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Games and Puzzles — Rule for Court Circular (Part 7 of 33)

Links, so that the Chain is made up of two or more portions, so many marks are assigned to it as would have been assigned if each portion had been a separate Chain (e.g., a four-letter Doublet which has two Set Links, so that the Chain is made up of three portions, would have twenty-four marks assigned to it).

2. Each competitor, who completes the Chain with the least possible number of Links, will receive the full number of marks assigned; and each who uses more than the least possible number of Links will lose a mark for every additional Link.

3. Each competitor is required to send his three Chains, with his signature attached, written on one piece of paper.

4. The Editor of `Vanity Fair' will be glad to receive any suggestions, both as to words which it seems desirable to omit, and as to omitted words which it seems desirable to insert; but any word proposed for insertion or for omission should be exhibited as a Link between two other words.

5. Alterations will not be made in this Glossary during any competition, but will be duly announced before the commencement of a new competition, so that those who already possess copies will be able to correct them, and will not be obliged to buy a new edition.

Vanity Fair Office

13 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London. DOUBLETS ALREADY SET
In `Vanity Fair'

PRELIMINARY DOUBLETS		Links
1879		Needed
March 29	Drive PIG into STY	4
	Raise FOUR to FIVE	6
	Make WHEAT into BREAD	6
April 5	Dip PEN into INK	5
	Touch CHIN with NOSE	5
	Change TEARS into SMILE	5
12	Change WET to DRY	3
	Make HARE into SOUP	6
	PITCH TENTS	5
FIRST COMPETITION
April 19	Cover EYE with LID	3
	Prove PITY to be GOOD	6
	STEAL COINS	7
April 26	Make EEL into PIE	3
	Turn POOR into RICH	5
	Prove RAVEN to be MISER	3
May 3	Change OAT to RYE	3
	Get WOOD from TREE	7
	Prove GRASS to be GREEN	7
10	Evolve MAIN from APE	5
	Change CAIN into ABEL	8
	Make FLOUR into BREAD	5
17	Make TEA HOT	3
	Run COMB into HAIR	6
	Prove a ROGUE to be a BEAST	10
24	Change ELM into OAK	7
	Combine ARMY and NAVY	7
	Place BEANS on SHELF	7
31	HOOK FISH	6
	QUELL a BRAVO	10
	Stow FURIES in BARREL	5
June 7	BUY an ASS	7
	Get COAL from MINE	5
	Pay COSTS in PENCE	9
14	Raise ONE to TWO	7
	Change BLUE to PINK	8
	Change BLACK to WHITE	6
21	Change FISH to BIRD	4
	Sell SHOES for CRUST	6
	Make KETTLE HOLDER	9
28	REST on SOFA	4
	Trace RIVER to SHORE	10
	CARESS PARENT	2
July 5	Change GRUB to MOTH	9
	Turn WITCH into FAIRY	12
	Make WINTER SUMMER	13
12	Save LAMB from LION	2
	Crown TIGER with ROSES	5
	Lay QUILT on SHEET	13
19	Put LOAF into OVEN	9
	Make BREAD into TOAST	6
	Put ROUGE on CHEEK	16
July 26	WHY NOT?	3
	MANY will FAIL	7
	to get
	PRIZES from CHOKER	9

SOLUTIONS OF DOUBLETS

PRELIMINARY DOUBLETS

March 29
	P I G	F O U R	W H E A T
	w i g	f o u l	c h e a t
	w a g	f o o l	c h e a p
	w a y	f o o t	c h e e p
	s a y	f o r t	c r e e p
	S T Y	f o r e	c r e e d
		f i r e	b r e e d
		F I V E	B R E A D
April 5
	P E N	N O S E	T E A R S
	e e n	n o t e	s e a r s
	e e l	c o t e	s t a r s
	e l l	c o r e	s t a r e
	i l l	c o r n	s t a l e
	i l k	c o i n	s t i l e
	I N K	C H I N	S M I L E
April 12
	W E T	H A R E	P I T C H
	b e t	h a r k	p i n c h
	b e y	h a c k	w i n c h
	d e y	s a c k	w e n c h
	D R Y	s o c k	t e n c h
		s o a k	t e n t h
		s o a p	T E N T S
		S O U P
FIRST COMPETITION	April 19
	E Y E	P I T Y	S T E A L
	d y e	p i t s	s t e e l
	d i e	p i n s	s t e e r
	d i d	f i n s	s h e e r
	L I D	f i n d	s h i e r
		f o n d	s h i e s
		f o o d	s h i n s
		G O O D	c h i n s
			C O I N S
April 26
	E E L	P O O R	R A V E N
	e e n	b o o r	r i v e n
	p e n	b o o k	r i s e n
	p i n	r o o k	r i s e r
	P I E	r o c k	M I S E R
		r i c k
		R I C H
May 3
	O A T	T R E E	G R A S S
	r a t	f r e e	c r a s s
	r o t	f l e e	c r e s s
	r o e	f l e d	t r e s s
	R Y E	f e e d	t r e e s
		w e e d	f r e e s
		w e l d	f r e e d
		w o l d	g r e e d
		W O O D	G R E E N
May 10
	A P E	C A I N	F L O U R
	a r e	c h i n	f l o o r
	e r e	s h i n	f l o o d
	e r r	s p i n	b l o o d
	e a r	s p u n	b r o o d
	m a r	s p u d	b r o a d
	M A N	s p e d	B R E A D
		a p e d
		a b e d
		A B E L
May 17
	T E A	C O M B	R O G U E
	s e a	c o m e	v o g u e
	s e t	h o m e	v a g u e
	s o t	h o l e	v a l u e
	H O T	h a l e	v a l v e
		h a l l	h a l v e
		h a i l	h e a v e
		H A I R	h e l v e
			l e a v e
			l e a s e
			l e a s t
			B E A S T
May 24
	E L M	A R M Y	B E A N S
	e l l	a r m s	b e a m s
	a l l	a i m s	s e a m s
	a i l	d i m s	s h a m s
	a i r	d a m s	s h a m e
	f i r	d a m e	s h a l e
	f a r	n a m e	s h a l l
	o a r	n a v e

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