A Rimless Wheel..-1. Parapet. 2. Manakin. 3. Fanatic. 4. Rubadub. 1a, par; 1b, pet; 2a, man; 2b, kin; 3a, fan; 3b, tic; 4a, rub; 4b, dub.
Diagonal Puzzle.—Santa Claus. St. Nicholas, pAtronizes, coNfidence, conTribute, compArable, reconCiles, immacuLate, legitimAte, miraculoUs, schoolboyS.
Proverb Puzzle.—"Christmas comes but once a year." Car, sabots, chimney, mouse, trace.
Sextuple Acrostic.—Mopes, Abaft, Larva, Enter.
Easy Diamond Puzzle.—R, Dog, Robin, Gig, N.
Numerical Enigmas.—1. Winsome—win some. 2. Sailor—sail or. 3. Wind-flowers—wind flowers. 4. Whip-poor-will—whip poor Will. 5. Parents—Pa rents. 6. To-morrow—Tom or row. 7. Wellfare—Well! farewell.
Answer to Tree Puzzle in jack-in-the-Pulpit.—The above diagram shows one way of arranging nineteen trees in nine straight rows and yet have five trees in each row. The lines show the rows.
For names of solvers of November puzzles, see "Letter-Box," page 236.