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Putnam’s

French Cross Word

Puzzle BooK

By

Henry E. Mills /

G.P. Putnam’s Sons Tv^ewYork & London

Ijlnickerbocker Press

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Copyright, 1925

by

Henry E. Mills

Made in the United States of America

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Putnam’s

FrencH Cross Word Puzzle BooK

Puzzle 1 HORIZONTAL

1 The oldest beverage. 3 Relative consumption of same

beverage in France.

VERTICAL

2 Supposedly brings wisdom.

Puzzle 2 HORIZONTAL

1 A rodent. 3 A container.

VERTICAL

1 Sweetbreads. 2 Sound of a clock.

Puzzle 3 HORIZONTAL

2 Either half of something sweet.

VERTICAL

1 Often requires courage to say.

Puzzle 4 Puzzle 5 HORIZONTAL HORIZONTAL

1 A portion. 4 Name of chain of mountains in

Asia Minor. 5 A possessive adjective.

VERTICAL

1 A flower. 2 A short poem: word is used in both English and French.

3 A heap of things.

1 The home of birds. 4. An old French coin. 5 The act of shooting.

VERTICAL

1 Brief and to the point. 2 Adverb meaning here. 3 Hard or unyielding.

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Puzzle 2

Puzzle 3

Puzzle 4

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Puzzle 5

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Puzzle 6

1 Shining (Feminine). 4 Found on lips and cheeks.

HORIZONTAL

5 Sweet and liquid.

1 A preposition. 2 The act of praising.

VERTICAL

3 One of the seasons of the year,

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Puzzle 6

Puzzle 7

HORIZONTAL

1 A division of time. 5 4 A personal pronoun. 7

VERTICAL

1 Often found with sardines. 3 2 A numeral. 6

An interjection. A wood heavy and black.

A student. A definite article.

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Puzzle 7

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Puzzle 8

1 Nothing to drink. 3 An interjection. 4 Another interjection. 5 An indefinite article.

HORIZONTAL

6 Something heavy. 7 Used in musical notation. 8 Contraction of a preposition and

an article.

1 A deaf-mute.

VERTICAL

2 Dear (plural).

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Puzzle 8

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Puzzle 9

1 Participle of devoir. S A preposition. 5 A fluid.

IHORIZONTAL

6 Used by modistes. 8 A prefix. 9 Channel of a small stream.

VERTICAL

1 A preposition. 2 An association of different

things. 3 To wander.

4 Born (masculine) 6 A conjunction. 7 Participle of savoir.

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Puzzle 9

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Puzzle 10

1 Prefix meaning half-way. 2 Formed by contraction c

words. 4 We can’t stop its passing.

1 Necessary in solving all word puzzles.

3 Pronoun (plural). 5 A direction.

HORIZONTAL

8 Abbreviation of terms used in >f two addressing royalty.

9 Sometimes used with yeux and

VERTICAL

6 Girl’s name—improperly Gal¬ licized.

7 Worse.

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Puzzle 10

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Puzzle 11

1 An exclamation. 4 Formed from briser. 6 An article.

HORIZONTAL

7 A conjunction. 8 A rival. 10 Derived from verb £tre.

1 Improves breakfast. 2 Derived from rire. 3 Alone.

VERTICAL

4 A grain. 5 Derived from avoir. 9 Used in musical notation.

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Puzzle 11

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Puzzle 12

HORIZONTAL

1 German Cavalryman. 6 Derived from avoir. 8 A letter of the Greek alphabet.

10 A note of the musical scale. 11 A city in Greece.

12 Indicates negation. 13 A conjunction. 14 A Departement in Southern

France. 16 To fade.

2 Part of a laugh. 3 Generous. 4 Derived from avoir. 5 Proceeds from. 7 Extensive.

VERTICAL

9 A member of a tribe of North American Indians.

10 An imaginary being. 14 Derived from aller. 15 Derived from rire.

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Puzzle 13

1 Dumb. 4 A summit. 6 A box. 7 Au animal used for food. 8 Found in cities.

2 The last. 3 To keep quiet. 4 A line of French kings. 5 An American religious cult. 9 To employ.

HORIZONTAL

10 A master musician (Italian)/ 13 An adverb. 14 A beast of burden. 16 A meadow.

VERTICAL

11 At the. 12 Egyptian god. 13 A popular resort in Southern

France.

17 Customs (of a country). 19 Derived from voir. 20 A novel written by George

Sand.

15 Chosen. 18 A conjunction. 19 Derived from aller.

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Puzzle 13

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Puzzle 14

1 One of the bridges in Paris. 4 A numeral. 7 Peoples. 9 Almost extinct.

11 Another disjunctive personal pronoun.

13 First part of name of a fa¬ mous African explorer.

1 One of the railway stations in Paris.

2 A canton in Switzerland. 3 A note of the musical scale. 4 An adjective. 5 Another railway station in

Paris. 6 Convenient in case of rain.

HORIZONTAL

14 Separates France and America. 16 A conjunction. 17 Leads a hard life in Spain. 18 Form of avoir. 19 A cereal. 20 An expression of disdain. 22 The scene of one of Napoleon’s

victories.

VERTICAL

8 Often mentioned in the Arabian Nights.

10 A tool. 12 Frequently a component of

American breakfasts. 14 Ripe. 15 On the level of the earth. 18 The dawn.

24 Derived from verb meaning to dare.

25 Also. 28 Descendant of Mahomet. 29 Prefix used in terms of avia¬

tion.

21 A character in one of Shake¬ speare’s tragedies.

23 A month. 24 A goose. 26 A Chaldean city. 27 Often used with feminine

nouns.

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Puzzle 14

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Puzzle 15

1 A French river. 5 Something you love to touch. 7 A French Departement.

10 A chemical element. 11 A Grecian deity. 12 Always feminine. 14 A digit. 16 A writer highly esteemed in

France.

1 Harbor. 2 CapitaljJofjjAnnam. 3 Necessary to a profile. 4 Derived from avoir. 5 Neeessary in order to enter

Number 1. 6 A Grecian god—the son of

Jupiter and Menalippe. 8 Characteristic of many don¬

keys and horses (infinitive).

HORIZONTAL

17 A personal obligation (Eng¬ lish).

19 Found in a pack of playing cards.

20 The key of C. 21 A town in Italy (scene of a

battle in 1848).

VERTICAL

9 Entertained by most suitors. 12 Purified. 13 A vegetable. 15 Derived from verb meaning

sounding (of a clock). 17 One of Jupiter’s little friends. 18 First word of the hymn of

Saint John the Baptist.

23 A much used prefix. 24 Derived from verb meaning to

dream. 26 Derived from sortir. 28 Name of a piano made in

France. 30 Derived from faire. 31 A city in Asia Minor.

21 The Departement in which Nimes is situated.

22 Derived from oser. 25 Derived from aller. 27 Found in all vertebrates. 29 Suffix giving emphasis. SO Fourth note of the musical

scale.

Puzzle 15

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Puzzle 16

1 The seat of a Bishopric in the Departement of Orne.

5 Necessary in communicating by telephone.

9 A voice used in four-part writ¬ ing.

10 A blow. 11 A place. 12 A sculptor’s tool.

1 To render salty. 2 That class of society to which

you and I belong. 8 Derived from 6tre. 4 A chemical element. 5 The antithesis of douceur.

HORIZONTAL

13 A conjunction. 14 An English author. 16 Termination of verbs of the

second conjugation. 17 Prefix indicating repeated ac¬

tion. 18 A ceremonial requirement. 19 Derived from naitre. 20 A preposition.

VERTICAL

6 To be observed by our neigh¬ bors.

7 A plant often used for hay. 8 Derived from operer.

15 A diphthong. 20 Derived from durer. 22 Derived from hair.

21 An exclamation. 23 Joins the head and shoulders. 25 A departement in France near

the Swiss border. 28 Bitter. 30 Worse. 31 Used in screening. 32 Derived from user.

23 Colloquial for cela. 24 Saturn’s wife. 26 Choler (poetical). 27 Adverb used with pas and

point. 29 2nd pers. sing, of 6tre. 30 Part participle of to be able.

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Puzzle 16

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Puzzle 17

HORIZONTAL

2 A model for procedure. 20 Denoting personal possession 34 8 Used to identify musical com¬ (feminine).

positions. 21 A diphthong. 36 10 Legal tender. 23 Any distinguished aviator. 39 12 Personal pronoun. 24 Derived from rire. 13 Unit of superficial area. 25 A Lake in Turkestan. 15 A member of the onion family. 26 Shaved. 40 16 Thirteenth letter of the Greek 28 Helpful in concluding prayers. 41

alphabet. 30 A river in Russia. 42 17 Antithesis of triste. 32 (He) lies. 19 An article. 33 A Chinese coin.

VERTICAL

1 Fruits often used for jelly. 11 A language formerly spoken 27 2 Derived from 6tre. in the North of France. 28 3 Bone. 13 A diphthong. 29 4 An old quartier in Paris. 14 Period of time. 31 5 An article. 17 Derived from raser. 34 6 A king of Israel—assassinated 18 Firing (military). 35

by one of his generals. 20 One of Napoleon’s famous vic¬ 7 A spinner. tories. 37 9 Derived from plaindre. 22 Winged animals. 38

25 The soul.

French authoress (19th cen¬ tury).

Troublesome. Name of wine produced by a

certain commune in Cham¬ pagne.

He. Usage of country. Abbreviation for Post

Scriptum.

Adam’s first wife. (He) amused. Cart. A tropical plant. Frozen water. An island in the Atlantic be¬

longing to France. A conjunction. Termination of a large number

of Latin words.

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Puzzle 17

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Puzzle 18

2 A possessive adjective. 19 3 Used as a conjunction or ad- 20

verb. 22 6 A composer of popular light 23

operas—born in Paris. 24 10 Participial form of savoir. 26 13 Burns with luminous flame. 14 A sound occasioned either by 27

pleasure or pain. 30 16 A personal pronoun. 32 17 Aroused. 18 A river in Switzerland.

1 A form of anger. 12 2 Abbreviation of His Majesty. 4 Termination of a large num- 14

ber of Latin words. 5 A continent. 15 7 The name of two popes. 8 A color. 21 9 One who strikes.

11 Factory. 22

HORIZONTAL

A geographical term. A small town near La Rochelle. Joined together. Used. One of the sacred Hindu books. Prefix indicating repeated ac¬

tion. Broken. Thou (art). Celebrated Minnesinger of the

13th century.

VERTICAL

An ancient country in Asia Minor.

Demonstrative pronoun (col¬ loquial).

Characteristic termination of verbs of second conjugation.

Status of a few American com¬ munities.

White lead (paste).

34 One of Napoleon’s Mar&haux. 35 Prefix meaning three times. 36 A gaseous mixture. 37 Found in cities in France. 39 That which designates any

person or thing. 41 An ejaculation. 42 Used in making baskets. 43 The scene of an opera by Ed.

Lalo.

23 One of the Muses. 25 Heavenly bodies. 28 Unsuccessful artists. 29 Chance. 31 A county in Scotland. 33 A town on the Somme. 38 Two vowels. 40 A conjunction.

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Puzzle 18

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Puzzle 19

1 One of the planets. 4 Essential word in the vocabu¬

lary of a “vamp.” 8 Useful word in the vocabulary

of a “vamp.” 9 The antithesis of mieux.

10 Ridiculous. 13 Spirited. 15 Introduces a conditional

phrase. 16 A Preposition. 17 A letter of the Greek alphabet.

1 Useful in-’drinking. 2 Emotion. 3 A religious ceremony. 5 A blade of wheat. 6 Rhyme. 7 A departement in France—also

the name of a river. 11 Shell (of Crustacea). 12 A Trojan prince. 13 Useful in a lover’s vocabulary.

HORIZONTAL

18 Termination of verbs of the first conjugation.

19 A character in Peer Gynt. 20 A character in a novel by Le

Sage. 22 A Prime Minister under

George III of England. 23 A character in the Old Testa¬

ment. 25 A watering place in France. 27 They (masculine). 29 A high card.

VERTICAL

14 Derived from nuire. 19 At the-(plural). 21 Short poem. 22 North wind. 24 Species of gelatinous algae. 25 A small French river passing

through Saint-Omer. 26 Where. 28 Giving reflexive significance. 30 Precise.

30 That which has no merit or value.

32 Colloquial for voyez. 33 A famous Italian family. 36 One of the minor prophets. 40 Derived from pouvoir. 41 Fire (military). 43 A domestic animal. 44 The theme of many successful

dramas.

31 An affluent of the River Garonne.

34 A Belgian watering place. 35 An Egyptian king. 37 Derived from seoir. 38 A period of time. 39 A language formerly spoken

in the south of France. 42 A preposition.

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Puzzle 19

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Puzzle 20

1 Bare. 4 Part of a cathedral. 7 King of Judea in the 10th cen¬

tury B.C. 10 Derived from avoir. 11 Derived from user. 12 An Athenian tragic poet. 13 A girl’s name. 15 To be said of most kings. 17 Should bring discretion.

1 An old province in France. 2 An article. 3 A volcano. 4 Cloud. 5 Derived from 6tre. 6 Disguise—as used by courte¬

sans. 7 Pointed. 8 May be musical, but usually is

L* * not-

HORIZONTAL

18 Brisk or lively. 19 Latin prefix used with certain

French words. 22 The key of C. 23 May signify either negation or

birth. 24 Used in narratives (past defi¬

nite). 26 A note of the scale. 27 A watering-place in the south

of France.

VERTICAL

9 A girl’s name (popular in Rus¬ sia).

14 An English painter (18th cen¬ tury).

16 A unit for the measurement of work.

20 A character in Victor Hugo’s “L’Homme qui Rit.”

21 Road (Latin).

28 Found at Dax. 29 Case. 30 Participle used in describing

a stay at Dax. 31 A possessive adjective. 33 A lake in America. 36 Used for vines. 38 A heavy fog. 39 Appropriate to. 40 A famous engineering achieve¬

ment.

22 A city in Russia. 24 Fire. 25 Derived from taire. 30 Familiar term of endearment. 32 God of war (mythological). 34 Pseudonym of a modern French

author 35 Adverb denoting today. 37 Familiar expression for “my

friend.”

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Puzzle 20

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Puzzle 21

1 Harbor or roadstead. 5 Colloquial for voila. 7 A desert in Mongolia.

11 United. 12 A bird adored by the early

Egyptians. 13 Theirs. 14 Derived from avoir. 16 Fatigued. 17 Used with reflexive verbs. 18 Plural of lui. 20 Derived from aller. 22 Conjunction.

1 Bed of a small stream. 2 Curve obtained by joining the

ares of two circles with dif¬ ferent radii.

3 A town on the River Dr6me. 4 Piece of metal used on the end

of axles. 6 A Roumanian coin. 7 A river in Arizona. 8 Species of mango found in

Gabon. 9 Brownish gray (fem.).

HORIZONTAL

25 Form of bobbin used in spin¬ ning.

27 Desirable when sleeping. 28 An affluent of the Volga. 29 An ecclesiastic. 32 A boy’s name. 35 Thee. 37 A preposition plus an article. 39 A pronoun. 40 Thou (colloquial). 41 A beverage for the immature. 42 Found in French theatres. 43 A letter of the Greek alphabet. 44 Latin word for “Hail.”

VERTICAL

10 First word of three constitut¬ ing name of a town near Dijon.

14 Demands or requires. 15 A famous German general

during the thirty years war. 17 “Hail!” 19 One. 21 A prefix. 23 Imprint or vestige. 24 A letter of the Greek alphabet. 26 Your (plural).

45 Possessive pronoun. 47 Unit of weight, measure and

money among the ancient Romans.

48 Derived from naitre. 50 Colloquial for voyez. 51 A conjunction. 52 Second note of the musical

scale. 53 Antithesis of amis. 54 Personal pronoun. 55 A mineral. 56 A beast of burden.

30 Bathes (he, she or it). 31 Point of one’s objective. 33 Mean or contemptible. 34 Compliments or encomiums. 36 A Jewish prophet. 38 A boy’s name. 40 One of the Swiss cantons. 43 Derived from partir. 46 Necessary for flight. 49 An affluent of the Danube. 50 Only one for each of us.

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Puzzle 21

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Puzzle 22

1 The objective of most mortals’ lives.

5 Derived from 6tre. 7 The distance between the two

edges of a piece of cloth. 9 Alas!

10 Abbreviation also used in Eng¬ lish.

12 Used in cricket. 14 To entreat.

2 Derived from lire. 3 Intimate. 4 He. 5 An ejaculation. 6 Derived from fetre. 7 A Buddhist priest. 8 A conjunction.

10 Ending of verbs of first con¬ jugation.

11 Demonstrative pronoun. 13 A town near Avignon. 14 A river in Italy.

HORIZONTAL

17 A musical instrument. 19 One of the first aviators. 21 Latin word for thing. 23 A verb often used in addressing

the lazy. 24 Custom. 26 Derived from user. 29 A necessary action for all

human beings.

VERTICAL

15 Derived from rire. 16 Pickled (as with herring). 18 To make a record of. 20 A useful mineral. 21 Old name for gruau. 22 A famous French author. 25 A river in Siberia. 27 Resounding. 28 A large South American par¬

rot. 30 One of Napoleon’s famous vic¬

tories.

32 To hold. 34 An affluent of the Amazon. 37 United. 38 A famous French general. 39 One of the Cyclades. 41 Thine. 44 Needs clothing. 45 Wearers of clothing.

31 A useful Latin prefix. 32 Thou. 33 A chemicarelement—rare. 35 An island immortalized by

Dumas. 36 A small town in the departe-

ment of Haute-Sadne. 37 The key of C. 40 Derived from savoir. 42 An interjection. 43 A personal pronoun.

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Puzzle 22

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Puzzle 23

1 A city in Morocco. 4 One of a chain of mountains. 7 A personal pronoun. 8 Sometimes used to designate

street numbers. 9 A metal.

10 Implies an absence of clothing. 12 God (Italian).

1 The departement in which Quimper is situated.

2 Chosen. 8 To handle delicately. 5 Something to be observed by

our neighbor.

HORIZONTAL

13 The action of seizing or grip¬ ping strongly.

16 An island in the Mediterra¬ nean.

17 A famous English surgeon born in 1755.

18 A period of time.

VERTICAL

6 A language spoken in the south of France.

11 A river in Germany. 12 Thaw. 14 Proper name (feminine).

20 A body of water. 22 A small stream. 23 A Latin preposition used in

both French and English. 24 (He) goes. 25 A letter in the Greek alphabet. 26 Synonym for beau.

15 Eyelash. 19 The mating season for deer

and other animals. 21 Hail (Latin).

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Puzzle 23

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Puzzle 24

1 Capable of crystallizing in three different forms.

9 The son of Jupiter and Mena- lippe.

10 Chosen (plural). 11 Situated (at).

1 An agreeable ensemble of sounds.

2 Almost obsolete political office. 3 They. 4 Personal pronoun. 3 A frequently used prefix. 6 Derived from plaire. 7 An always warlike tribe. 8 A drying-machine.

HORIZONTAL

13 (The) ones. 14 A Portuguese colony. 16 A letter in the Greek alphabet. 17 Inevitably in the past. 18 A cover.

VERTICAL

12 A lake in the Soudan. 14 A town in the Departement of

the Hautes-Alpes. 15 An interjection expressing

pain. 19 A Chinese unit of measure. 21 None (German). 22 Term used in piquet.

20 Joined together. 23 A copper coin. 25 Crude. 27 (The) ayes. 28 A disease of the skin.

23 The English equivalent of Suzanne (colloquial).

24 Language formerly spoken in the north of France.

26 2nd person singular of the verb “to be.”

27 An abbreviation for opus (musical term).

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Puzzle 24

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Puzzle 25

1 Language formerly spoken in the south of France.

3 Necessary for winter sports. 7 To the. 9 Interjection expressing in¬

dignation. 11 An article. 12 A flower. 13 Mass of stone. 15 Theirs. 17 Irritable (plural).

1 Connotes surprise. 2 An orchestral instrument. 4 A personal pronoun. 5 A popular woman. 6 Derived from 6tre. 7 Derived from avoir. 8 Manners and customs.

10 The proper reply to improper advances.

12 Law (Latin). 14 To fix the central axis.

HORIZONTAL

21 Derived from avoir. 23 Ruth’s mother-in-law (bibli¬

cal). 24 An abbreviation for post-

scriptum. 25 Unwelcome serenaders. 27 Used (feminine plural). 28 (Thou) art. 29 Wrinkles. 31 Abbreviation for cela.

VERTICAL

15 Inhabitants of Switzerland (feminine).

16 A race horse. 18 To take a rosy tint. 19 Moved or affected (feminine

plural). 20 An attempt. 22 Abbreviation of three Latin

words often found in Chris¬ tian churches.

24 Pickled (as with herring).

32 Wild cherries. 34 A peak in the French Pyrenees. 35 Derived from savoir. 37 A town near La Rochelle. 38 The self (Latin). 40 Convulsive contraction of cer¬

tain muscles. 42 Same as 7. 43 Term used in playing bridge. 44 A note of the musical scale.

30 A wild dog (found in Australia). 32 Mine. 33 Derived from savoir. 34 Former name used for gruau. 36 An argillaceous material used

by the ancients. 37 A stream flowing into the

North Sea. 38 A conjunction. 39 Often begins a question. 41 Same as 31 horizontal.

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Puzzle 25

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Puzzle 26

1 Used for winter sports. 3 Expresses a sudden sound

(onomatopoetic). 6 A blade of wheat. 8 Colloquial term for household

servants. 11 Derived from voir. 13 A small Spanish coin. 14 A high card. 15 A wave. 17 Held.

1 Helpful in improving one’s personal appearance.

2 A personal pronoun. 3 A meadow. 5 A river in Africa. 6 Derived from 6tre. 7 A battle won by Alexander the

Great. 9 A unit of superficial area.

10 Concise.

HORIZONTAL

19 (I) deny. 20 Chain of mountains in Asia

Minor. 22 A reef in a sail (nautical). 23 The results of most of Na¬

poleon’s battles. 24 Derived from verb meaning to

place. 25 Years. 26 Jet (of gas). 28 Greek God of War.

VERTICAL

12 Subtract the letter E from the English synonym for Cosmos.

14 To render aromatic with anis (future).

16 An object of worship. 18 Region halfway between earth

and Hell (mythological). 20 Thus (Latin).

30 Well ventilated. 31 Termination of Latin nouns of

fourth declension. 32 Borders (of a forest). 35 One of a set of dominoes. 36 Machines used in harvesting. 38 Overcome with emotion. 39 Applied knowledge. 40 A Swiss River rising in the

Bernese Oberland.

21 Derived from avoir. 24 A color. 27 A Roman Emperor. 29 An objective pronoun. 30 A Norwegian proper name. 33 Part of a pulley. 34 A direction. 36 Derived from lire. 37 His, hers or its.

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Puzzle 26

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Puzzle 27

2 The original name of the Jew¬ ish people.

9 An evergreen tree. 11 One who kills. 12 Derived from boire. 13 A fabric. 15 A Russian emperor. 17 A shot.

1 A list. 3 A season. 4 Derived from boire. 5 Revenue. 6 A town in the Departement of

Seine-Inferieure. 7 A Swiss canton. 8 A French colonial possession.

10 Faith.

HORIZONTAL

18 A season. 20 An adverb. 21 A small blade of metal. 24 A form of contract. 25 A month. 27 Sleeping sickness. 30 One of the Judges of Israel. 32 A period of time.

VERTICAL

12 A street in the Latin quarter of Paris.

14 One of the British islands. 16 (A) united life (two words). 18 A boy’s given name (French). 19 Faded (after washing). 22 Ten square metres. 23 A volcano in Hawaii. 26 Indefinite.

33 A river in Central Asia. 35 Pertaining to Greece. 37 A duct. 38 The key of C. Major. 39 An early Italian painter. 42 Gives reflexive significance. 43 An edible plant (plural).

28 A town on the river Aube. 29 Locations. 31 Gross weight. 34 Fatigued. 36 A key. 37 A thousand. 40 An ancient city of Babylonia, 41 A conjunction.

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Puzzle 27

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Puzzle 28

1 Devilish (plural). 9 A rodent.

10 No one. 11 Crisis. 13 Delay. 15 An inland body of water. 16 Street. 18 Saturn’s wife.

1 Declension. 2 The first port of call in Chile

(south-bound). 3 Down. 4 To remove. 5 India. 6 Whom, which or what. 7 A river in Honduras.

HORIZONTAL

19 The river upon which Munich is situated.

21 Built. 22 One of the Balearic isles. 23 Gladness. 26 Eye-lashes. 29 Choler (poetic).

VERTICAL

8 Startling or impressive (plural).

12 Close-shaved. 14 A town in Vaucluse noted for

its jams and truffles. 17 Usual. 20 Derived from rire. 21 Ferry-boat. 24 (He, she or it) will go.

30 An interjection (same in both English and French).

32 Day (Spanish). 33 Health. 35 Sea. 37 To the (plural). 38 A macaw. 39 Prowlers by night.

25 A French writer of the 18th century (author of the novel L’EmigrS).

27 Imaginary. 28 Laban’s oldest daughter. 30 Prefix meaning six. 31 The son of Lot. 34 An Egyptian king. 36 Raw or crude.

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Puzzle 28

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Puzzle 29

1 Fang or tusk. 5 Tooth. 8 Curb (for a horse).

11 An Italian river. 13 A little plough used for turn¬

ing the ground under a second time.

14 Thou. 15 (He, she or it) is. 17 To the (plural).

1 An edible esculent. 2 Language formerly spoken in

„v.South of France. 3 A conveyance. 4 State of a living tissue in which

assimilation is less rapid than decay.

5 Dowry. 6 In. 7 Knack. 9 Road or way (Latin).

HORIZONTAL

18 Juice or essence. 19 (To) me. 21 Horn (orchestra). 22 Sovereigns. 23 A famous family of French

economists. 24 The English equivalent of

peche. 25 Brief—to the point.

VERTICAL

10 An English bank well-known in France.

12 Osmosis (plural). 14 A famous Marshal of France

under Louis Fourteenth. 16 A group of oases in the Central

Sahara occupied by France since 1901.

18 A girl’s name (Russian). 20 The English equivalent of

lierre.

26 A town in Belgium in the province of Hainaut.

28 A beast of burden. 30 A high card. 31 Musical compositions written

for three instruments. 33 A conjunction. 34 A port in Morocco. 36 Equal. 37 Seven.

21 A prefix meaning on this side of.

25 Swimming. 26 Skill or cunning. 27 Interjection serving as a mark

of reprobation. 29 State. 31 Such. 32 A sieve. 34 Thine. 35 Not.

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Puzzle 29

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Puzzle 30

1 The Departement in France of which Le Mans is the pr6- fecture.

7 A line of French kings of which Phillip VI was the first.

12 The name taken by those who revolted against Phillip II in Holland.

13 A stove—also a hot room. 14 Will or wish. 15 To roast. 17 Chosen. 19 Egyptian sun-god. 20 Nodules. 22 In.

2 The capital of Bengal (British India).

3 Street. 4 Thou (colloquial). 5 One of the American Great

Lakes. 6 Exodus (plural). 7 Watched (past definite). 8 The son of Pelops and the king

of Mycenae (Myth). 9 Derived from lire.

10 Goose. 11 Surrounded by water. 14 Scrapers or scratchers.

HORIZONTAL

23 Refined. 24 Their. 26 Machinery (theatrical). 27 A Belgian watering-place. 29 Thine. 30 Word. 31 The highest rank of nobility. 32 A butcher-shop. 33 Derived from avoir. 35 Rum. 36 Rate of interest. 38 A Greek orator and teacher of

Demosthenes. 40 Derived from rire. 42 Elegant (plural).

VERTICAL

16 Thou. 18 Unanimity. 20 Tsar of Russia from 1825 to

1855. 21 Sutures. 23 Derived from Fumer. 25 Rich. 28 A French General who served

in the Franco-Prussian War as well as the Great War.

33 The principal town in Devon¬ shire, England.

34 Priam's brother and Aurora’s husband (myth).

44 A conjunction. 45 Fifth note of the key of C. 47 A tribe of American Indians

that sold their lands to the Federal Government in 1872#

48 Elderly. 49 A town in Switzerland in the

canton of NeuchAtel noted for its watch factories.

51 Olio (used in cookery). 53 An obsolete unit of measure

approximately equivalent to a pint.

54 To be born.

37 Uvule (insert without change). 39 An affluent of the River Po. 41 A wife of Hercules. 43 The definite article. 44 A city in Czecho-Slovakia situ¬

ated on a river of the same name.

46 A departement in France trav¬ ersed by a river of the same name.

48 Abbreviation for altesse. 50 Here. 52 Chinese unit of length.

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Puzzle 30

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Puzzle 31

1 Paste. 5 Valley. 7 (He) takes aim.

11 A citrus fruit. 13 Advents. 15 If. 16 A bird of the pheasant family

found in America. 17 (Thou) art. 18 A boy’s name—also the first

name of the Count of Monte Cristo.

20 The name of a woman which recurs frequently in Lamar¬ tine’s Meditations.

22 Water. 23 Years.

HORIZONTAL

25 Summer. 26 Star. 28 Russian rulers (pre-Soviet). 30 Review. 31 A Greek hero, one of the Argo¬

nauts and father of Ajax. 34 An inhabitant of that part of

Indo-China which was an¬ nexed to Annam in 1822.

37 A hemispherical vase. 38 The plural of lui. 40 Termination of a class of

verbs which require the sound of c throughout their conjugation (example—to advance).

41 Mixture of wheat and rye. 43 Title used by civil function¬

aries in Turkey. 46 Gold. 47 Tar. 48 Abbreviation for Etats-Unis

(English). 49 Impregnated with castor oil. 51 Well-bred (feminine). 53 Head. 54 Situated (as used in juris¬

prudence). 55 Town in the ancient Persian

empire used as a residence by Darius.

1 Posture. 2 Dry or sterile (feminine). 3 Thine. 4 Environs. 5 Derived from vendre. 6 Sheets (of metal). 7 Widows. 8 Prefix used to indicate nega¬

tion. 9 To measure by the cubic

meter. 10 Fore-lock (of a gun-carriage). 12 A beverage more esteemed in

America than in France.

VERTICAL

14 Theft. 19 Sailor. 21 Of or pertaining to Italy. 24 Nephew. 26 A Finnish port. 27 A period of time. 28 A cupel. 29 Type representatif du gouv-

erneraent ou des citoyens des Rtats-Unis.

82 Name formerly applied to Spain.

38 Elegy.

Uproar or quarrel (plural). Difficult (feminine). Chosen (feminine). Town in Spain from which

Sherry wine is shipped. Dead. An electrically charged par¬

ticle. Synonym for fou. Teacher of Demosthenes. Abbreviation for compte. Seen.

35 36 38 39

41 42

44 45 50 52

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Puzzle 31

Puzzle 32 I

1 Foreseen. 6 Convict-galleys.

11 Past participle of verb mean¬ ing to soil.

12 A river in Spain passing through Zaragoza.

13 One. 15 Related (feminine). 17 Neither. 18 A syllable often found in

Scotch names. 20 A river in Spain—an affluent

of the Guadalquivir. 21 The fifth son of Jacob.

1 Pens. 2 (Thou) art. 3 The Departement in which

Toulon is situated. 4 Gorse. 5 The foster-father of Bacchus. 6 A silly thing. 7 The second son of Adam and

Eve. 8 Pleasure. 9 Not.

10 Fish-nets. 14 Rowing. 16 Blockhead.

HORIZONTAL

22 Uniform or equal. 24 Derived from naitre. 25 Damaged or spoiled. 26 A descendant of Shem. 28 Derived from verb meaning to

stretch oneself out (present ind.).

30 Wheat. 31 Derived from oter. 32 Mural (feminine). 35 An epic poem written by

Virgil. 38 Macaws. 39 Such.

VERTICAL

17 An East Indian plant from which an ointment is pre¬ pared.

19 Town in Northern France— scene of heavy fighting be¬ tween the Germans and British.

21 One of the fifty daughters of Danaus, king of Argos.

23 Lilac. 25 Suckled. 27 Such. 29 Style or taste. 32 Moors.

41 Decree. 42 United. 43 Another name for the devil. 45 Moved or affected. 46 The second note of the scale. 47 Derived from verb meaning to

suffer or endure (future.) 49 Prefix meaning out of. 50 A famous spy during the late

war. 51 A modern French writer. 53 A pig (of lead). 54 Raised or lifted.

33 Ballot-box. 34 Stallion. 35 Derived from verb meaning to

enlarge or widen. 36 Tithe. 37 Studied. 40 Been. 43 Composition written for a

single instrument. 44 Dwarfish. 47 River in Siberia, affluent of

the Obi. 48 An affluent of the Rhine. 50 Drunk. 52 The.

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Puzzle 32

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Puzzle 33

1 To put in order. 6 A rare metal.

11 The father of Theseus. 12 Here. 13 Course or way. 14 Watered. 16 To streak. 18 Layman. 19 Shower. 21 Salt. 22 (He) tries or tastes. 24 Street. 26 Obsolete word for sceau. 28 An affluent of the Rhine. 30 An ancient kingdom of Spain,

joined to Castille in 1230.

1 Spanish coins. 2 A city in Bengal. 3 Species of molluscs found in

warm waters. 4 Prefix—of or pertaining to the

earth. 5 Nothing. 6 A French river joining the

Seine at Conflans. 7 Sea. 8 Rainbow-colored (feminine). 9 Urea (chemical).

10 Whiting (ichthyological). 15 Blockhead.

HORIZONTAL

32 One of the four writers of the Gospels.

33 Choler (poetic). 34 A river in Finland, rising in a

lake of the same name. 36 Town 45 kilometers S.E. of

Avignon, famous for its jams.

38 Month. 41 Worse. 43 Case. 44 Friend. 46 A city in Belgium in the prov¬

ince of Brabant. 49 Arab word for fils.

VERTICAL

17 Third (adverb). 20 Swedish river emptying into

the Gulf of Bothnia. 23 Past definite of aller. 25 Doctor of Law or Theology

among Mussulmans. 27 Rump. 28 City in Peru situated on a river

of the same name. 29 Bed. 31 Yes. 34 Same as 59 across. 35 Epistle. 37 Pickax.

51 A dog used for hunting (same word as in English).

53 Chain of mountains in the Graian Alps.

55 Way of a ship (nautical). 56 Interjection used as a call to

someone else. 57 French writer (1638-1710)

founded the Mercure Galant in 1672.

58 English historian (1834-1895) wrote on the expansion of

j England. 59 Edicts of a tsar.

39 Egyptian God, husband of Isis. 40 Derived from verb meaning to

sound. 42 Knew (fem.). 43 These. 45 Mother. 47 Illustrious French family of

Picardy. 48 Place. 50 Foundation or groundwork. 52 Such. 54 Character in Wagner’s Les

MaUres Chanteurs.

■ I

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Puzzle 33

59

Puzzle 34

1 Lay-monks. 6 Beaches.

12 The chemical element ura¬ nium.

14 Irritated. 15 A town on the Oise, one of the

principal points on the Hin- denburg Line.

16 Third. 18 Favorite and minister of

Ahasuerus. 19 Colloquial for voyez. 20 God of the North wind (myth). 22 Occurs in the name of the best-

known Caliph of Bagdad.

1 Oh! 2 Short, concise. 3 Household God (myth). 4 Donkey. 5 Thee. 7 The. 8 A Turkish officer. 9 A famous Portuguese explorer.

10 Shell (of a nut). 11 A Japanese coin. 13 A fabric, also a Russian sur¬

name. 16 Thine. 17 Wheel at the throat of a pulley.

HORIZONTAL

23 Second note of the scale. 24 Language. 26 And. 28 Heap. 29 Small red apple. 31 Utopia. 32 Plaits. 33 Millet (botanical). 35 Daughter of Cadmus (myth). 36 (Thou) art. 38 Salt of Nitric Acid. 41 Me. 42 Latin prefix. 44 Skull.

VERTICAL

20 Basilica. 21 Equality. 23 Derived from verb meaning to

roll. 24 Rabbit. 25 Thorn. 27 Truce. 28 River in Siberia, affluent of the

Obi. 30 Prefix from the Greek signify¬

ing equality. 34 Of or pertaining to the mouth

(feminine).

45 A town in the Haute-Sadne. 46 Knell. 48 They. 49 Trot. 51 The faithful servant and

guardian of the flocks of Ulysses.

53 Cope (church garment). 54 King of Ithaca and father of

Ulysses. 55 Famous writer and political

economist of France—wrote a brochure on Le Tiers Etat.

37 Derived from verb meaning to salute.

39 Prefix meaning three. 40 Years. 41 Short-sighted. 43 Lady. 45 A famous British poet (1716-

1771). 46 Time of freezing. 47 Sir (Old English). 49 A beverage. 50 Thine (plural). 52 A conjunction. 58 Here.

Puzzle 34

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Puzzle 35

1 Growing gray. 11 The family name of Voltaire. 12 An island in the SEge&n Sea

not far from the Dar¬ danelles.

14 A fairy queen mentioned by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliette.

15 Plague. 17 So (Latin). 18 And. 19 A character in Shakespeare’s

Tempest. 20 He.

1 Free of charge. 2 Abbreviation for Robert. 8 A diphthong. 4 Separates. 5 Derived from oter. 6 Synonym for “ nichee ” 8 Note well (Latin). 7 A girl’s name. 9 Prefix meaning three.

10 Type of 14th century play in which political satire pre¬ dominated (plural).

HORIZONTAL

31 A famous Spanish painter (1588-1060)..

24 Name of engineer who de¬ signed the highest edifice in the world.

27 One of the major prophets. 28 Eliza. 29 Latin prefix meaning to. 30 In. 31 Comforts. 34 Derived from verb meaning to

emanate. 36 The son of Daedalus. 38 Spider-monkeys.

VERTICAL

11 American women. 13 Infant-school. 16 If. 22 King of Israel (942-928 b.c.)

murderer of the prophet Jehu.

23 A duck furnishing a valuable down.

25 Laziness, inertia (colloquial). 26 Ultimate. 32 Ikons. 33 Signal.

39 A lake in Eastern Soudan. 40 Derived from verb meaning to

glean. 42 Roman numerals for six. 43 Town in Austria situated on a

river of the same name, also an affluent of the Danube.

45 Nothing (Latin). 46 Salt. 47 Liquid exuded by the cuttle¬

fish (plural). 49 Measured. 51 Armory.

34 To expose for sale. 35 An important city on the

Loire, chef-lieu of Ni&vre. 37 French equivalent of Ailsa. 38 Derived from animer. 41 An interjection (same word as

in English). 44 A Belgian watering-place. 46 Past participle of savoir. 48 He. 50 Abbreviation for His Majesty.

02

Puzzle 35

63

Puzzle 36

1 Advance. 6 Dead.

11 Placed. 12 Istar 14 A plant of the species which

includes lavender and thyme.

15 The surname of a famous Ger¬ man chancellor.

17 Yellow ocher (as used by the ancients).

18 A town on the Garonne, Chef- lieu of Lot-et-Garonne.

19 Descendants of Jacob.

1 Love-affairs. 2 Derived from vivre. 3 A type of Italian winesf. 4 Here. 5 Trial. 0 A trunk. 7 Gold. 8 Stem (of a plant). 9 Adam's wife.

10 Senile. 13 Third i>arty. 16 Barbarian invaders of Europe,

conquered Italy under Theodoric.

HORIZONTAL

20 Prefix indicating repeated ac¬ tion.

22 Choler (poetic). 23 The (Arabic). 24 A town in the Bavarian Palat¬

inate. 27 Likeness. 29 A famous French writer and

humorist (author of The Man with a Broken Ear).

30 A county in Ireland. 31 A monkey. 33 Digression. 35 Derived from avoir. 36 A Norwegian unit of money.

VERTICAL

18 Synonym for valence (chemi¬ cal).

21 Thick. 23 Principal public place in the

ancient Greek cities. 25 Arab word for son. 20 Had (feminine). 27 Island. 28 Name given in Turkey to of¬

ficers above the grade of Major.

31 To sift. 32 Past definite of verb meaning

to rumple.

38 The little river passing through St. Omer.

39 A quality of mind fatal to the solution of cross-word puz¬ zles.

41 A Persian monarch. 43 A blade of wheat. 44 A river in Spain (Spanish

spelling). 46 They. 47 The muse of elegiac poetry. 49 Roast meat. 50 Giggler (feminine). 51 A saint—celebrated on Sep¬

tember 26th.

34 Checkered. 36 Operates. 37 Published. 39 A famous Marechal of France

18th century. 40 Same as 44 across—French

spelling. 42 Today (old form). 45 Abbreviation for Robert (Eng¬

lish). 47 (Thou) art. 48 Where.

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Puzzle 36

65

Puzzle 37

HORIZONTAL

1 Another name for Cybele (myth).

4 One of the Cyclades Islands. 6 Gush (of water). 9 Rate of interest.

11 Shell (artillery). 13 Seen, i 15 Uric (chemical) (plural). 17 Neither. 18 River in Wurtemberg, affluent

of the Neckar. 20 (He) yodles. 21 Tone. 22 Handle of a plough.

24 Concise. 25 (To) me. 26 Beings. 28 To make. 30 Celebrated Dutch painter,

1567-1641. 31 Derived from glaner. 33 Derived from the verb mean¬

ing to evade. 35 Summer. 36 Public Market (in the Orient). 38 Epoch. 39 Is. 40 (I will) do.

VERTICAL

1 Bank (of a river). 2 And. 3 Water. 4 Former king of the Lapides—

condemned to perpetual tor¬ ture in Hades (myth).

5 One of Napoleons most illus¬ trious Marechaux.

6 Gravy. 7 (Thou) art. 8 Care.

10 A canton in Switzerland. 12 A mill-race. 14 The most southerly of the

Shetland Islands. 16 City in Mexico where the Em¬

peror Maximilian was exe¬ cuted.

42 Well-known watering-place on the river Lahn near Cob- lentz.

44 Me. 45 Town in the Aisne—at eastern

end of Chemin des Dames. 47 Woman changed into a heifer

by Jupiter (myth). 48 Dish. 49 Collars* 51 The husband of Bathsheba. 52 A family of famous French

Economists. 53 Beloved.

17 Black. 19 A well-known center for moun¬

tain climbing in Switzer¬ land.

21 Roofing. 23 Trouble. 25 Trunk (baggage). 26 Unit of work (physics). 27 His, her or its (plural). 28 Fairy. 29 Period of time 32 High treason (used in connec¬

tion with another word). 34 Popular expression for a small

glass of beer. 36 A well-known English poet

1795-1821.

37 The ancient capital of Lor¬ raine, situated on the river Meurthe.

39 An Australian bird of marked paternal proclivities.

40 Brother (ecclesiastical). 41 The wife of Athamas, King of

Thebes (myth). 43 A fish immortalized by Mar-

guery. 45 Key. 46 A king of Israel assassinated

by one of his generals. 48 3.1416. 50 If or whether.

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Puzzle 37

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Puzzle 3$

1 The most important constitu¬ ent of Jugo-Slavia.

6 Carefully done. 11 One of tne most prolific writers

of English Romances. 13 A feminine mule. 15 First word in a three-letter

expression meaning blind- alley.

16 The sacred bull of the ancient Egyptians.

18 Stretched out. 19 Pertaining to the emotions or

senses. 20 A Chinese measure.

1 Mother of Dionysus—king of Thebes.

2 Rattling in the throat. 3 Goods. 4 Prefix used in composition as

particle of negation. 5 A Portuguese com. 6 A body of water near the Isle

of Wight. 7 Gold. 8 Ethics—from the Greek word

meaning the antithesis of pathos.

9 Oasis in the Sahara to the south of Ghadames.

HORIZONTAL

21 Gift or donation. 23 Laughed. 24 Same as 46 down on the pre¬

vious page. 26 A port in the Azores. 28 The builder of the Ark. 29 An allegorical poem of Alfred

de Vigny. 30 God. 31 Conscience. 32 A town in Austria—noted for

its production of mercury. 36 Thine. 38 The. 40 (He) had.

42 Thou. 43 Showers. 45 A Christian Greek recognizing

the spiritual sovereignty of the pope.

47 Synonym for arrete (same as word in English).

48 Characteristic termination of certain irregular verbs.

50 Popular expression for a rub¬ ber tire.

51 Honeyed (feminine). 54 An afternoon nap. 55 (Nails or pins) with heads

removed.

VERTICAL

10 Improved. 35 12 A Chinese surname. 14 Usefully. 37 17 A rapid turn executed by a 39

danseuse. 41 22 But. 25 A British beverage. 44 26 Well! Indeed! 46 27 French equivalent of Adah. 28 Precise. 31 Species of liliaceous plant from 49

which a bitter gum is ex- 52 tracted. 53

33 Laid waste. 34 Bed of a stream.

Country in ancient Asia to the northeast of Palestine.

Perspirations. Military caps. Famous Belgian philologist,

1547-1606. Cupola. Town in Eure-et-Loir—site of

chateau erected by Henry II for Diane de Poitiers.

He. And. C major.

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Puzzle 38

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Puzzle 39

1 A German lyric poet-Suabian School—1787-1862.

6 French soldier of whom the words “sans peur et sans reproche” were first used.

11 Particular name applied to certain mountains in Au¬ vergne.

12 Famous French artist 1748- 1826, court painter of Na¬ poleon I.

14 Duet. 15 One of the Cyclades. 17 Administrative Division in

Japan corresponding ap¬ proximately to the Departe- ment in France.

1 City in Sweden, seat of a cele¬ brated university.

2 Town in Belgium on the Meuse—principal industry iron and steel.

3 Musical instrument used by the ancient Greeks.

4 Abbreviation for “Our Lady.” 5 The port and principal city of

Senegal. 6 To say two masses in one day. 7 Latin prefix meaning towards. 8 An Italian river flowing from

Lake Como to the river Po. 9 Street.

10 A parlor game.

HORIZONTAL

18 The same (Latin). 19 Madness (plural). 21 The (feminine). 23 Second person singular. Future

Tense of y£rb meaning to bore or drill.

25 Year. 26 A chain of mountains in North

Africa. 28 Great plain (South America). 30 Dwelling-places. 31 A deciduous fruit. 32 Liquid produced by crushing

sugar cane. 34 An ace. 35 Hermits.

VERTICAL

13 Vegetarians. 19 Rose-bushes. 20 Saliva (plural). 22 A mountain near Salonika—

seat of a famous monastery. 23 A French writer of romances,

author of Mon Oncle Ctlestin 1827-1898.

24 English equivalent of Prunel- les.

25 A British Admiral (1697-1762). 27 Lament (poetical). 29 Years. 31 South American river—sepa¬

rates Brazil from Paraguay. S3 Usance (commercial).

38 Abbreviation for “Our Lord.” 40 (I) sweat. 42 Sicilian shepherd beloved by

Galatea. 44 One of the Cyclades. 45 A German river, affluent of the

Rhine, flows through Wetz- lar.

47 Naked (feminine). 48 Wood destroyed or damaged

by fire. 50 Rook (chess). 51 Outcropping of a metalliferous

vein. 52 A continent.

36 Salt liquor resulting from the evaporation of water in salt marshes.

37 A city in Asia Minor conquered by the ancient Greeks.

39 A French river—affluent of the Rhone.

41 Lighthouse (Spanish). 43 A Russian composer. 46 Interjection used to stimulate

action or to make one jump. 48 Abbreviation for royal high¬

ness. 49 The thirteenth letter of the

Greek alphabet.

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Puzzle 39

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Puzzle 40

1 King of Judea 944-904 b.c. 4 Mothers. 8 Worse.

11 Of or pertaining to the tail (of an animal).

13 Married (feminine). 15 But. 16 Building (noun). 18 Neither. 19 A month of the year. 21 To wander. 22 One of the tribes of Israel. 23 English word for jeu.

1 A character in Racine’s tragedy Bajazet.

2 First name of a famous French actress.

3 At the. 4 Misses. 5 To choose. 6 To crumble. 7 One who sacrifices. 8 Letter in Greek alphabet. 9 One of Napoleon’s most fa¬

mous victories. 10 Fish-nets. 12 Of.

HORIZONTAL

25 Shore. 27 A character in the opera

Pailasse. 30 Finished (plural). 32 Appointments (political). 33 Beings. 34 Athenian demagogue satirized

by Demosthenes. 36 Epochs. 38 Italian composer and pianist

(1771-1839) passed the greater part of his life in Paris.

VERTICAL

14 Prefix indicating repeated ac¬ tion.

17 Abbreviation for brother. 20 To be ignorant of. 22 French dramatist and libret¬

tist 1811-1899; author of Les Deux Orphelines.

24 To love. 26 A stringed instrument. 28 (They) have. 29 Oriental public market. 31 Prefix meaning equal (from

the Greek). 33 Shoulder.

39 Tune ^musical). 41 Dormouse. 43 Animal living in the mountains

of Central Asia. 45 Customs (of a country). 46 Elysian (plural). 48 Synonym for ut. 49 A volcano in California. 51 Tunnel. 53 Vetch. 54 To sew or disseminate. 55 Girl’s name (English).

35 First name of Italian physicist Tesla.

37 A city in the Var near Toulon. 38 Poet. 40 A river rising in the German

Tyrol and flowing into the Danube.

42 Two consecutive consonants. 44 A port of call between Port

Said and Bombay. 46 Derived from 6tre. 47 Symbol for Tin (chemical). 50 Abbreviation for His Lordship. 52 Neither.

Puzzle 40

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Puzzle 41

1 Greek goddess of Love. 6 Great plains in Russia.

11 Second Caliph of the Moham¬ medan Empire, 634-644 a.d.

12 Shields. 13 Lake in Eastern Soudan. 15 City in Holland where a cele¬

brated treaty of peace was signed.

17 His. 18 Iva (botanical). 20 Kind of species. 21 Footstep. 22 The mother of Isaac. 24 Born (feminine).

1 An Italian port on the Adri¬ atic.

2 English for “non.” 3 Aroused. 4 Rodents. 5 Erroneous. 6 Sects. 7 French equivalent of Chinese

syllable Che. 8 (He, she or it) had. 9 Postscript (abbr.)

10 A famous Dutch scholar and philosopher, 1467-1536.

14 The English word for ovale.

HORIZONTAL

25 Hunger. 26 Pupil (feminine). 28 One of the Italian “Hill

Towns.” 30 Air (of distinction). 31 The oldest daughter of Laban. 32 Cherry. 35 (He) leans. 38 To hate. 39 Belgian watering-place. 41 Mildly stimulating beverage

(plural). 42 Past participle of avoir (fern.). 43 Dull or without lustre. 45 Moved or affected.

VERTICAL

16 Epoch. 17 Healthy. 19 A city in Eubea—destroyed by

the Persians about 490 b.c.

21 The last word uttered by Cyrano de Bergerac.

23 To have. 25 Sham (adjective). 27 A city in Austria on a river of

the same name. 29 I stand. 32 Sheiks. 33 Waters.

46 Phonetic pronunciation of the 23d letter of the alphabet.

47 Swinging at anchor (nautical). 49 He. 50 Deer. 51 Officers’ eating table (mili-

tary). 53 Supply the missing word in the

title of one of Victor Hugo’s plays, Le Roi-.

54 A Roman general who de¬ fended Gaul against the Franks and the Burgun¬ dians.

34 Regard. 35 A canal. 36 Prefix meaning half. 37 Species of Euphorbia. 40 Used in cooking. 43 Notice (noun). 44 Part of the Mediterranean Sea. 47 Singular of 33 down. 48 (He) is. 50 Abbreviation for Doctor of

Medicine. 52 If.

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Puzzle 41

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Puzzle 42

1 Spurious (feminine). 6 Expunged.

12 Part of Asia Minor inhabited by the most intelligent and hardy of the Greeks.

14 To adorn. 15 His (Latin). 16 The son of Abraham. 19 Past participle of devoir

(plural). 20 Tarnished or dull. 22 French Cardinal, ambassador

of Henry IV to Rome. 24 Sown or scattered. 25 The hero of Corneilles’ most

famous tragedy.

1 (I) did. 2 Ripened by the heat of the

last month of summer. 3 First (when used in conjunc¬

tion with vingt, trente, etc.). 4 If. 5 Breast. 7 Jibs (nautical). 8 Abbreviation for brother. 9 Swath (agricultural).

10 A port in Northern Africa be¬ longing to Spain.

11 Tare (plant). 13 (He) goes.

HORIZONTAL

27 Skin disease prevalent among negroes of French Colonies and Central America.

29 The seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

31 One of the longer rivers of Russia.

32 Not. 33 First book for children. 34 A Japanese coin. 35 Abbreviation of term used in

addressing a bishop. 36 (He) will go. 38 A girl’s name. 40 Late. 42 English for “oui.”

VERTICAL

17 Dry. 18 One of the judges of Israel. 21 Delays. 23 Metric foot composed of two

long syllables. 24 A legislative body in France. 26 He. 28 A river in Brazil, affluent of

the Amazon. 30 King of Hungary, 1041-1044. 31 Goddess (Latin). 36 Irony. 37 Colloquial for voyez. 39 Arian.

44 Therefore (Latin). 46 First or last piece of lumber

cut from a log with the bark retained.

48 The departement in which Grenoble is situated.

50 Public proclamation. 51 The father of Methuselah. 53 One of the Cyclades. 55 Cloth covering the neck and

shoulders of the priest at mass.

57 Twelvemonths. 59 French sculptor (1826-1905). 60 Shameless.

41 A family of American states¬ man and scholars.

42 A Japanese coin. 43 Thus (Latin). 45 One of the first French am¬

bassadors to America. 47 Egyptian king of the 19th

dynasty. 49 Persian ruler. 50 Bay (horse). 52 Gold. 54 Derived from oser. 56 This. 58 English for No.

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Puzzle 42

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Puzzle 43

1 (She) paints. 6 English word for diablotin. 8 Pulse.

13 A boy’s name. 15 Son of Apollo. 17 Neither. 18 Formed in ears (wheat). 19 Frozen. 20 Same as 17, 21 Town in Belgium on the

Dendre. 23 Member of a religious sect

which forbade the use of vestments in the second century.

25 Rice. 26 The king of beasts. 28 Outbursts or transports. 29 Date or period. 30 Name of numerous kings of

Norway during the time of the Vikings.

1 Penal. 2 Edition. 3 Guarded by Argus. 4 Nude. 5 Past definite of verb meaning

to strike. 6 Ideal (feminine). 7 Derived from paginer. 8 Battery (electric). 9 Derived from oser.

10 Key of C. 11 Emollient. 12 Sixteen. 14 Wrinkled. 16 Netting or snare. 22 Interjection meaning whoa or

stop.

HORIZONTAL

32 King of Israel from 919 to 918 B.C.

33 Wager (noun). 34 A great liar mentioned in the

Bible. 36 A container for water. 38 A follower of Nestorious, and

member of a religious sect which survived in Persia until the 11th century.

39 A famous French physicist, noted for his discoveries in the field of acoustics.

42 No friend of John the Baptist. 45 (He) prays. 46 East. 48 Mass of frozen snow—source of

glaciers. 49 Valley in the Spanish Pyrenees

—source of the Garonne. 50 Of or pertaining to an axis, j

VERTICAL

24 Peninsula in Greece producing a highly esteemed wine of the same name.

25 Rare (Latin). 27 Nun (spoken in jest). 29 Husband of Mary, Queen of

Scots, assassinated by Both- well.

31 Proud (feminine). 33 Greek hymn of victory. 34 Plank. 35 East. 36 Hither (Gaul). 37 Epoch. 40 Following a previously estab¬

lished principle (Latin) two words.

41 Bulk (shipments).

52 Old name for Tokio. 54 Mountain peak. 55 Former suburb of Paris—

home of Camille. 57 Piece of wood into which the

share of the plough is fast¬ ened.

58 Ahoy. 59 Swedish river emptying into

the gulf of Bothnia. 60 English statesman—champion

of Free Trade and the In¬ come Tax.

62 Here. 63 Oddity or eccentricity. 65 Dutch sixpenny piece. 67 Duck furnishing a valuable

down. 68 Derived from avoir. 69 African mammal feeding upon

carrion.

43 Ovoidal (plural). 44 Medicine. 46 Ecstasy. 47 Moles. 49 One of the vesicles of the

mouth. 50 Famous violin teacher now

living. 51 Joined together. 53 (He) gives his opinion. 55 Bitter. 56 Bavarian River passing

through Augsburg, and emptying into the Danube.

59 Lead paste. 61 Coastal river in Vendee. 64 Latin prefix. 66 The.

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Puzzle 43

79

1 L’Amerique (mot anglais). 7 Ville d’Espagne, archeveche,

universite, superbe cathe- drale renfermant les tombeaux de Ferdinand et d’Isabelle.

13 Nom de famille (Indoue). 14 Salle commune ou sont les lits

dans les couvents, les col¬ leges, etc.

16 Sue depure d’un fruit cuit. 17 Prefix indiquant la duplica¬

tion. 18 Petits couteaux chirugicales. 19 Pronom de la 3° personne des

deaux genres et des deux nombres.

21 Seme d’etoiles. 23 Instruments metalliques pour

ouvrir et fermer une ser- rure.

26 Nom vulgaire des mamiferes du genre bradype (Zool.).

27 Vieux mot qui signifie en les, en matiere de.

28 Prefix emprunte au latin et qui signifie demi (moins usite que demi).

1 Adducteur (abrev.). 2 Un mois. 3 (Tu)- 4 Genre d’insectes dipteres

brachyceres, comprenant des petites mouches noires ver¬ dures de France.

5 Cdte (Espagnol). 6 Ancienne province que Nord

de la France, reunie a la couronne sous Louis XIV par le traite des Pyrenees 1659.

7 Vampires qui, dans les super¬ stitions orientales, de- vorent les cadavres pendant la nuit.

8 Bords d’un fleuve. 9 Lac de l’Amerique du Nord.

10 Abreviation pour Altesse Royale.

11 Partie du corps des vertebres. 12 Nom vulgaire d’une espece de

plaqueminier, qui fournit un bois dur et noir.

15 Prenom personnel.

Puzzle 44

HORIZONTALE

(This puzzle entirely in French)

30 Espece de solanacee dont les feuilles, diversement pre- parees, se fument, se prisent ou se machent.

32 Situe. 34 Suite de termes se succedant

d’apres une loi. 35 Personnes qui cherchent a en

egaler une autre. 37 Marquer de sa signature. 38 Nom vulgaire d’une espece de

graminees qui produit le grain dont on fait le pain.

39 Artere qui nait de la base du ventricule gauche du coeur.

40 Terme d’echecs. Echec au roi qui termine la partie.

41 Meubles ou autres objets dis¬ poses pour qu’on puisse s’y asseoir.

43 (II) rend lent ou plus lent. 46 (II) debarasse de toute ordure. 47 Vingt-troisieme lettre de l’al-

phabet grec. 49 Grande-chaine de montagnes

dominant la cdte occidentale de L’Amerique du Sud.

50 Crochet de fer en forme d’un

VERTICALE

20 Obscurci par les nuages. 22 Navigateur Espagnol, recon-

nut le premier les cotes meri- dionales de l’Amerique du Sud, mort en 1576.

24 Types de biere forte de Bel¬ gique.

25 Sel qui s’attache au fond des podles quand on chauffe les eaux servant a la prepara¬ tion du sel.

28 Portion de cercle, comprise entre un arc et sa corde.

29 Petites parties qui tombent du pain quand on le coupe.

31 Pronom demonstratif, mas- culin singulier.

33 Qui a le cerveau trouble par les fumees du vin (Pluriel).

34 Tellement. 36 Tamis de crin, de soie, etc. 37 Mer (mot Anglais). 41 He Danoise dans la mer Bal-

tique. 42 Abreviation pour Eminence

(deux fois).

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S. Cheville plate qui se met au bout de l’essieu pour y maintenir la roue.

51 La chose ou la personne dont on parle.

52 Article servant a determiner les noms.

54 Enveloppe calcaire qui pro¬ tege le corps des testaces et des crustaces.

55 Qui peut se tordre (Peu us). 58 Carte a jouer, marquee d’un

seul point. 60 Faites en croix. 61 Largeur d’une etoffe entre ses

deux lisieres. 62 Mot, servant a designer une

personne ou une chose. 64 Divinites des montagnes

(Myth). 65 Genre de gros oiseaux palmi¬

pedes, dont plusieurs especes ont ete domesti- quees.

66 Droits sans detour (Pluriel). 67 Prev6t de Paris en 1408; tour

a tour favori et ennemi de Jean sans Peur (1360-1413).

44 En cet endroit, en cette situa¬ tion.

45 Famille noble de France, dont la branche la plus celebre est celle de Picardie.

47 Outils pour percer. 48 Poeme d’Homere en vingt-

quatre chants, le chef-d’¬ oeuvre de la poesie fipique.

51 De peu de longueur. 53 Pronom personnel feminine

de la troisieme personne (Pluriel).

55 fichange direct d’un objet contre un autre.

56 Tante (Espagnol). 57 Lettre e deux fois; lettre s

deux fois. 59 Lui, elle (en parlant des

choses). 61 Meuble sur lequel on se couche. 63 Abreviation pour Majeste

Royale. 65 Metal precieux d’une couleur

jaune.

Puzzle 44

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VOCABULARY

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Enoch eu fripa hier iode lai

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Eole eues fus Ho ion lama

Eolide Eumee hola Ionie lambics

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epltre eux gard hui ire Lassen

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sein soi tard trot user yen

seines soie tare true usine yes

seize soies tarote Tsars usite yeu

sel soigne soin

tas Tsian ut Ys

seme tasse tu Utahs Yves

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senat sennie sep

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sot tente uccle va Zermatt

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