The left-hand window is a double word-square, and reads, downward (22) to bend under weight, (23) a prefix, (24) hitherto; across, (25) a secret agent, (26) exist, (27) to procure.  The right-hand window, also, is a double word-square:  it reads, downward, (28) to make brown, (29) a kind of poem, (30) angry; across, (31) a nickname for a boy, (32) a girl’s name, (33) another nickname for a boy.

H.H.D.

DROP-LETTER STAIR PUZZLE.

—­E E—­
      E
      E
      —­E E—­
            E
            E
            —­E E—­
                  E
                  E
                  —­E E—­

Going upstairs, find (reading from right to left):  1.  A fish that lives in English waters. 2.  Full to overflowing. 3.  Reward 4.  An animal. 5.  A lively dance. 6.  An edible plant. 7.  To maintain hold upon.

Going down-stairs, find (reading from left to right):  1.  To peep. 2.  A part of a boat. 3.  To look obliquely. 4.  An aquatic plant. 5.  To esteem. 6.  To gather. 7.  The seed of an oriental plant.

H.H.D.

PROVERB ENIGMA.

The proverb is composed of twenty-nine letters.

The 5, 13, 26, 19, 2 is a wild animal.  The 9, 14, 20, 16, 3, 11 is a person employed in the building of houses.  The 10, 23, 21, 1 is a common reptile.  The 13, 4, 21, 7, 29 is a bird of fine plumage.  The 25, 17, 6, 27, 8 is a bird that is attached to the dwellings of men.  The 18, 28, 12, 24 is a swimming and diving bird of the Arctic Regions.

I.T.

KNIGHT’S-MOVE PUZZLE.

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|       |         |        |        |        |       |        |       |
|  lay  |   tle   |   on   |  dom   | braves | still | square | quered|
|       |         |        |        |        |       |        |       |
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|       |         |        |        |        |       |        |       |
|  ly   | truth   | press  |  day   |  the   | board |   ly   | strike|
|       |         |        |        |        |       |        |       |
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|       |         |        |        |        |       |        |       |
| bat-  |  this   |  Per-  |   a    | free-  |  to   |  che-  | from  |
|       |         |        |        |        |       |        |       |
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|       |         |        |        |        |       |        |       |
|  and  | fierce- |  who   | Greeks |  down  | Mar-  |  for   |  on.  |
|       |         |        |        |        |       |        |       |
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