. St. Nicholas [serial]. PI Peetsbrem wossh het ladownod roe, Twih nyam a lirbatnil locor;Het wrold si gretrhib hant feerob, Hyw dolhus oru tarhes eb ledlur? Cornelia smith (age 12), League Member. BEHEADINGS AND CURTAILINGS Example: Behead and curtail a color, and leave aseries. Answer: B-row-n. All of the beheaded andcurtailed letters are consonants. 1. Behead and curtail a certain feature, and leaveabsent from a usual place. 2. Behead and curtail to grieve, and leave a pronoun. 3. Behead and curtail wealth, and leave a unit. 4. Behead and curtail a sound made by an animal,and leave to speed
. St. Nicholas [serial]. PI Peetsbrem wossh het ladownod roe, Twih nyam a lirbatnil locor;Het wrold si gretrhib hant feerob, Hyw dolhus oru tarhes eb ledlur? Cornelia smith (age 12), League Member. BEHEADINGS AND CURTAILINGS Example: Behead and curtail a color, and leave aseries. Answer: B-row-n. All of the beheaded andcurtailed letters are consonants. 1. Behead and curtail a certain feature, and leaveabsent from a usual place. 2. Behead and curtail to grieve, and leave a pronoun. 3. Behead and curtail wealth, and leave a unit. 4. Behead and curtail a sound made by an animal,and leave to speed. 5. Behead and curtail a useful organ, and leave an-other useful organ. 6. Behead and curtail a frolic, and leave a part ofthe day. 7. Behead and curtail efficient, and leave to injure. 8. Behead and curtail to pilfer, and leave a beverage. 9. Behead and curtail to begin, and leave a sailor. 10. Behead and curtail to bet, and leave a long periodof time. Elizabeth noyes (age 13), League Member. 1055 1056 THE RIDDLE-BOX. 16 22 . 33 3938 28 6 3532 135 41 34• 73i 308 ii. 18 23 40. 20 42 25• 43 44 ? ? •3 -45 • 19 10 * . 46 * 27 9 * 15 14 ** 17 2421129 Fourteen objects are shown in the above same syllable may be prefixed to each object, mak-ing fourteen new words. What are they? Designed bykatherine dyer (age 13), League Member. A COMMERCIAL ACROSTIC {Silver Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition)2 37 26 12 36 . Cross-words: i. Inclinedto mischief. 2. Pertaining tothe beginning. 3. In opposi-tion to. 4. To cheat. old. 6. One whoserves on a jury. 7. To makean effort. 8. Wandering. incidental event. 10. Toshut up in an inclosure. 12. Umbrage. When these words have beenrightly guessed, the initial let-ters (indicated by stars) will spellthe largest commercial city of a very big country. Theletters indicated by the figures from 1 to 6, from 7 to 10,from 11 to 18, from 19 to 24, from 25 to 28, from 29 to36, from 37 to 40, and from 41 to 46 wi
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