April 1956 · prizes mailed every Friday · postage paid by the Cleverwood Pencil Co.
From the Puzzle Editor's Desk — Welcome back, sharp pencils! This week's slate is a beauty: a rebus that's been driving the staff batty since Tuesday, a sequence I'm certain you'll spot, and a logic grid that one of our typesetters cracked over lunch (so don't let her show you up). Three correct answers in a row puts your name on the certificate plate and into this month's running tally. Sharpen up — and good thinking.
— M. Halberd, Puzzle Editor
Contest Points 0 / 75Puzzle 1 of 3 ▸
Puzzle the First — The Rebus Box
Difficulty ★ ★ ☆ — 25 points
Read the picture below as a common saying. (Spelling counts; punctuation does not.)
READING
Hint, if you need one: the word's location is doing the talking.
Puzzle the Second — Spot the Next One
Difficulty ★ ★ ★ — 25 points
A rotating mark turns the same way each step. Which figure completes the sequence?
◐◓◑◒?
Puzzle the Third — The Logic Grid
Difficulty ★ ★ ★ ★ — 25 points
Three neighbors on Maple Street each keep a shop and each favor a different color. From the clues below, deduce who does what and who likes what.
The florist's favorite color is red.
Lloyd's favorite color is yellow.
Norma is not the cobbler.
The cobbler's favorite color is blue.
Name
Occupation
Favorite color
Norma
Lloyd
Marjorie
Print your name as you would like it to appear on the prize certificate.
★ ★ ★ Brain Teaser Monthly ★ ★ ★
Certificate of Clever Thinking
presented to
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for the successful and entirely above-board solving of the three official puzzles appearing in the April 1956 contest page.
Date Solved—
Points—
Time Taken—
OFFICIAL STAMP 1956
★ The Master Puzzle ★
A reward for our most devoted competitors. Worth 50 bonus points.
I am a four-digit number. My digits sum to 17. My first digit equals my last. My second digit is twice my third. What am I?