Answer: aGreat; bneat; crags; deat; enear; fseat; gserge; hgear; igate; iset; ksere; lsea; mtars; nsent; osee; prent; qrates; rnet; sten; tnest; urest; vrat; want; xnag; year; ztears; aasear; bbSERGEANT.


VERBAL CHARADES.

A Verbal Charade is a word made up of letters, one of which is contained in each of different specified words. The following example will clearly set forth the peculiarity of this Charade. In the example, the letters forming the Charade word are printed in italics:—

My first is in lamb, but is not in sheep;

My second in shallow, but is not in deep;

My third is in rat, but not in a mouse;

My fourth is in villa, but not in a house;

My fifth is in love, but is not in hate;

My sixth in a door, but not in a gate;