Alan Alexander ('A.A.') Milne by Howard Coster, 1926, © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Sunday, June 20, 2010 — Father's Day
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, edited by Will Shortz
This acrostic’s quotation is from the A. A. Milne collection of short stories, “A Table Near the Band” published in 1950.
The quotation: YOUR FAMILY LIKE EVERY OTHER HAS A LANGUAGE OF ITS OWN CONSISTING OF UNINTELLIGIBLE CATCH PHRASES FAVORITE BUT NOT GENERALLY KNOWN QUOTATIONS OBSCURE ALLUSIONS AND WELL-TRIED BUT NOT INTRINSICALLY HUMOROUS JOKES
The author’s name and the title of the work: A A MILNE A TABLE NEAR THE BAND
The defined words:
A. Of first importance (2wds), ABOVE ALL
B. Nervously excited, ATWITTER
C. Simpleton, freak, daydreamer, MOONCALF
D. It’s good for a balloonist, bad for an investor, INFLATION
E. Actor buried in the garb of a vampire, LUGOSI
F. Yearly medal for children’s literature, NEWBERY
G. Argument that refutes another argument, in logic, ELENCHUS
H. Finds in flea markets and junk shops, ANTIQUES
I. Great novelist who called Shakespeare “trivial and positively bad”, TOLSTOY
J. What the Beach Boys claimed to get in 1964, AROUND
K. Rider of a penny-farthing or tandem, BICYCLIST
L. Facial trait described lightly? (2 wds.), LANTERN JAW
M. Hungry for what another has, ENVIOUS
N. Discouraging adherence to culinary ware, NONSTICK
O. Study of winemaking (var.), ENOLOGY
P. Telling the future by interpreting omens, AUGURY
Q. Picaresque, ROGUISH
R. Lead down a dangerous path, TEMPT
S. Athletes playing for UConn, HUSKIES
T. Floor above the ground floor, ENTRESOL
U. Greeting from Pooh? (2 wds.), BEAR HUG
V. Emperor beginning in 1989, AKIHITO
W. Basic, sans bells and whistles (hyph.), NO-FRILLS
X. Evidence of a nearby man-eater (2 wds.), DORSAL FIN
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