————————
Sunday, June 29, 2014
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Edited by Will Shortz
This Sunday’s acrostic draws a quotation from “Tolstoy Lied: A Love Story” by Rachel Kadish.
In Anna Karenina, Tolstoy famously wrote, “Happy families are all alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” This celebrated maxim seems questionable at best to literature professor Tracy Farber. If Tolstoy is to be taken at his word, only unhappiness is interesting; happiness is predictable and bland. ~ amazon.com
The quotation: PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND HAPPINESS. THEY THINK IT’S THE ABSENCE OF TROUBLE…. HAPPINESS IS THE ABILITY TO LIVE WELL ALONGSIDE TROUBLE. NO TWO PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME TROUBLE…. QED: NO TWO HAPPY PEOPLE ARE HAPPY IN THE SAME WAY.
The defined words:
A. Inerim capital of Pakistan from 1959 to 1967, RAWALPINDI
B. Unit of 14.7 pounds per square inch at sea level, ATMOSPHERE
C. Socially exclusive, as a group, CLIQUISH
D. Someone who may put you under, HYPNOTIST
E. Flat-footed trumpeters, ELEPHANTS
F. Maine city that is home to Bates College, LEWISTON
G. “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” rapper (2 wds.), KANYE WEST
H. Orbital point farthest frm the sun, APHELION
I. Placed far in (hyph.), DEEP-SET
J. Unconditioned; present from birth, INNATE
K. Candidate for a pop phenomenon? (2 wds.), SOAP BUBBLE
L. “Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to HEAVEN” (Shak.)
M. Things useful n making snaps, THUMBS
N. Adjective often applied to Answer M., OPPOSABLE
O. Current n the underworld, LETHE
P. Traffic controller dating to 1868 in London, STOPLIGHT
Q. Taking things the wrong way?, THEFT
R. First name in Harpo Productions, OPRAH
S. Where t find Tuolumne Meadows, YOSEMITE
T. Old moniker for a tomato (2 wds.), LOVE APPLE
U. Smoother in housework, IRON
V. Abductee painted by Titian and Boucher, EUROPA
W. Naïve, innocent, too trusting (hyph.) DEWY-EYED
————————
Click on image to enlarge,
or Right click and select “Open Link in New Window".
Puzzle available on the internet at
No comments:
Post a Comment