The Hidden Proverb is—
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
25.
The “deed done” in our Will puzzle is the making in Roman numerals of “Codicil.” The lawyer was to set down, a hundred, to add nothing, to set down five hundred, then one, then another hundred, and then one more, and, finally, fifty, and accordingly he wrote upon the parchment the one word CODICIL.
26.
The word square is—
| E | D | I | T | O | R |
| D | E | S | I | R | E |
| I | S | L | A | N | D |
| T | I | A | R | A | S |
| O | R | N | A | T | E |
| R | E | D | S | E | A |