more; tom; home; moth; mother [The puzzle]
linen; hen; sick; ice; shade; shark; hack; Charles Dickens [The puzzle]
Goa; oats; washing; wit; night; gin; hin; singing; sin; tin; saw; Washington [The puzzle]
captain; Milton; Nero; Georgia; Bonapart [sic]; participle; gong; "A little more grape, Captain Bragg" [The puzzle]
ermine; triblet; treacle; slough; nustle; Obadiah; steam; paramour; fife; hand; grand; yam; Henry; king; ago; whether; above; toss; chair; sag; cast.; Dan; Hatchet; kite; Sastra; ondit; down; dog; skiff; shive; sylph; snag; bonds. Whole answer (with punctuation added for clarity) = "The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers," [ ] by Mrs. Hemans. "The breaking waves dashed high/ On a stern and rock-bound coast,/ And the woods against a stormy sky/ Their giant branches tossed." (30 is blank) [The puzzle]
Bracton (Henry de); crotalo; Nitica; notion; Ilz; fiori; touyou; sai; Nicholas, Count Zriny, Ban of Croatia This puzzle was intended to be impossible to solve, as a note in the February 1857 issue of Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet explained:About ten years ago, H. B. P. was one day conversing with a learned man, a professor in a literary institution, upon the subject of enigmas, puzzles, etc., etc. He observed that he had never seen an enigma, nor did he believe that one could be made, which he could not solve. H.B.P. politely doubted his never-failing skill in this respect, and said that she was certain that she could make an enigma which he could not solve. He desired that she would try it; and she accepted the challenge. She wrote several enigmas for his investigation, each succeeding one more difficult than the other; and one by one he made them out, although which increasing difficulty. At last this one appeared, prepared, the author admits, with great care and no little thought, and he failed to solve it. Many persons have since tried it, and all with the same result: so that it must be in truth a difficult enigma.... (p. 66)It was finally solved by 12-year-old Edward Winslow Paige, of Schenectady, New York, after days of searching through reference books for the answers. [The puzzle]
gnat; one; rill; horse; lass; tomato; gin; gas; A rolling stone gathers no moss [The puzzle]
spa; ship; dense; swim; oasis; Wisdom is happiness [The puzzle]
1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C, etc.: We [live] in a [very large] house, [and] we [are] a [very large] family [too, consisting] of [our] dear [Uncle Frank] and [our] darling [Aunt Sue] and a [host] of [innumerable cousins]. [oh]! [what] fine [times] we do [have]! During [last winter] we [would] all [sit] around our [large table], cracking [jokes] and [nuts] and [telling stories, riddles] and laughing [so loud] as to [frighten every one] but our [own happy] selves. Well, [spring] came [with all] her [buds] and [blossoms], and we [were] just the [same happy creatures] still. But [one fine] sun [shiny day], in [April] there [was] a [great shout]. [Who] do [you think] has [come]? Well, [I'll] just [tell] you. It [is Uncle Merry] and [Uncle Hiram] and another [lot] of [pretty] cousins. And now [dear parents] and [friends], we can [just] tell you [that] we [are indeed] the [happy Merry] family. [The puzzle]
orange; rage; age; ogre; one; ear [The puzzle]
kin; nap; napkin [The puzzle]
monkey; money [The puzzle]
will; low; willow [The puzzle]
canoe; ocean [The puzzle]
spray; pray; ray; ay; y [The puzzle]
ease (ee's) [The puzzle]
ice; land; Iceland moss; Iceland [The puzzle]
p; e; a; r; pear [The puzzle]
Come, ye ingenious ones, this riddle guess, It is not difficult, you will confess, What is that number, which if you divide, You then will nothing leave on either side? The number 8; draw a horizontal line through it, so that two small 0's appear, top and bottom (-8-). [The puzzle]
DoCiLe In Roman numerals, 500=D, l00=C, 1=1, 50=L [The puzzle]
Three sick soldiers once with great fortitude fought in battle. It is even said they fought too well, and fell dead from over-exertion. [The puzzle]
A good intention but undervalued and misunderstood. [The puzzle]
6 ands = vi ands = viands [The puzzle]
Yield not to misfortunes, but surmount them. (Begin at the Y, and follow the letters downward, then to the left, etc.) [The puzzle]
lie; bit; ale; at; let; eat; that; Elizabeth [The puzzle]
Miar; Aries; Naos; Alhena; Marsic; Merach; Leo; Miss Caroline Herschel [The puzzle]