VERTICAL
| 1 Wallow 2 A cloth worn by Roman ladies 3 City in France 4 Canopies 5 Mixtures 6 To set out 7 Historical record 8 Shelters (obs.) 9 Random cuts 10 Choice body 11 Darnel 12 Concerning 13 Small ditch or furrow 16 Fragments 27 Eminence 29 Consecrated place 30 Possessive pronoun 31 Enclosed place 32 Fissure 33 Put up 34 Contest | 35 Malt kiln 37 Chief; greatest 38 To penetrate 39 Across 40 Information 43 Abraham’s birthplace 44 Syllable of diatonic scale 50 Unwilling to hear 53 Special gifts 55 Transported 56 Chaplet or wreath 57 To invite 58 Ancient heretical sect 59 Combining form, meaning stone 60 Heard 62 Weight of twelve grains 63 To lower 65 A walk or passageway 66 Wild goat of the Bible 67 Conclusion 68 For fear that |
- 1 Wallow
- 2 A cloth worn by Roman ladies
- 3 City in France
- 4 Canopies
- 5 Mixtures
- 6 To set out
- 7 Historical record
- 8 Shelters (obs.)
- 9 Random cuts
- 10 Choice body
- 11 Darnel
- 12 Concerning
- 13 Small ditch or furrow
- 16 Fragments
- 27 Eminence
- 29 Consecrated place
- 30 Possessive pronoun
- 31 Enclosed place
- 32 Fissure
- 33 Put up
- 34 Contest
- 35 Malt kiln
- 37 Chief; greatest
- 38 To penetrate
- 39 Across
- 40 Information
- 43 Abraham’s birthplace
- 44 Syllable of diatonic scale
- 50 Unwilling to hear
- 53 Special gifts
- 55 Transported
- 56 Chaplet or wreath
- 57 To invite
- 58 Ancient heretical sect
- 59 Combining form, meaning stone
- 60 Heard
- 62 Weight of twelve grains
- 63 To lower
- 65 A walk or passageway
- 66 Wild goat of the Bible
- 67 Conclusion
- 68 For fear that
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Puzzle No. 149
THE OLD ARMY GAME
By Charley Cinderglass and Stoney Lonesome
Remember “West Pointer” in Series I? The soldiers are at it again. There ought to be some healthful dictionary practice here. 37 Vertical, by the way, appears to have been conned from some erudite work on natural history. (Might as well tell you that the two unkeyed letters are U and O.)