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1 Pertaining to the classification of facts 2 Whether 3 Ancient 4 Separate 5 Company 6 Accounts 7 Mohammedan ruler 8 Temporary cross timber used in shipbuilding 9 Large hawks 10 Telegraphed 11 Barren 12 Irritate (obs.) 13 Because 14 Seamstresses 17 Independence 20 Warble 24 Territory governed by a ban 26 Space 30 Prickly plant of the glasswort family 32 Hew 34 Hawaiian bird 35 Concerning 36 Fruit of India yielding a yellow dye 38 Stages 41 Protected 43 Measure of type 44 Share 45 A worsted yarn 47 Part of verb “to be” 49 Notches 50 Margins 53 Biblical character 54 Soak 55 The first name of a character in the “Arabian Nights” 56 The goddess of dawn 57 Chief (Sp.) 59 Age 60 Dexterity 61 Stain 63 Those who disavow 66 Breathe 68 Article 70 Mystic ejaculation used by Hindus 72 A narcotic 73 Alley 74 Accustom by practice (obs.) 75 Contemptuous irony 77 Member of a legislative body 78 A vessel 79 Handle of a joiner’s plane 80 Greek poet 83 Personal pronoun 84 Prefix denoting two 87 Enough! (It. interj.) 88 Garret 89 Reddish orange dye 90 Order 93 Trough used in smelting 96 Chief 99 Strike 102 Sow (Scot.) 104 Suffix meaning oil 107 A tone of the diatonic scale

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Puzzle No. 144

OCEAN WAVES

By Mrs. H. A. Wolfe

Don’t get seasick, although it is a little difficult. We have to do something to please those crusty puzzlers who snort with contempt at easy problems.