A last Ptarmigan

In 1945 Hubert Phillips offered this Ptarmigan ‘Word Play’ and a challenging little volume it is. Again, it’s clear that there must have been a significant audience for these really quite tricky puzzles. A significant level of general knowledge from history through literature to botany seem to have been a prerequisite at the very least.

So here a couple to try….first some jumbled letters…

And a tricky puzzle to think on..

Apparently the answer is….”Tittle-tattle is too trite, is it not?”