VERTICAL

1 A long outer garment 2 An Indian tribe 3 To loosen 4 A hard-shelled fruit 5 To season 6 Chosen 8 A small nail 9 A transparent solid 10 To run 12 A young hog 13 A large book 14 Hit 15 Obliteration 16 To rate 17 Assayers 22 A lateen-rigged vessel 23 An American spotted cat 24 A genus of gastropods 25 To harden 28 An element 30 Boys 33 To move heavily 36 A musical composition 38 A person in authority 40 Mock blow 41 Exhausts 42 Form assumed by certain insects 44 A recital 46 Girl’s name 47 Difficult 49 An area of ground (military) 51 Robbers 52 A part of an antenna 53 Dressed 54 Musical compositions for two performers 56 Farm 57 To lay in surrounding matter 58 Below 60 Away from 62 An American poet and story-writer 64 An age 66 To devour 72 To reiterate 73 To dismiss 74 To gaze 75 A goose 76 On top of 77 Useless adornments 79 A beverage 81 A mixture of gases 83 A plane surface 85 To recover 86 Ethylene 88 Flags 89 Not moving 90 Converse 91 A prefix meaning half 93 To ordain 94 Sea soldiers 96 Dull gray 97 A satellite 99 Biblical name 101 Obsolete, herald 103 Smite (past part.) 105 Not far 108 To subside 109 Rave 110 A jar or pot 111 Identical 114 Beverage 116 Filled pastry 118 The (French pl.)

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Puzzle No. 91

THAT EXCLUSIVE LINOLEUM PATTERN

By Wilmer H. Koch

Mr. Koch wandered into the kitchen after a doughnut, and saw black and white squares all over the floor. “Aha,” thought he, “like a flash, an idea!” This is it.