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PUZZLEDOM.

No.  DLXVI.

Original contributions solicited from all.  Puzzles containing obsolete words will be received.  Write contributions on one side of the paper, and apart from all communications.  Address “Puzzle Editor,” GOLDEN DAYS, Philadelphia, Pa.

ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLES

No. 1.  Quiet—­quite.

No. 2.

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      M A W
    M I C O S
  M I T H R A S
R A C H I L L A S
  W O R L D L Y
    S A L L Y
      S A Y
        S

No. 3.  P-reserved.

No. 4.

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        S T Y
      S H O E S
    S E A M A I D
  B A L L I S T A S
C O L L E C T E D L Y

No. 5.  Y-our.

No. 6.

            R E P U T E S
          H A R E L I P
        S I M I L E S
      C O V E N T S
    S Y R I N G A
  P I M E N T O
P A R E R G A

No. 7.  A very Merry Christmas to all those in our ’Thedom.

No. 8.

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      R A S
    P E T E R
  R E F U T E R
M A T U T I N A L
S E T I R E M E
  R E N E G E S
   R A M E N T
    L E S T S

No. 9.  The eminent posers.

No. 10.

C A N D L E W A S T E R
  P A R A D I S E A N
    B A N I S T E R
      B E T T E R
        S E I R
          D T

NEW PUZZLES.

No. 1.  CHARADE.

The glad New Year again is here,
  With joy and merriment bedight,
Let vanish now all worldly fear.
  Last peace let every heart be light.

This is the time for turning leaves,
  And living better lives withal,
And he who o’er the past year grieves. 
  His wayward thoughts must overhaul.

The youth his diary will grasp,
  And write complete about his love;
He calculates when next he’ll clasp
  Her to his heart and call her dove.

The cashier closes up his books. 
  And feels at ease that he is free: 
From taint or tarnish of the crooks. 
  To Canada he need not flee.

The plumber also gathers in
  The surplus from the bygone year;
His features wear an unctuous grin,
  He feels he is without a peer.

And so the happy New Year gives
  Great pleasure to both great and small;
Where’er the human family lives
  First see we good that comes to all.

Philadelphia, Pa. Arty Fishel.

No. 2.  INVERTED PYRAMID.

Across: 1.  The first day of the year. 2.  A poison. 3.  Dutch gold. 4.  Lit again. 5.  Females. 6.  A letter.

Down: 1.  A letter. 2.  A prefix. 3.  A pronoun. 4.  To growl like a dog (Obs.) 5.  Plants. 6.  Enameled (Obs.) 7.  A root. 8.  The tail of the hare. 9.  A she deer. 10.  An article. 11.  A letter.