Sunday, September 11, 2011
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Edited by Will Shortz
This Sunday’s acrostic draws a quotation from A Border Passage: From Cairo to America — A Woman's Journey by Leila Ahmed.
A Border Passage is not a typical autobiography. It has many elements of an autobiography, but it is also a book of well reasoned essays on some of the most difficult aspects of the history of Egypt and its culture. Essays on Islam, imperialism and on the identity and language of Egypt.
Leila Ahmed recount of her childhood and upbringing in Cairo and Alexandria is beautifully written. Her complex relationship with and her views of her mother are an important theme in the first half of the book. Her analysis of the social impact of the colonial and post colonial on her own family and the events that surrounded her is particularly insightful. ~ amazon.com
The quotation: IN THE POETRY OF… SUFISM, THE SONG OF THE REED IS THE METAPHOR FOR OUR HUMAN CONDITION… CUT FROM ITS BED AND FASHIONED INTO A PIPE, THE REED FOREVER LAMENTS THE LIVING EARTH THAT IT ONCE KNEW, CRYING OUT… ITS ACHE… AND LOSS.
The author’s name and the title of the work: LEILA AHMED, A BORDER PASSAGE
The defined words:
A. Case for a small memento, LOCKET
B. Tenor in the tuba family, EUPHONIUM
C. Get without fully understanding, INTUIT
D. Spiritual energy, élan vital (2 wds.), LIFE FORCE
E. Wooded battleground of World War I, ARGONNE
F. John Buchan’s “man who has no invisible means of support”, ATHEIST
G. Wi-Fi access point; place of conflict (2 wds.), HOT SPOT
H. One afflicted with logorrhea, MOTORMOUTH
I. The Furies, to ancient Greeks, ERINYES
J. Dog bred to hunt badgers, DACHSHUND
K. Calcium-rich form of feldspar, ANORTHITE
L. Washington-area headquarters of Lockheed Martin, BETHESDA
M. Prompt, punctual (2 wds.), ON TIME
N. Page, as through a flipbook, RIFFLE
O. Tending to spoil?, DOTING
P. Warm-blooded creature, ENDOTHERM
Q. Winners of Super Bowl XXXV in 2001, RAVENS
R. Program that explored the outer planets, PIONEER
S. Lima and Bangkok, or Seville and Auckland, more or less, ANTIPODES
T. Untrustworthy, devious, SHIFTY
U. Accessory brand introduced in Zurich in 1983, SWATCH
V. Where Humphrey Bogart went to private school, ANDOVER
W. Lighting technician, in Hollywood, GAFFER
X. Spinoza’s magnum opus, "ETHICS”
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