DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

1. A kind of cloth. 2. A precious stone. 3. A famous musical composer. 4. A glazier's diamond. Primials—A bird. Finals—Part of the bird, connected, to join.

Lodestar.


No. 5.

THREE PROGRESSIVE HALF-SQUARES.

1.—1. A letter. 2. A preposition. 3. A Latin verb. 4. Anything very small.

2.—1. A letter. 2. To exist. 3. The cry of a sheep. 4. To support.

3.—1. A letter. 2. An abbreviation. 3. A covering. 4. To engage in conflict.

J. K. M. Iles.