MAN   HAS  MADE  USE  OF  HIS  INTELLIGENCE;   HE  INVENTED  STUPIDITY. 

—  RÉMY  de GOURMONT

"R" appeared only in the author's names, but all had it right. 

Correct answers came from  Sharon Bennett,  Marjorie Brekenridge,  Delmar Burkitt,  Andrzej Derdzinski,  John Jackson,  Alma Litten,  Julia Minturn,  Carla Nuenke,  and  Sally Yocom. 

The distribution of aces in Puzzle #2 was as follows:  North had the ace of Hearts, East the ace of Spades, South the ace of Clubs, and West the ace of Diamonds. 

Correct answers came from Michael Coughlin,  Andrzej Derdzinski,  and  John Ehrhart.

The correct answer to the third puzzle is shown to the right. 

Michael  and  Andrzej  had this one correct.  Andrzej included a fine analysis, showing why the row totals had to be 38.

C S V C Y S        Y N A N F X        V F        B R S        S H D K B V M        K M S        T K Y Y S L        S H D S Z B M N K F Z.       

I did market research in a village whose houses are arranged in a circle round the village green.  I called at each house and was told by each housewife, "I use SWOOSH detergent myself.  My left-hand neighbor uses Brand X". 

Then I went back to various houses and asked how many housewives use Brand X.  The oldest one replied "39" and the one next but three on her right said "44".  The prettiest replied "33" and the one next by four on her right "48".  The fattest replied "44" and the one next but five on her right "33".  As you may have guessed SWOOSH users always tell the truth and Brand X users never do.  How many of each were there?

What better way to catch the public's eye than a blend of personalities and babies?  Or so it seemed to the makers of Snap, the well-known dragon food.  They printed up a leaflet showing seven personalities:  an actress, bishop, captain, doctor, entertainer, financier and geologist.  Underneath them were seven snapshots (numbered 1-7) of these persons as babies.  All you had to do to win a life-sized plastic dragon was to say which baby grew into which personality.

Among the contestants were Faith, Hope and Charity, three spinsters of our parish.  Their considered opinions are shown at the right.  I fear they scored just three points each.  What number sequence won the dragon?