Time for a little Thursday morning fun.

The Juvenile Instructor published this puzzle, written by T. Green, in 1877. I am unable to further identify T. Green.

As usual, please solve only one (two if you just can’t help yourself) letter(s) and leave the rest for other readers to play along. Thanks!

I am composed of eighteen letters.

My 1, 8, 16 is dark.

My 2, 5, 9, 16, 4 is to bind together.

My 3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 8 is a beautiful city.

My 4, 5, 10, 14, 9 afflicts lazy people.

My 5, 6, 7, 8 is a noted river.

My 6, 17, 2 is an acknowledgment of a debt.

My 7, 8, 10, 12, 9, 16 is how I lost my umbrella.

My 8, 16 is the name of a settlement near Salt Lake City.

My 9, 13, 17, 5 is a metal.

My 10, 8, 12 is a snare.

My 11, 12, 18, 8, 4, 16 is a part of a city.

My 12, 13, 17, 16 is something a horse does.

My 13, 17, 11, 4 is a flower.

My 14, 16, 12, 8, 13 is to speak.

My 15, 17, 13, 10, 4, 18 is part of a right angle.

My 16, 14, 10, 8 is something necessary in singing.

My 17, 3, 4, 5 is very useful in the household.

My 18, 8, 11, 16 is what you may do when you have solved this.

My whole is very instructive and amusing, and very popular among the young of this Territory.