Sunday, November 4, 2012
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Edited by Will Shortz
This Sunday’s timely acrostic draws a quotation from The WPA Guide to Mississippi, known as Mississippi, The WPA Guide to the Magnolia State, compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress, first published in 1938.
The quotation: [POLITICS] IS … FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, AND TENNIS ROLLED INTO ONE. WE ENJOY IT; WE WILL HITCH UP AND DRIVE FOR MILES IN ORDER TO HEAR AND APPLAUD THE VITRIOLIC PHRASES OF A CANDIDATE WE HAVE ALREADY RECKONED WE’LL VOTE AGAINST.
Source of the quotation: THE WPA GUIDE TO MISSISSIPPI
The defined words:
A. Forum for questioning citizens (2 wds.), TOWN HALL
B. Possible factor in a loss of power (2 2ds.), HEAT WAVE
C. Medicine made palatable with honey or jam, ELECTUARY
D. Dense and not very bright body (2 wds.), WHITE DWARF
E. Long-term office assignment, PROJECT
F. Penn State campus near Horseshoe Curve, ALTOONA
G. Go full speed, GALLOP
H. Show for the first time, UNVEIL
I. National Historic Trail known for an epic race, IDITAROD
J. A.T.M. maker involved in a 2004 controversy, DIEBOLD
K. Spectacles, shades and such, EYEWEAR
L. Rushmore companion of Abraham, THEODORE
M. Strain preceding some face-offs (2 wds.), “O CANADA”
N. Deceive, bamboozle, MISLEAD
O. California home of the Ayn Rand Institute, IRVINE
P. Favor both sides of an issue, STRADDLE
Q. Party whose official color is green (2 wds.), SINN FEIN
R. Call upon; put into use, as a law, INVOKE
S. Long and tiresome journey, SCHLEP
T. Creature able to regrow a lost limb, STARFISH
U. Text showing a list, ITALICS
V. Offered as a public serve (2 wds.), PRO BONO
W. Accomplices in the audience, PLANTS
X. Permanent; never to be forgotten, INDELIBLE
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