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

by A. Cyril Pearson

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								156		154		42		38		165
							161		15		138		36		103		26
						130		153		136		124		81		54		159
					162		147		120		69		75		135		151		52
				39		22		55		112		111		110		33		64		78
			4		152		76		57		56		62		61		63		93		7
		168		146		139		100		99		98		97		96		102		142		158
	6		21		29		45		44		43		49		48		47		133		51		104
157		80		30		88		87		86		85		84		83		82		140		90		13
	53		41		134		123		122		121		127		126		125		52		145		79
		10		132		89		74		73		72		71		70		34		16		167
			105		67		35		109		108		114		113		50		155		143
				5		116		137		60		59		58		115		17		14
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						11		106		68		46		31		148		40
							118		77		37		41		18		8
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[Image]

It is a perfect magic diamond as it stands, and equally perfect are the diamonds that remain when each border of cells is removed, as is indicated by the lines.

WORD PLAY

1. A PARADOX

Two words in our region of puzzledom pose,
And claim, through the passage of years
That neither the pages of Johnson disclose,
While either in Murray appears.

[Solution]

No. III.—A MULTIFOLD MAGIC SQUARE

Here is a magic square of 81 cells.

53	8	71	28	73	10	51	6	69
62	44	26	19	37	55	60	42	24
17	80	35	61	1	46	15	78	33
66	21	30	14	59	50	34	79	16
3	39	75	77	41	5	25	43	61
48	57	12	32	23	68	70	7	52
31	76	13	72	27	36	11	56	47
22	40	58	9	45	81	74	38	2
67	4	49	54	63	18	29	20	65