvVU.

WORD WAYS

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