09.07.14 — Letter Perfect — the Acrostic

Found Alphabet, Rubenmiller 

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Sunday, September 7, 2014

ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Edited by Will Shortz

This Sunday’s acrostic draws a quotation from “Letter Perfect” by David Sacks.

The quotation:  B… HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH M… WHILE THE TWO… SOUND DIFFERENT, THEY USE MUCH THE SAME SPEECH MECHANISM… . TO DISCOVER THE CONNECTION, PINCH YOUR NOSTRILS AND SAY, “MY MOMMY MEETS ME.”  IT COMES OUT A BIT LIKE, “BY BOBBY BEETS BE.”

The author’s name and the title of the work:  DAVID SACKS, “LETTER PERFECT”

The defined words:

A. Composer who influenced Ravel and Boulez, DEBUSSY
B. Predatory strategy for cats, AMBUSH
C. Old Indochinese Communists, VIETMINH
D. Massive, titanic, mammoth, IMMENSE
E. Dry subject of a 2012 Ken Burns film (2 wds.), DUST BOWL
F. SERAPHIC Doctor (epithet for St Bonaventure)
G. “Be that as it may …”, ANYHOW
H. Home for some cenobites, CLOISTER
I. Stifling thing to put on something, KIBOSH
J. One’s one and only (2 wds.), SOUL MATE
K. Appealing to Luddites (hyph.), LOW-TECH
L. Ugandan hub on Lake Victoria, ENTEBBE
M. May material also known as herd’s-grass, TIMOTHY
N. Multiday cricket affair with lunch and tea breaks (2 wds.), TEST MATCH
O. Canine on the edge of the roof?, EYETOOTH
P. Douay-RHEIMS Bible
Q. “Lies and PERFIDY are the refuse of fools and cowards” (Lord Chesterfield)
R. United Christendom movement, ECUMENISM
S. Baskerville or Bodoni, e.g. (2 wds.), ROMAN TYPE
T. Choking danger at a seafood restaurant (2 wds.), FISH BONE
U. Expressive set of punctuation marks, EMOTICOM
V. Christmas tree decoration (2 wds.), CANDY CANE
W. Mythological character on whom Shakespeare’s Juliet is based, THISBE

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