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One hundred fifty six words start with MA, and two letters take a quarter of the third box between them.
N takes it in twenty four of the one hundred fifty six, R in twenty, and L and T in thirteen each. Twenty three letters appear there in total.
MAJOR, MARCH, MAGIC, MATCH and MANOR are the entries a puzzle is most likely to want, with MAYBE, MARKS and MAPLE behind them.
E fills the fourth box in twenty four of the one hundred fifty six and I in eighteen. Neither dominates, which leaves the fourth box more open than on most pages.
MANOR, MANGO, MANIA and MANLY come from the N branch. MARCH, MARKS, MARSH and MARRY come from R. Both hold ordinary words, so a guess in either is worth more than the count alone suggests.
S closes forty one of the one hundred fifty six, twenty six percent, with E and Y on nineteen each.
So test the last box first. Ruling out a plural removes a quarter of the page in one move, which nothing in the third box can match.
Twelve words repeat a letter, eight percent, which is low enough that a visible double is a useful signal here.
Both are common and they test different third letters. MARCH also covers the CH ending, which few entries here take.
Forty one, which is twenty six percent. E and Y follow on nineteen each.
A tailless monkey, or a small carved figure. It is one of the entries that fills the count without being guessable.