December 6 · Drawer 6
The Ornament Box
Your puzzle is on page 16 of the book. Open one hint at a time: often the first one is enough.
Find every word from the list (across, down or diagonally). Then read the letters you did NOT use, row by row from the top.
Check your answer
Nothing is revealed if you are wrong.
First hint
Circle every word first. Words can run left to right, top to bottom or diagonally downward.
Second hint
Exactly eight letters are left over. Read them like a book: top row first, left to right.
Solution
After circling every word, the unused letters, read row by row, are S, T, O, C, K, I, N, G. The answer is STOCKING.
The same hints and solutions are printed in the book (pages 56, 58 and 60).