Cryptology
Sunday, July 20, 2008
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon, edited by Will Shortz
This Sunday’s acrostic features a rather innocuous quotation from Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon.
The quotation: THERE WAS A TIME WHEN PLACES LIKE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE EXISTED TO TRAIN MINISTERS AND THEIR JOB WAS TO SAY SOMETHING THOUGHT-PROVOKING SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK THEY WERE THE RETAIL OUTLETS OF THE PROFESSION OF PHILOSOPHY
The author's name and title of the quote: STEPHENSONCRYPTONOMICON
The defined words: A. SYLLOGISM; B. THEWORKS; C. ERIKSATIE; D. PIEFIGHT; E. HALFWIT; F. EXHUSBAND; G. NETHERWORLD; H. SHOWERS; I. OPERAHAT; J. NIGHTINGALE; K. CHAPTERS, L. REMOTE; M. YEARBOOK; N. PITHY; O. TERSE; P. OVERFISHED; Q. NEXUS; R. OTTOMAN; S. MOOSEJAW; T. IDEATE; U. COLDFEET; V. OPTIMIST; W. NATIVESON.
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