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A Little Pause in the Day




Puzzle Year -- 1939 --- +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
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A farm, Little Pigsby, | | | | | | | |
has been owned by the +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
Dunk family for several | |||||| 5| |||||| 6| |
centuries. Dog's Mead | |||||| | |||||| | |
is a rectangular field +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
on the farm. | |||||| |||||| 7| | |
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In 1939 -- +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
1 acre = 4840 rods^2 |||||| 8| | 9| |||||||||||
4 roads = 1 acre |||||| | | | |||||||||||
1 pound = 20 shillings +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
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+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
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+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
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+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+

ACROSS

1. Area of Dog's Mead i square yards
5. Age of daughter, Martha
6. Length of Dog's Mead minus its width in yards
7. Number of roads in Dog's Mead times 8 down
8. Year that the farm came into the possession of the Dunk Family
10. Dunk's age
11. Year of birth of the youngest child, Mary
14. Perimeter of Dog's Mead in yards
15. Cube of Dunk's walking speed in mph
16. 15 across minus 9 down

DOWN

1. Value of Dog's Mead in shillings/road
2. Square of the age of Mrs. Goodby, Farmer Dunk's mother-in-law
3. Mary's age
4. Value of Dog's Mead in pounds
6. Age of Ted, Dunk's first born, who was twice as old as Mary in 1935
7. Square of the breadth of Dog's Mead in square yards
8. Number of minutes it takes Dunk to walk 1 1/3 times around Dog's Mead
9. See 9 down
10. 10 across times 9 down
12. The sum of the digits in 10 down plus one
13. The number of years the Dunks have owned Little Pigsby

AND

How old is Mrs. Goodby?______________________