Sunday, November 16, 2014
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Edited by Will Shortz
This Sunday’s acrostic draws a quotation from The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, by ElIf Batuman.
Love and the novel, the individual in history, the existential plight of the graduate student: all find their place in The Possessed. Literally and metaphorically following the footsteps of her favorite authors, Batuman searches for the answers to the big questions in the details of lived experience, combining fresh readings of the great Russians, from Pushkin to Platonov, with the sad and funny stories of the lives they continue to influence—including her own. ~ Amazon.com
The quotation: EVERY MORNING I CALLED AEROFLOT TO ASK ABOUT MY SUITCASE. “OH, IT’S YOU,” SIGHED THE CLERK. “WHEN WE FIND THE SUITCASE WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU. IN THE MEANTIME, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH OUR RUSSIAN PHRASE ‘RESIGNATION OF THE SOUL’?”
The author’s name and the title of the work: ELIF BATUMAN, ‘THE POSSESSED”
The defined words:
A. Oprah Winfrey, relative to Rosa Parks in 2005, EULOGIST
B. Musician whose first band was the Quarrymen, LENNON
C. Reptile with a spiny back, IGUANA
D. Cookout for sectarians (2 wds.), FISH FRYC. Reptile with a spiny back, IGUANA
E. Windy conversationalist, BLOWHARD
F. Coiled fossil shell of a mollusk, AMMONITE
G. Fail to control one’s temper (3 wds.), THROW A FIT
H. Prop for a circus clown, UNICYCLE
I. Title for Camus or Sartre, MONSIEUR
J. Tune from which “Love Me Tender” derives (2 wds.), AURA LEE
K. Saint from the Lucian town of Myra, NICHOLAS
L. Hard-to-solve puzzle, TOUGHIE
M. Abominable, HEINOUS
N. Like a photographic memory, EIDETIC
O. Part of a desktop setup, PRINTER
P. One way of thinking or laughing (2 wds.), OUT LOUD
Q. Cat breed in “Lady and the Tramp”, SIAMESE
R. Go all to pieces, SHATTER
S. In bygone days, but no longer, ERSTWHILE
T. Means of capital conversion? (2 wds.), SHIFT KEY
U. One hoping for a free ride, STOWAWAY
V. Domain of a prince, EMIRATE
W. Author of “The Idiot”, DOSTOEVSKY
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