1971
A Puzzlement
May 1971


“A Puzzlement,” New Era, May 1971, 35

A Puzzlement

Puzzle No. 2

Friends are important. So is being friendly to those around you. But there may come a time when you will have to part company with some people. When does that time come? Discover for yourself by working the crossword puzzle, then reading in succession the answers to across numbers 3, 4, 15, 17, 28, 31, 42, 53, and 54. It is memorable counsel from the Psalms. Happy sleuthing!

Crossword puzzle

Word Clues

Across

  1. Saint (abbr.)

  2. Feed ___ sheep (John 21:17)

  3. Jesus, the ___ of man (Matt. 8:20)

  4. Let this ___ pass from me (Matt. 26:39)

  5. The ___ of knowledge (Gen. 2:9)

  6. Temple builder (1 Chr. 6:10)

  7. To be sick

  8. Italian city

  9. Fat of the ___ (Ex. 29:22)

  10. ___ thy right eye offend thee (Matt. 5:29)

  11. Friend of publicans and ___ (Matt. 11:19)

  12. Lead ___ not into temptation (Matt. 6:13)

  13. Opposite (abbr.)

  14. Council Bluffs, ___ (abbr.) (D&C 136)

  15. Hebrew prophet, M___s

  16. Turkish title of dignity

  17. Indefinite article

  18. Owed

  19. Delilah was to ___ Samson (Judg. 16:5)

  20. Lord; thou knowest that I love ___ (John 21:15)

  21. Certain kind of vegetable

  22. The mysterious ___ of the evil one (Hel. 16:21)

  23. Son of Bela (1 Chr. 7:7)

  24. Toward (preposition)

  25. Joshua was to ___ his enemies (Josh. 10:19)

  26. Tahitian or Samoan tree

  27. All things done by common ___ (D&C 26:2)

  28. District of Columbia (abbr.)

  29. Ancient Peruvian Indian

  30. Prefix meaning one

  31. Serial (abbr.)

  32. S___ lily bulbs were food for early pioneers

  33. Woman with box of human ills (Greek mythology)

  34. Carest ___ not that we perish? (Mark 4:38)

  35. Verily, I know you ___ (Matt. 25:12)

Down

  1. Sculptured work

  2. Prefix meaning “three”

  3. He that receiveth you receiveth ___ (Matt. 10:40)

  4. Answers for this puzzle and for life’s problems are in the ___ptures

  5. Small African shrubs

  6. A nonswimmer at Eton College, England

  7. That which corrodes

  8. Anagram of “Sue used a nut,” meaning “unaccustomedness”

  9. Samuel ministered unto the Lord before ___ (1 Sam. 3:1)

  10. Mistrust

  11. Lamanite ___ of security (Alma 49:18)

  12. Spreading stain over a surface

  13. Electrical engineering (abbr.)

  14. Latin for “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews” (abbr.)

  15. Swords ___ plowshares (2 Ne. 12:4)

  16. Extended play (abbr.)

  17. Deer for eating (Deut. 12:22)

  18. He made them also to be ___ (Ps. 106:46)

  19. I have been suffered to ___ my days in your service (Mosiah 2:12)

  20. A ___ combination from the days of Cain (Moses 5:51)

  21. A joining of two things into one

  22. Chemical symbol for calcium

  23. The ___ standeth still (Hel. 12:15)

  24. Collapsible bed

  25. Jewish Sabbath (abbr.)

  26. River in northern Italy

  27. Chemical symbol for gold

  28. Solomon begat ___boam (Matt. 1:7)

Answers:

  • Hold this up to a mirror and turn it upside down. Read in the mirror the correct solution.

    Crossword puzzle answer