08.10.14 — Yestermorrow — the Acrostic


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Sunday, August 10, 2014

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


This fine Sunday acrostic draws a quotation from Yestermorrow: Obvious Answers to Impossible Futures by Ray Bradbury.

YESTERMORROW is a collection of essays by Ray Bradbury.  Some of them are reflections upon places in Bradbury’s past while others are musings on dreamed-up future possibilities.  In these writings, Bradbury touches upon everything from art, literature, history, science fiction, architecture and music.  amazon.com

The quotation:  CATS COME AT DAWN TO SIT ON YOUR BED.  THEY MAY NOT NIP YOUR NOSE OR INHALE YOUR BREATH OR MAKE A SOUND.  THEY SIMPLY SIT… UNTIL YOU OPEN ONE EYELID AND SPY THEM… ABOUT TO DROP DEAD FOR NEED OF FEEDING.  SO IT IS WITH IDEAS.

The author’s name and the title of the work:  RAY BRADBURY, "YESTERMORROW"

The defined words:

A. The Pantheon in Rome has one, ROTUNDA
B. Stone worn by ancient Greeks to ward off drunkenness, AMETHYST
C. Player of a stringed instrument named Petunia (2 wds., hyph.), YO-YO MA
D. Prized catch off the Bahamas, BONEFISH
E. Delivery by a bounty hunter, e.g., RENDITION
F. Pain-relieving preparation, ANODYNE
G. Shaken or forsaken, DITCHED
H. Cox’s contest (2 wds.), BOAT RACE
I. Conveyed with no words, tacit, UNSPOKEN
J. Trace of interest in forensics, RESIDUE
K. Practice touted for stress relief, YOGA
L. Marked by change; full of vitality, YEASTY
M. Like Simon Bolivar, to Bolivia, EPONYMOUS
N. Gear for a high-rise window washer (2 wds.), SAFETY BELT
O. Alarm-inducing plunge, TAILSPIN
P. Pleasing effect on the ear, EUPHONY
Q. Wine with a piney flavor, RETSINA
R. Miners’ jackpot (2 wds.), MOTHER LODE
S. Beat in a home run derby, OUTHIT
T. Specimen in California’s Mariposa Grove, REDWOOD
U. Frequent cause for lifeguard rescues, RIPTIDE
V. Execrable, loathsome, ODIOUS
W. Hirsute penny-dreadful villain, WOLFMAN


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