Puzzle
Rathvon, Emily Cox and Henry
t h e progressive P u z z l e by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon Letters to clue answers, when put in the appropriately numbered squares, will spell out a quotation. The first letters of the clue...
...L. ENT(E)BBE ("be bent" anag...
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...The first letters of the clue answers spell out the name of the quotation's author...
...M. MO(A)B...
...C. OSTROGOTH ("or got shot" anag...
...H. TEETH ("E.T...
...J. I'M-PORT-ANT K. NECKERCHIEF ("fine checker" anag...
...Gloria Steinem) A. GOODBY ("boy" and "dog" anag...
...G. SUBPOENA ("bean soup" anag...
...the" anag...
...D. RASH (2 definitions) E. INDI(RA G)AN-DHI ("hid" anag...
...He just doesn't get it...
...Clues are in the "cryptic" style...
...of imagining he had been born female or born black or born Hispanic...
...I. EFFEMINATE ("feet in Fame" anag...
...F. AF-GHAN ("hang" anag...
...B. LONG JOHN S-ILVER ("liver" anag...
...Clues A. Violator of car part B. Turn out "short stuff' C. "Twist and Shout"—that's grand D. Ornate bundle returned before talk E. Some rich folks in Grant's front door F. Grant is down, pinned by a spear G. Kid in rickety outhouse H. Sailor rented vessel I. Reform School mail revealing a sickness J. Indian tribe in most of show was brilliant K. N.Y.'s too horribly conceited L. "Scarce Life Forms Die"—irate scientist's first piece's edited M. Indian in back of fort, and atop Solution to last month's Progressive Puzzle "[Reagan] does not have the gift of empathy...
Vol. 48 • January 1984 • No. 1
