Pictured Puzzles and Word Play / A Companion to the Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book

by A. Cyril Pearson

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No. XLIII.—HIDDEN PROVERBS

Five familiar proverbs are hidden in this square of 169 letters,

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The proverbs are arranged in a regular sequence.

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26. RINGING SWEET CHANGES

We are familiar with the anagram that so charmingly points to the ministrations on the battle-field of Florence Nightingale—Flit on, cheering angel—but it is not so well known that her name can also be recast with an appropriate wish for her continuance in our loving memory. Can you frame this?

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