Sunset from top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia NP, Maine -- by James Fisher Photography
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon, edited by Will Shortz
The thoughts, observations, sketches and ideas of W. Somerset Maugham between the years of 1892-1949 is the subject of the work quoted in today’s acrostic.
The quotation: THE PHILOSOPHER IS LIKE A MOUNTAINEER WHO HAS with difficulty CLIMBED A MOUNTAIN FOR THE SAKE OF THE SUNRISE, AND ARRIVING AT THE TOP FINDS ONLY FOG; whereupon he wanders down again. HE MUST BE AN HONEST MAN IF HE DOESNT TELL YOU THAT THE SPECTACLE WAS STUPENDOUS.
The author’s name and title of the work: W. Somerset MAUGHAM WRITERS NOTEBOOK
The defined words: MATINEE; ASPHALT; UPTOWN; GOFORTH; HINDLEGS; ANTAEUS; MCINTOSH; AUDIBLE; WHITEFISH; ROCKSTEADY; INFESTED; THAMES; EPONYMOUS; REFUND; SALTFLAT; NEPHRITE; OMPHALOS; TENSION; ELEVEN; BEARISH; OTTOHAHN; OUTSHINE; KEROUAC.
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