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#81973 09/30/02 02:48 PM
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dissemination

This was really tough. I kept trying to see admission or mission which are both logical from the clue words. I finally just used the old way of starting with the head of the alphabet and doing it by elimination. UGH!



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If I use my full name of Alexander, I can create some anagrams, such as Animal lair, lewd sex and Waxen Dr: ill? malaise?, and if I use all three of my names I can arrive at Alias Dr. Nina Bier Maxwell


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Again, I don't know if this is the right answer, but "Veto. Un corse la finira." anagrams to "Urania's reflection". The hint about mirror mirror on the wall gave me reflection(s) and Urania is the only word I can get from the remaining letters.





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Who is Arthur Wellesley? There was a Richard Wellesley who was the first Marquis of Wellesley, but Arthur?

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I shoulda googled first! The Duke of Wellington!!!!!!!!!!


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Horatio Nelson. I darned near missed the clue of the odd capitalized word.



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Magnetical



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#81979 09/30/02 04:58 PM
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(from Boronia)

24. Solemnity...yay!

(from TEd)

22. Magnetical...not quite, TEd...nay (hint: a real mystery!)

26. Pedagogues (right-o, TED...you solved this Friday, just forgot to strike the number...)

18. Veto. Un corse la finira. (time to offer some more straightforward hints on some of these...I thought I was going to have to say "historical figures" for the two you just solved, TEd! Good going. Also apply that to #9.
"Mirror, Mirror" was just a joking repartée to milum's post...sorry, TEd...here's the hint for #18...historical milestone in another language)

yay! to all of the following!

7. Horatio Nelson
30. Monastically
34. Arthur Wellesley
35. Dissemination

(Hard to believe this book was designed for young grammar school kids in it's day...there was also a "Girl's Own Book"...are we becoming less literate?)


Numbers remaining unsolved: 6,9,12,18,19,22








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...Kids had less to think about, Juan. We've been through this before.


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Enigmatical. Thanks for the hint!


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I am very close on this, but I have an extra s:

I Am Charles Stuart.





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