Sunday, September 21, 2014
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Edited by Will Shortz
This Sunday’s fine acrostic draws a quotation from “An Account of Egypt” by Herodotus.
The subject of the history of Herodotus is the struggle between the Greeks and the barbarians, which he brings down to the battle of Mycale in 479 B.C. The work, as we have it, is divided into nine books, named after the nine Muses. … The chronological narrative halts from time to time to give opportunity for descriptions of the country, the people, and their customs and previous history; and the political account is constantly varied by rare tales and wonders.~ The Project Gutenberg
The quotation: THIS IS THE APPEARANCE WHICH HE PRESENTS: HE IS FOUR-FOOTED, CLOVEN-HOOFED LIKE AN OX, FLAT-NOSED, WITH A MANE LIKE A HORSE AND TEETH LIKE TUSKS, AND HIS HIDE IS SO EXCEEDINGLY THICK THAT SHAFTS OF JAVELINS ARE MADE OF IT.
The author’s name and the title of the work: HERODOTUS, “AN ACCOUNT OF EGYPT”
The defined words:
A. What s described by this puzzle’s quotation, informally, HIPPO
B. Bartholdi’s helper with the Statue of Liberty, EIFFEL
C. Something others put on a dog, RELISH
D. Recurring melodic phrase, OSTINATO
E. Dried out at a facility, DETOXED
F. City of the “Moneyball” team, OAKLAND
G. Inclined to have stick fingers, THIEVISH
H. Free, as from a train, UNHITCH
I. Salad green at a sushi restaurant, SEAWEED
J. Stuck on, as a letter’s stamp, AFFIXED
K. Opponents one rarely defeats, NEMESES
L. Jacket for an arctic trek, ANORAK
M. Acclaimed playwright who was a physician by profession, CHEKHOV
N. Mark the homophone of answer M.? (2 wds.), CHECK OFF
O. Glance, especially an amorous one, OEILLADE
P. Items included in mess kits, UTENSILS
Q. Apple app for readers of current evens, NEWSSTAND
R. What spines may reveal, TITLES
S. Aeschylus trilogy, ORESTEIA
T. Language also called Suomi, FINNISH
U. Given the old heave-ho, EJECTED
V. Complimentary, GRATIS
W. Veil worn by some Muslim women in Turkey, YASHMAK
X. Dynast often pictured in a headdress, PHARAOH
Y. Ibis-headed god of wisdom and magic, THOTH
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