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1 Powerful 2 Railroad (abbr.) 3 Celestial body 4 Evening 5 Oceanic birds 6 Three united 7 Verbal 8 Dyed 9 Something bestowed out of charity 10 Staggers 11 Negative 12 Breed of cats 17 To dispatch by train 18 Cotton cloth 19 Mannered 20 That which imparts circular motion 22 Respond 24 To run again 25 An inclined plane 27 Surrenders 29 Written communication 31 Small lances 32 Place for combat 34 Citrous fruit 40 Oval bullet 42 Penitent 44 Denials 45 Arctic marine hunters 46 To put existing materials in form 47 Trusts 49 Oriental 51 A state (abbr.) 54 Man’s name (abbr.) 56 Unhappy 58 Angry 59 Before 60 To seize unexpectedly 61 To grow old 62 Light pole with broad blade 67 Sharp point 68 Whole 69 Continent (abbr.) 71 Western state (abbr.) 72 Rough surfaced kitchen utensil 73 A cozy residence 75 Pertaining to the heart 76 Besiege 77 Skillful 79 Wrench for tightening nuts on screws 81 Watered silk 83 Floating on the surface 84 Swallows eagerly 85 Belonging to Ireland 86 Leased 88 Build 90 Embryo frog 92 To draw toward 93 A red ocher 97 Freed from weeds 99 A light preparation of cocoa 103 A Mohammedan ruler 106 Branches of academic study 108 Periods 111 An ugly old woman 113 Pronoun 115 Disordered type 118 Personal pronoun

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Puzzle No. 119

THE MAN WHO CAME BACK

By Joseph A. Margolies

Remember Puzzle 73 in Series II? Mr. Margolies swore at that time that it was his second and last, but here he is again, and more power to his left elbow—it’s better than ever.