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Sunday, February 13, 2011
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, edited by Will Shortz
Happy Valentine’s Day a day early! This Sunday’s passionate and delightful acrostic draws a quotation from "Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers," by Amy Stewart.
Stewart is a fine interviewer and historian, and she does a superb job with this hardcover scoop on "the good, the bad, and the beautiful in the business of flowers." Well-researched details about the cut-flower trade draw you in, and her writing style and character development make the book as good a choice for vacation reading as a novel. You won't finish it in one sitting, as the tale moves from one plant to another. ~ Washington Post
The quotation: FROM… ONE LILY, YOU CAN LEARN… ABOUT HOW FLOWERS ARE MADE. ITS ANATOMY IS RIGHT THERE, OUT IN THE OPEN—THERE’S NO NEED TO GO HUNTING AROUND BETWEEN CRUMPLED PETALS TO FIND A STAMEN OR A STIGMA THE WAY YOU MIGHT WITH A ROSE.
The author’s name and title of the work: STEWART FLOWER CONFIDENTIAL
The defined words:
A. Big and bold, attention-getting, SHOWY
B. Scottish national emblem, THISTLE
C. Pleasingness to the ear, EUPHONY
D. Hopeful as a swain, suppliant, WOOER
E. Houseplant with a striking spathe and spadix, ANTHURIUM
F. “I Can’t Stop Loving You” singer, 1962 (2 wds.), RAY CHARLES
G. Process of cultivation, TILTH
H. Soft spot in a neonate’s skull, FONTANEL
I. What Vishnu is often depicted atop, LOTUS
J. Instrument played with all four limbs, ORGAN
K. Shriveled, as from a lack of moisture, WITHERED
L. Surround with greenery, EMBOWER
M. Passionate, sizzling (hyph.), RED-HOT
N. Name connected with a crime on February 14, 1929, CAPONE
O. Hummingbird attractor also known as bee balm (2 wds.) OSWEGO TEA
P. Seed from whose aril mace is made, NUTMEG
Q. Fragrant bloomer with a long vase life, FREESIA
R. Place taxonomically, IDENTIFY
S. Jay’s obsession in “The Great Gatsby”, DAISY
T. Coconut meat, in botanical terms, ENDOSPERM
U. Automaton too tiny to see with the naked eye, NANOBOT
V. Dance whose name is a letter in the phonetic alphabet, TANGO
W. Up close and personal, INTIMATE
X. Blue bloomer in many a rock garden, AGERATUM
Y. Lepidopteran with green wings (2 wds.), LUNA MOTH
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