Mosaic of the Minerva of Peace (detail),
Elihu Vedder, 1896 (Library of Congress)
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
SPIRAL, Puzzle by Will Shortz
Even though it may be disconcerting to keep track of inward and outward, I absolutely love this type of word puzzle, which is essentially one long string of words in two directions rolled on itself like a sausage. This Sunday’s spiral is a delicious masterpiece!
Inward — 1-4 It might be needed to raise the bar. TOLL; 5-13 Summaries, ABSTRACTS; 14-17 Fissure, RIFT; 18-23 Away from home, AFIELD; 24-30 French philosopher Denis, DIDEROT; 31-34 Turkey seasoning, SAGE; 35-44 Modern data holder (2 wds.), MEMORY CARD; 45-52 Ovals, ELLIPSES; 53-56 French circle, ROND; 57-67 Singer with the #1 country hit “Out of My Head and Back in My Bed” (2 wds.), LORETTA LYNN; 68-73 Hard to understand, ARCANE; 74-80 Port on the English Channel (2 wds.), LE HAVRE; 81-86 Hunter, NIMROD; 87-93 Completely lacking in sophistication (hyph), NO-CLASS; 94-100 Warded off, AVERTED.
Outward — 100-96 Raison D'ETRE; 95-90 Servant, VASSAL; 89-84 Majestic bird, CONDOR; 83-77 Goddess said to have invented music, MINERVA; 76-71 State capital located in Lewis and Clark County, HELENA; 70-65 Narrow opening, CRANNY; 64-59 Second of two LATTER; 58-51 Ancestor of Icelandic (2 wds.), OLD NORSE; 50-44 Like milk and secrets, sometimes, SPILLED; 43-40 Off-color, RACY; 39-36 Where [Outward 83-77] was a goddess, ROME; 35-27 Typical Wal-Mart or Kmart, MEGASTORE; 26-21 Waste time, DIDDLE; 20-12 Start of a maxim about persistence (3 wds.), IF AT FIRST; 11-7 Farm vehicles, CARTS; 6-1 Vote, BALLOT.
Pieter Bruegel's The Tower of Babel
depicts a traditional Nimrod inspecting stonemasons.
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Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning,
On an ever spinning wheel
As the images unwind
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
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Puzzle available on the internet at
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