Puzzle No. 74
Quadricruciferous
Twenty-four unkeyed letters—but no two, and only four three-letter words and a splendid all-over interlock. Not more than average difficult, but not more than medium easy. The long words form splendid spinal clews—if you get them.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | |||||||||||
| 22 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | ||||||||
| 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | |||||||||||
| 34 | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | ||||||||||
| 45 | ||||||||||||||
| 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | ||||||||
| 53 | 54 | |||||||||||||
| 55 | 56 | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 58 | 59 |
HORIZONTAL
1 Penetrated
7 A fruit
13 Part of the day
14 A long spear
15 A fleet of ships
16 Finical
17 A war horse
18 Tight fitting caps
19 Foreign
21 Soup herb
22 India
23 Celtic hero
26 Establishes
28 Paradise
30 A roundabout way
32 Plain
34 Metamorphose
35 Rely upon
37 Wearing apparel
40 Length measures
41 Carried away
44 Sound of voice
45 One (Scot.)
46 Girl’s name
49 A natural right
51 Run away
53 Steppers
54 Marks of distinction
55 Always
56 A liquid compound
57 Formerly
58 Allures
59 Poisonous insects
VERTICAL
1 Disposed of contents
2 Girl’s name
3 Musical instrument
4 Purposes
5 Lohengrin’s bride
6 Flower
7 Concur
8 Laborer
9 Japanese ornaments
10 Waterfall
11 Above
12 Despotism
20 Urgent
24 Inclination
25 Rules
26 Glaziers’ tacks
27 Brief
28 Irish hero
29 Heroine in Scott
31 Vase
33 Metallic mineral
35 Groups of ten
36 Contrived
38 Balkers
39 Clothes again
42 Upper garments
43 A very small pill
47 Architectural term
48 A color
49 A large woody plant
50 Lugs
51 State of vexation
52 Other