Baghdad Sketches
Sunday, July 5, 2009 ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, edited by Will Shortz Good news for aficionados of the acrostic -- the New York Times Magazine has reinstated the puzzle this Sunday. Today’s fine acrostic draws a quotation from Freya Stark’s “Baghdad Sketches”, an account of a four-year sojourn in Iraq and Iran in the 1930s, the first of Dame Freya Stark's many travel books. A fine quotation for the vacationer of this summer, supported by defined words relating to the subject of aestivation.
The quotation: THE TOURIST TRAVELS LIKE A SNAIL IN HIS SHELL AND STANDS ON HIS OWN PERAMBULATING DOORSTEP TO LOOK AT THE CONTINENTS BUT IF YOU SALLY FORTH WITH A LEISURELY AND BLANK MIND THERE IS NO KNOWING WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO YOU The author’s name and the title of the work: FREYA STARK BAGHDAD SKETCHES The defined words: A. FANTASY; B. RHONE; C. ENVISION; D. YAWL; E. ANTIPODAL; F. SIDE TRIP; G. TUNIS; H. AUTOBAHN; I. RENTAL; J. KON-TIKI; K. BLARNEY; L. ASHMOLEAN; GALUMPH; N. HUDSON; O. DOWN SOUTH; P. ALOFT; Q. DITHYRAMB; R. STROLL; S. KITTY HAWK; T. ENNUI; U. TWITTER; V. CONSOLE; W. HOSTEL; X. EPSILON; Y. SIGHTSEE. ----------------- For the complete post, go HERE.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, edited by Will Shortz Good news for aficionados of the acrostic -- the New York Times Magazine has reinstated the puzzle this Sunday. Today’s fine acrostic draws a quotation from Freya Stark’s “Baghdad Sketches”, an account of a four-year sojourn in Iraq and Iran in the 1930s, the first of Dame Freya Stark's many travel books. A fine quotation for the vacationer of this summer, supported by defined words relating to the subject of aestivation.The quotation: THE TOURIST TRAVELS LIKE A SNAIL IN HIS SHELL AND STANDS ON HIS OWN PERAMBULATING DOORSTEP TO LOOK AT THE CONTINENTS BUT IF YOU SALLY FORTH WITH A LEISURELY AND BLANK MIND THERE IS NO KNOWING WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO YOU The author’s name and the title of the work: FREYA STARK BAGHDAD SKETCHES The defined words: A. FANTASY; B. RHONE; C. ENVISION; D. YAWL; E. ANTIPODAL; F. SIDE TRIP; G. TUNIS; H. AUTOBAHN; I. RENTAL; J. KON-TIKI; K. BLARNEY; L. ASHMOLEAN; GALUMPH; N. HUDSON; O. DOWN SOUTH; P. ALOFT; Q. DITHYRAMB; R. STROLL; S. KITTY HAWK; T. ENNUI; U. TWITTER; V. CONSOLE; W. HOSTEL; X. EPSILON; Y. SIGHTSEE. ----------------- For the complete post, go HERE.
