07.03.11 — Picnic — the Acrostic



The Pic-Nic

Thomas Cole was at the height of his landscape-painting career in 1845 when he received a commission from James Brown, a wealthy New York banker who requested a landscape with interesting figure groups. Cole chose the subject of a picnic to describe the ideal coexistence of nature and civilization. The bounty of nature embodied in the park-like natural setting is accentuated by the trappings of the meal dispersed throughout and the flower garlands that three of the women wear in place of their fashionable bonnets. Hints of time's passage and mortality also invade this otherwise lighthearted scene through the ax-cut tree stump so prominent in the foreground. ~ Brooklyn Museum 

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Sunday, July 3, 2011

ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Edited by Will Shortz

This light-hearted in spirit, but difficult to solve, Fourth of July weekend acrostic draws a quotation from Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior by Judith Martin, a timely quotation in regard to the traditional holiday cook-out, e.g., picnic, etc.

Have a great Independence Day!

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The quotation: RULES FOR EATING OUTDOORS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE THAT APPLY INDOORS. FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO EXECUTE… WILDLIFE FOUND CRAWLING ACROSS… TABLE… AT PICNICS, ONE MAY KILL ANTS, BUT NOT COMPLAIN OF THEIR PRESENCE.

The author’s name and the title of the work: MARTIN, MISS MANNER’S GUIDE

The defined words:

A. 1984 debut that included a mouse, MACINTOSH
B. Professional who wears a mask to work, APIARIST
C. E. W. Horning’s “gentleman thief” of fiction, RAFFLES
D. Common misnomer for a kitchen staple, TINFOIL
E. “Where we met” in a 1958 Frank Sinatra song (3 wds.), ISLE OF CAPRI
F. Church bulletin or club report, NEWSLETTER
G. One of a warlike people of ancient Thessaly led by Achilles in the Trojan War, MYRMIDON
H. Cooler, ICEBOX
I. Kind of grape or watermelon, SEEDLESS
J. Squeeze the living daylights out of, STRANGLE
K. Be Wise, sass (2 wds.), MOUTH OFF
L. Moving like a flag in a breeze, AFLUTTER
M. Island from which Captain Ahab sailed, NANTUCKET
N. Pain in the neck, thorn in the side, NUISANCE
O. Pit of a cherry or stone of a peach, ENDOCARP
P. Mimosa relative also called a monkey pod (2 wds.), RAIN TREE
Q. Person lacking a conscience, SOCIOPATH
R. Talk turkey?, GOBBLE
S. What Betsy Ross made for a living, UPHOLSTERY
T. Contrary to proper etiquette, IMPOLITE
U. Some beach debris, DRIFTWOOD
V. Test the waters, EXPLORE

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