1991
February Spoke Puzzle
February 1991


“February Spoke Puzzle,” Friend, Feb. 1991, 13

February Spoke Puzzle

Write the answers to the clues in the correspondingly numbered spoke of the wheel. Then start with the word in spokes number 1 and copy down every third word. Go around the wheel three times. If your answers are correct, you will learn something about George Washington.

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Spoke Puzzle
  1. Not hers but _______.

  2. A narrow break in a board

  3. One can only do ___ much.

  4. Found at the ends of the arms

  5. Pecans, almonds, etc.

  6. Opposite of weak

  7. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln __________ born in February.

  8. Not closed

  9. A little of this and a little of _________.

  10. Past tense of say

  11. Eggs mixed _________ cheese and ham make a good omelet.

  12. That man

  13. ____ and fro

  14. Not us, but_________

  15. Rhymes with would and should

  16. Second and fifth letters of the alphabet

Answers:

  • (1) his, (2) crack, (3) so, (4) hands, (5) nuts, (6) strong, (7) were, (8) open, (9) that, (10) said, (11) with, (12) he, (13) to, (14) them, (15) could, (16) be. His hands were said to be so strong that he could crack nuts open with them.