Our Winter Extra puzzle is resulting in more queries than answers, and who are we to make it really difficult for you to win a N.Y. World’s Fair Summer Jinx Extra? Here is the problem entirely revamped and reworded. If you have tried before, try again. We’re starting fresh. Postmark deadline is April 30, 1939.
Take three aces, three deuces, three treys. Lay them out face up on a table thus:
A 2 3
3 A 2
2 3 A
Note that the total of pips is six, adding across, down, or diagonally — with one exception. One diagonal adds up only to three. Your problem, in a billiard ball shell, is to make the square add to six in ALL STRAIGHT LINES by moving merely three cards.

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