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Tingo — “To borrow things from a friend’s house one by one
until there’s nothing left.”— from the language of the people of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
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August 28, 2011
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Edited by Will Shortz
This challenging Sunday’s acrostic draws a quotation from “The Meaning of Tingo: And Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World" by Adam Jacot De Boinod.
Nearly any page you open to in The Meaning of Tingo pays hilarious tribute to the inventive genius of the world's peoples. Like Eat, Shoots & Leaves and Schott's Miscellany, with which it shares a quirky British charm and a gift-friendly look and size, The Meaning of Tingo is a UK bestseller that by all rights should become equally popular in the States. ~ Tom Nissley, amazon.com
The quotation: MY INTEREST IN THE QUIRKINESS OF FOREIGN WORDS WAS TRIGGERED WHEN ONE DAY WORKING… FOR THE BBC QUIZ PROGRAMME ‘QI,’ I PICKED UP A WEIGHTY ALBANIAN DICTIONARY TO DISCOVER THAT THEY HAVE… TWENTY-SEVEN WORDS FOR EYEBROWS.
The author’s name and the title of the work: DEBOINOD THE MEANING OF TINGO
The defined words:
A. Something felt on a man's head, DERBY
Nearly any page you open to in The Meaning of Tingo pays hilarious tribute to the inventive genius of the world's peoples. Like Eat, Shoots & Leaves and Schott's Miscellany, with which it shares a quirky British charm and a gift-friendly look and size, The Meaning of Tingo is a UK bestseller that by all rights should become equally popular in the States. ~ Tom Nissley, amazon.com
The quotation: MY INTEREST IN THE QUIRKINESS OF FOREIGN WORDS WAS TRIGGERED WHEN ONE DAY WORKING… FOR THE BBC QUIZ PROGRAMME ‘QI,’ I PICKED UP A WEIGHTY ALBANIAN DICTIONARY TO DISCOVER THAT THEY HAVE… TWENTY-SEVEN WORDS FOR EYEBROWS.
The author’s name and the title of the work: DEBOINOD THE MEANING OF TINGO
The defined words:
B. Labor union for theater actors, informally, EQUITY
C. Unglazed white ceramic ware, BISQUE
D. The back of the hand, OPISTHENAR
E. Affront to one’s self-respect, INDIGNITY
F. Ikea employee dress code violation, NECKTIE
G. Left winger of the Washington Capitals, OVECHKIN
H. Mississippi crosser of 1541 (2 wds.), DE SOTO
I. Fare that arrives in a box (2 wds.), TV SHOW
J. Relentless greedy, grasping person, HARPY
K. Like margarine, to a butter lover, ERSATZ
L. In a thick tangle, as hair, MATTED
M. Make deadlier, as an arrowhead, ENVENOM
N. Stratum that’s well connected?, AQUIFER
O. Provision for a rainy day (2 wds.), NEST EGG
C. Unglazed white ceramic ware, BISQUE
D. The back of the hand, OPISTHENAR
E. Affront to one’s self-respect, INDIGNITY
F. Ikea employee dress code violation, NECKTIE
G. Left winger of the Washington Capitals, OVECHKIN
H. Mississippi crosser of 1541 (2 wds.), DE SOTO
I. Fare that arrives in a box (2 wds.), TV SHOW
J. Relentless greedy, grasping person, HARPY
K. Like margarine, to a butter lover, ERSATZ
L. In a thick tangle, as hair, MATTED
M. Make deadlier, as an arrowhead, ENVENOM
N. Stratum that’s well connected?, AQUIFER
O. Provision for a rainy day (2 wds.), NEST EGG
P. River that was Kipling’s “road to Mandalay”, IRRAWADDY
Q. Animals fancied by Wodehouse’s Gussie Fink-Nottle, NEWTS
R. Talk signifying nothing, GIBBERISH
S. Clockwork model of the solar system, ORRERY
T. What drivers deliberately attempt to hit, FAIRWAYS
U. Performance so good it challenges other artists, THROWDOWN
V. Like a firehouse on fire, say, IRONIC
W. Second game of a baseball doubleheader, NIGHTCAP
Q. Animals fancied by Wodehouse’s Gussie Fink-Nottle, NEWTS
R. Talk signifying nothing, GIBBERISH
S. Clockwork model of the solar system, ORRERY
T. What drivers deliberately attempt to hit, FAIRWAYS
U. Performance so good it challenges other artists, THROWDOWN
V. Like a firehouse on fire, say, IRONIC
W. Second game of a baseball doubleheader, NIGHTCAP
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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
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