Acrostic by Mike Shenk

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77 O 78 N 79 U 80 W 81 E 82 G 83 P

84 T 85 B 86 M 87 I 88 X 89 F

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97 N 98 G 99 O 100 X 101 E 102 T 103 C 104 A

105 B

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112 N 113 T 114 M

115 B 116 S 117 A 118 E 119 X 120 F 121 J

122 R 123 U 124 G

125 K 126 C 127 S 128 N 129 T

130 P 131 X

132 Q

133 O 134 A 135 L 136 R 137 D 138 P 139 U 140 C

141 E 142 K 143 W 144 Q

145 S 146 H 147 T 148 I 149 O 150 X 151 N 152 D 153 U 154 J

155 V 156 E 157 R

158 N

159 Q 160 K 161 M 162 L 163 B

164 U 165 F 166 T 167 X 168 O 169 D 170 E 171 I 172 J 173 N

174 L 175 K

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180 T 181 H 182 J 183 R 184 V

185 O 186 C 187 Q 188 U 189 L

190 M 191 G

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198 O

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203 W 204 L 205 Q 206 E 207 H 208 U 209 P 210 C 211 J 212 B

213 X 214 R 215 S 216 F 217 T 218 N 219 W 220 M 221 V

Acrostic | by Mike Shenk

To solve, write the answers to the clues on the numbered dashes. Then transfer each letter to the correspondingly numbered square in the grid to spell a quotation reading from left to right. Black squares separate words in the quotation. Work back and forth between the word list and the grid to complete the puzzle. When you're finished, the initial letters of the answers inthe word list will spell the author's name and the source of the quotation.

N. Subject of 1863's Proclamation 95

O. Fit to be tied

A. Stephen Douglas, seven times in 1858, e.g.

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 52 73 117 104 179 25 134

P. Whisker style sported by the Union Army's Ambrose Burnside

B. Western

C. Trifling amount (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 5 55 115 85 212 195 30 163

____ ____ 178 105

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 186 54 140 103 126 16 210

Q. Promise to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States" (3 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 151 78 158 173 128 27 97 8 ____ ____ ____ ____ 112 56 192 218

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 198 133 69 185 99 77 168 50 ____ ____ 149 31

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 108 138 83 193 130 7 209 177 ____ ____ ____ 93 68 26

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 187 132 37 94 59 106 200 144 ____ ____ ____ ____ 159 17 65 205

D. Words under a finger pointer on a poster (3 wds.)

E. Ounce vis-?-vis a pound

F. Ulysses S. Grant and Stonewall Jackson, for two

G. River from the Guiana Highlands to the Gulf of Paria

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 90 176 169 152 10 32 137 40

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 141 118 206 101 81 46 156 170 21

R. Play designed to deceive an opponent in a bridge game (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 19 120 165 48 196 216 1 89

S. Join a Civil War battle, perhaps

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 66 24 124 82 191 45 98

T. Acclaimed 1955 play whose title comes from Proverbs (3 wds.)

H. Able to do anything ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

181 33 64 109 207 146 92 22

U. Unforgivingly malicious

____ ____ 41 202

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 136 107 183 201 122 4 71 214 157

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 12 51 215 127 116 145 20

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 2 18 113 36 84 58 72 217

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 194 129 180 102 147 166

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 123 79 139 28 14 153 61 164 ____ ____ 188 208

I. National flower of Wales

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 47 87 148 9 62 35 171 110

V. Formal speech

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 155 184 53 43 29 221 96

J. Residence with 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms (2 wds.)

K. Protect against loss or damage

L. Down-to-earth, pragmatic (Hyph.)

M. People who are really going places

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 13 38 95 121 211 74 172 182 ____ ____ 57 154

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 160 49 125 142 199 15 75 175 111

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 3 135 60 174 91 162 189 204

____ ____ 76 39

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 190 161 34 86 44 6 114 70 220

s

W. List of players

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 143 63 80 219 203 23

X. State capital whose Oak Ridge

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 197 42 67 100 119 213 131 167

Cemetery is the

____ ____ ____

final resting place of 11 88 150

a U.S. president

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