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Volume 1138a

THREE PUZZLES FOR ERB FANS
Answers

1. ERB CROSSWORD PUZZLE
2. ERB WORD PUZZLE
3. ERB WORD SEARCH
TARZAN CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Adapted, Revised & Expanded by Bill Hillman from a DC Comics puzzle by Bob Rozakis ~ Copyright 1973 ERB, Inc.
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ACROSS
1. Tarzan's real name (2 words) JOHN CLAYTON
8. Title inherited by Tarzan from his father (2 words): LORD GREYSTOKE
17. Heins abbreviation for Tarzan and the Ant Men: AM
18. Tarzan's mother, Lady _ _ _ _ _: ALICE
19. Colour of the scar on Tarzan's forehead when angry: RED
20. Video tape system Laurence Dunn views old Tarzan movies on in England: PAL
21. Ape language for "lion": NUMA
22. English abbreviation for histah et al: REP
23. What fans do at Dum-Dums and ECOFs: MEET
25. What every exhibitor makes in the Huckster Rooms: SALE
26. Great Ape son of Tublat: TERKOZ
28.  AURA
30. Method used by Tarzan to capture animals: TRAP
31. Roman Numeral of the early ERBzine feature "OB: The Other Burroughs Bio": LI
33. Path in the jungle: TRAIL
35. Nationality of John Clayton and BBH: ENGLISH
39. African Native (abbreviation): AN
40. North African River: NILE
42. What ERB and Tarzan fed their mounts: OATS
43. Ape language for "black": GO
44. The "three little bugs" that young Tarzan found under a picture that looked like himself.: MAN
46. Ape language for "strange" (in the plural): JARS
47. When Ed comes to this part of a chapter he uses a "cliffhanger": ENDING
50. Heins abbreviation for The Return of Tarzan: RT
51. International Telephone and Telegraph (abbreviation): ITT
54. Argosy and Blue Book changes in Ed's manuscripts: EDITS
56. D'Arnot's home that Tarzan visited in the second Tarzan novel: PARIS
57. Native who killed Kala: KULONGA
59. Tarzan, Ara, Bara, and Sheeta all have it: SPEED
63. Ape language for "light" or "bright": TU
64. The Tarzana state (abbrev.): CA
65. The time in Pellucidar at this moment: NOON.
66. A two-letter word most non-ERB fans associate with the name Dejah: VU
67. "Horta": BOAR
69. There was only one in the little cabin: ROOM
71. The creator of Tarzan, Barsoom, Pellucidar and Amtor: EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
76. What Tarzan felt for the Hun: HATRED
78. The first two letters of OB's middle name: RI
79. One of the publishers of Tarzan and Korak comics: DC
80. Distress signal prompted by mutineers: SOS
81. Animals with teeth all do this in battle or hunger: BITE
82. Young she-ape Tarzan fell in love with: TEEKA
83. Miss Strong's initials: HS (HAZEL STRONG)
84. Jane Porter's hometown: BALTIMORE
85. Korak's girlfriend: MERIEM

DOWN
1. Tarzan's habitat: JUNGLE
2. Ttidy: NEAT
3. Priestess of Opar: LA
4. Berserk, as Kerchak sometimes became: AMOK
5. The third book written by ERB. Tarzan's first appearance.: TARZAN OF THE APES
6. What Mike Henry hears in the bull-ring: OLE
7. Tarzan's enemy in Tarzan and "The Foreign Legion" (colloquial): NIP
8. "Zee" in ape language: LEG
9. The sailors on the Fuwalda drank this: RUM
10. What young Tarzan thought he was (two words): GREAT APE
11. Second word in the title of the second Tarzan book: RETURN
12. Name prefered by Edgar: ED
13. Direction of Tarzan's plantation from Lake Victoria: SW
14. Lost Atlantas-related city discovered by Tarzan in the jungle: OPAR
15. Tarzan's ape mother: KALA
16. "Tantor" herd: ELEPHANTS
24. "Meeta" ~ causes the jungle animals to seek shelter: RAIN
25. Heins abbreviation for the fourth Tarzan book: ST
27. _ _ _ _ Manning: Tarzan newspaper strip artist: RUSS
29. Sun God: RA
32. Two letters common to the titles: Minidoka ~ Princess of Mars ~ A Fighting Man of Mars ~ The Mad King: IN
34. "Sabor": LIONESS
36 "Bolgani": GORILLA
37. Distinction shared by: "Foreign Legion," "Llana of Gathol," "Escape On Venus,": LAST
38. Two letters common to the titles: Bandit of Hell's Bend ~ Skeleton Men of Jupiter ~ City of Gold ~ Forbidden City: IT
41. Abbreviation of Mrs. Burroughs first name: EM
45. What St. John, Foster, JCB, Yeates, Stout, Hoover, et al do: ART
46. Editor and artist of the DC Tarzan comics series: JOE KUBERT
48. Frenchman who befriends the ape-man: D'ARNOT
49. Abbreviation of the publishers of the Burroughs reprints after McClurg: GD
52. Ape language for "elephant": TANTOR
53. Ape language for "lightning": ARA
55. Jimber Jaw's cover and resting place: ICE
56. "Sheeta": PANTHER
58. "_ _ _ _ _ of the Jungle" in Blue Book pulp, later became Tarzan the Invincible: GUARD
60. Name common to Professor A.Q. and Jane: PORTER
61. Tarzan's victory cry: EVOE
62. Tribal ritual of the apes. . .  and BBs: DUM-DUM
67. Part of the tree over which Disney's Tarzan "surf": BARK
68. One of the nicknames of ERB biographer, Lupoff: RICH
70. Either: OR
72. March 19, 1950: DIE
73. Hyde, Zeuschner, Barrett, Woodley, Cook, Hibbard, et al: BOB
74. Country Jane came from: USA
75. A 3-letter abbreviation for the second Tarzan novel.: ROT
76." _ _ _, Tarzan... Her, Jane": HIM
77." _ _ _ Core" (first Pellucidar Book abbreviation): ATE

 
 
TARZAN'S WORD PUZZLE
by Bob Rozakis ~ Copyright ERB, Inc. 1973
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"I should hate to think that I am looking upon the jungle for the last time, dear, were it not that I am going to a new world of happiness with you forever."

~~ Tarzan's closing words in The Return of Tarzan
A. WITHOUT B. EDGAR C. TWI D. TEETH E. INVITE
F. NIKOLAS ROKOFF G. HORTA H. TURTLE I. TOOT J. GREYSTOKE
K. MOUTH L. PISAH M. JANE N. EHO O. ELEPHANT
P. WHITE Q. GOMANGANI R. FILM S. D'ARNOT T. POUND
U. LION V. HISTAH W. WW

 



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