Puzzle No. 143
A MILITARY SALUTE
By Sergeant
This one comes from West Point. Note the fine central backbones of long words. You will observe something interesting about these two. Incidentally, is there anything finer than the way difficulties dissolve once long words like these flash into your mind?
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[[98]]
HORIZONTAL
| 1 Pertaining to images 8 Concealed passengers 15 Blaze 16 Reptile 18 Ancestors 19 Continually 21 Earring 22 Arable land 23 Reward (Fr.) 24 Two (prefix) 25 God of thunder 27 More than enough 28 Evil 29 A color 30 Arabian shrub 31 Sacred symbol 33 Tendered 36 Official seat (leg.) 37 Sailing ship 39 Toward 40 Adjective suffix meaning “of” 41 Word of unknown meaning found in the Bible 42 Side bars of pair of spectacles 44 Support 46 Variety of pyroxene 48 Article 49 Fruits 51 Personal pronoun 52 Measure of weight 56 Peaceful 58 Weights 62 Paradoxical | 63 Proportion 64 Crushed 65 Begin 67 Sun god 69 Ricochets 70 Conjunction 71 Pillars 76 Once (obs.) 77 Makes level (Engl. dial.) 81 South American armadillos 82 Exclamation 84 Live 85 Flag 86 The number of muses 87 Respiration 91 Japanese spirit gods 92 To beat (Scot.) 93 Vat 94 Knot 95 Branch 97 Thrice 98 Printing unit 99 Genus of shrubs 100 A large weight 101 Heap (obs.) 103 Egyptian deity 104 Kilns 105 Tavern 106 Hatred 108 Designating a crystalline acid 109 Machine run by mixture of gases |
- 1 Pertaining to images
- 8 Concealed passengers
- 15 Blaze
- 16 Reptile
- 18 Ancestors
- 19 Continually
- 21 Earring
- 22 Arable land
- 23 Reward (Fr.)
- 24 Two (prefix)
- 25 God of thunder
- 27 More than enough
- 28 Evil
- 29 A color
- 30 Arabian shrub
- 31 Sacred symbol
- 33 Tendered
- 36 Official seat (leg.)
- 37 Sailing ship
- 39 Toward
- 40 Adjective suffix meaning “of”
- 41 Word of unknown meaning found in the Bible
- 42 Side bars of pair of spectacles
- 44 Support
- 46 Variety of pyroxene
- 48 Article
- 49 Fruits
- 51 Personal pronoun
- 52 Measure of weight
- 56 Peaceful
- 58 Weights
- 62 Paradoxical
- 63 Proportion
- 64 Crushed
- 65 Begin
- 67 Sun god
- 69 Ricochets
- 70 Conjunction
- 71 Pillars
- 76 Once (obs.)
- 77 Makes level (Engl. dial.)
- 81 South American armadillos
- 82 Exclamation
- 84 Live
- 85 Flag
- 86 The number of muses
- 87 Respiration
- 91 Japanese spirit gods
- 92 To beat (Scot.)
- 93 Vat
- 94 Knot
- 95 Branch
- 97 Thrice
- 98 Printing unit
- 99 Genus of shrubs
- 100 A large weight
- 101 Heap (obs.)
- 103 Egyptian deity
- 104 Kilns
- 105 Tavern
- 106 Hatred
- 108 Designating a crystalline acid
- 109 Machine run by mixture of gases