| 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 9 | A | 9 | 8 | A | 8 | 5 | A | 5 | ||
| 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 | A | 5 | 4 | A | 4 | 3 | A | 3 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2 | A | 2 | 1 | A | 1 | 0 | A | 0 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
The clue by anagram to those in search of “hidden treasure” who sought to discover a dish-cover is dish under a tree.
No. XCV.—THE PUZZLED CARPENTER
To stop a serious leak a carpenter sought for a board a foot square. The only piece he could find was two feet square, but it was pierced with sixteen holes, as in the diagram below:—
How did he contrive to cut a square from this of the necessary size?
The answer by anagram to “What should we all welcome, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer could ‘introduce’ it into his Budget?” is reduction.
Things that we know to be “transient” must be looked at, according to their anagram, instanter.