09.25.11 — Bath & Math — the Acrostic



Sunday, September 25, 2011

ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Edited by Will Shortz


"If, like me, you love the neatness of calculus but never appreciated its applications or the colourful characters who have used it through history, then these diaries are well worth a read." - New Scientist, amazon.com

The quotation: ARCHIMEDES… WAS THE QUINTESSENTIAL MATH NERD… PLUTARCH TELLS HOW… (his) SERVANTS HAD TO FORCIBLY BATHE THEIR PREOCCUPIED MASTER, WHO WOULD SKETCH GEOMETRICAL FIGURES IN… OILS THAT ANOINTED HIS NAKED BODY AFTER BATH TIME.

The author’s name and the title of the work: OUELLETTE CALCULUS DIARIES

The defined words:

A. Not particularly tailored (hyph.), OFF-THE-RACK
B. Facial feature of Bert the Muppet, UNIBROW
C. Have a helping of crow (2 wds.), EAT DIRT
D. Book with columns of writing, LEDGER
E. Rotten, horrid, odious, vile, LOATHSOME
F. “ESCHEW the monumental. Shun the Epic” (Hemingway)
G. Old ballroom dance in duple meter (hyph.), TWO-STEP
H. Prince Myshkin, to Dostoyevsky (2 wds.), THE IDIOT
I. All; from A to Z (2 wds.), EVERY BIT
J. Work apt to be in the public domain, CLASSIC
K. Hampshire College site, AMHERST
L. Best-selling book series concerned with the end of the world (2 wds.), LEFT BEHIND
M. Prime minister after Brown, CAMERON
N. Particle first observed in 1968, UPQUARK
O. Gave in to despair (2 wds.), LOST HEART
P. Single, informally, UNHITCHED
Q. Impale on a rod for sorting, as a piece of paper, SPINDLE
R. “Illegitimi non carborundum,” e.g., (2 wds.), DOG LATIN
S. Where Penelope awaited her husband’s return, ITHACA
T. Joy and sorrow, or heaven and hell, ANTITHESES
U. Postgame treatment from a trainer, RUBDOWN
V. Sailor under Captain Ahab, ISHMAEL
W. Coarse, simple and natural, EARTHY
X. The farthest thing from a flop (2 wds.), SMASH HIT

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