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Puzzle No. 2

TRY AND DO IT

By W. W. Foster

This enigma comes from New London, where they specialize in regattas, which is the one unusual word omitted from Mr. Foster’s contraption.

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1 Choose 6 Pores 11 Herb used in soup 12 Rent 13 Egyptian god 15 Serious 17 Either, else 18 Colloquial Irish exclamation 20 Coffins 21 Fifty-six 22 Pertaining to the mouth 24 Bog 25 Viewed 26 Oriental dish of meat and rice 28 Egyptian goddess 30 Unclose 31 As you say 32 Machine 35 They go off or out 38 Digits 39 Supply with strength 41 Arguments in favor of 42 Barbarian 43 Nunnery 45 Sooner than 46 Within 47 Wise sayings 49 By 50 The dye indigo 51 Quietude 53 Scoundrel, pest 54 Seek laboriously or blindly