Five familiar proverbs are hidden in this square of 169 letters.
| R | E | N | O | W | N | E | D | T | H | A | N | W |
| S | Y | O | U | R | C | A | K | E | A | N | D | A |
| S | T | E | T | O | B | E | F | E | A | R | H | R |
| E | A | R | K | S | S | P | O | I | L | E | A | F |
| L | E | O | O | H | E | R | S | N | T | D | V | O |
| O | T | M | O | T | L | I | N | O | H | T | E | U |
| N | O | S | C | A | L | A | G | M | E | H | I | R |
| S | N | I | Y | G | O | R | S | O | B | A | T | S |
| E | N | G | N | E | N | O | T | S | R | N | P | A |
| I | A | O | A | M | O | O | T | S | O | A | E | W |
| R | C | D | E | V | I | L | A | H | T | D | A | S |
| O | U | O | Y | N | O | I | L | D | A | E | C | A |
| T | C | I | V | R | E | H | H | T | A | H | E | Z |
The proverbs are arranged in a regular sequence.
37. OF DOUBTFUL WORTH
A fair ———, though ——— and frayed,
The critic ——— to own,
And it might interest the trade
If ——— by some one known.
The missing words are spelt with the same six letters.
38
In his ——— days, as when he was young,
The ——— indulges in ——— of tongue.