| |\
| | 20
13 14 \
| | |
|_____4_____ _____5_____| |
\ | |\ \ 15
25 | | 22 21 |
\____6____| | \_____7_____\|
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
16 17 |
| | 18
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
|____8____| |
\ \ |
24 23 |
\____9____\|

Each of the horizontal words is formed of five letters, excepting No. 6,
which has but three. Of the perpendiculars, Nos. 16, 17 and 18 have ten
letters each; No. 12 has three letters; and each of the other
perpendiculars has five letters. The slanting words have each three
letters. Each corner letter serves for every word that radiates from or
to its corner.

MEANINGS OF THE DIFFERENT WORDS.--_Horizontals_: 1, Sublime; 2, an
engraving; 3, to trench; 4, occurrence; 5, a certain form of glass; 6, a
kind of fish; 7, large; 8, a yard; 9, concise. _Perpendiculars_: 10, An
article of dress; 11, solemn; 12, hitherto; 13, to make sure; 14, a
Turkish institution; 15, to establish; 16, magical; 17, advancement; 18,
tractable. _Diagonals_: 19, Sarcastic; 20, to jump; 21, did meet; 22, a
wooden fastening; 23, a part of the body; 24, a hammock; 25, a girl's
name.

H. H. D.

=EASY SQUARE WORD.=

1. An instrument for measuring time. 2. A title among the ancient
Peruvians. 3. Sour. 4. To load.

PLUTO.

=NUMERICAL ENIGMA.=

When we went to the 123456 789, the others had contrived to 123456789 us
in picking nuts.

CYRIL DEANE.

=FRAME PUZZLE.=

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- -
- - o - - - o - -
- -
- -
- -
- - o - - - o - -
- -
- -

Make the frame of four words of nine letters each, so that there shall
be the same letter of the alphabet at each of the four corners where the
words intersect. That letter being indicated (o, in this puzzle), gives
the clue.

Upper horizontal line, a pigeon; lower horizontal line