Acrostic X-5
DOUBLE ACROSTIC X MINUS FIVE
Joanne Schott
(In Looking Glass Land, things go in reverse.
The next acrostic, should there be one, will be X minus six.)
You will need to print the acrostic in order to solve it. When the diagram is filled in, it will contain a quotation from a published work. Numbered squares in the diagram correspond to the numbered blanks to be filled in with the answers to the clues. The first letters of each answer, when read downwards, will spell the name of the author and the title of the work from which the quotation comes. The letter following the number in each square indicates the clue whose answer includes the letter to be entered in that square. Nearly all the clues have something to do with children's literature. You do not need to know more than about 8 (some say 6) answers to begin. As skeletons of words begin to form in the diagram and some initial letters of author and title are in place, work back and forth. Soon the parts of the puzzle will solve one another. Answers will be posted on the site on August 2, 2002.
Note: Depending upon your printer and page setup options, some of the right hand columns of the acrostic may not print. If the printed version does not match what you see on your screen, try going into the print setup menu and change the page orientation from Portrait to Landscape. If your printer supports output scaling (and your eyesight is good!) you can instead try reducing the output scale from 100% (try 90% to start) until all of the columns appear on the printed copy.
| 1F | 2J | 3I | 4Y | 5Q | 6CC | 7H | 8C | 9R | 10Y | 11G | 12E | 13P | 14R | 15EE | ||||
| 16W | 17T | 18V | 19Y | 20K | 21U | 22R | 23G | 24S | 25A | 26H | 27D | 28I | 29AA | 30Y | ||||
| 31L | 32AA | 33E | 34DD | 35H | 36R | 37O | 38EE | 39C | 40S | 41X | 42T | 43V | 44D | 45E | ||||
| 46B | 47Y | 48A | 49AA | 50N | 51K | 52Q | 53L | 54H | 55AA | 56W | 57R | 58G | 59M | 60P | ||||
| 61T | 62CC | 63Y | 64R | 65F | 66X |
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67DD | 68S | 69H | 70U | 71K | 72CC | 73B | 74AA | 75E | |||
| 76C | 77Y | 78BB | 79A | 80E | 81L | 82B | 83H | 84R | 85W | 86S | 87CC | 88H | 89P | 90V | ||||
| 91AA | 92T | 93A | 94Q | 95DD | 96E | 97S | 98G | 99Y | 100EE | 101A | 102S | 103H | 104E | 105C | 106Y | |||
| 107M | 108W | 109Q | 110P | 111A | 112L | 113Y | 114F | 115C | 116K | 117BB | 118A | 119S | 120D | 121H | 122Y | 123T | ||
| 124R | 125H | 126E | 127W | 128Y | 129O | 130C | 131R | 132EE | 133V | 134I | 135B | 136N | 137Z | 138W | 139CC | |||
| 140Y | 141K | 142Q | 143AA | 144Z | 145R | 146DD | 147O | 148E | 149B | 150O | 151S | 152F | 153H | 154Y | 155K | |||
| 156Z | 157EE | 158I | 159AA | 160J | 161F | 162A | 163Y | 164N | 165AA | 166O | 167S | 168CC | 169I | 170EE | ||||
| 171R | 172Y | 173Q | 174G | 175M | 176AA | 177EE | 178O | 179CC | 180V | 181N | 182E | 183Q | 184F | 185D | 186H | 187BB | ||
| 188L | 189CC | 190U | 191AA | 192EE | 193D | 194Y | 195CC | 196S | 197Z | 198DD | 199A | 200Q | 201CC | 202W | ||||
| 203J | 204P | 205M | 206Y | 207Z | 208AA | 209A | 210I | 211BB | 212DD | 213S | 214R | 215T | 216X | 217O | ||||
| 218F | 219T | 220E | 221Y | 222W | 223Q | 224Y | 225H | 226Y | 227V | 228S | 229R | 230J | 231F | |||||
| 232EE | 233C | 234A | 235R | 236N | 237B | 238CC | 239P | 240Y | 241O | 242R | 243X | 244V | 245H | 246W | 247T | |||
| 248CC | 249G | 250K | 251I | 252F | 253R | 254N | 255M | 256Q | 257E | 258C | 259Y | 260H | 261U | 262D |
| A. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 25 199 93 234 48 101 118 79 209 ___ ___ 162 111 |
A Johnny Gruelle character (2 words) | |
| B. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 82 135 149 73 237 46 |
Surname in Mayne's A Grass Rope | |
| C. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 258 76 8 233 105 115 39 130 |
Original title of the book that was the source for the film Babe; The... (hyphenated) | |
| D. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 185 262 27 44 193 120 |
Bear, Eager or Gorey | |
| E. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 104 257 12 45 182 75 126 80 148 ___ ___ ___ 33 220 96 |
Piney Trigger, Sylvia Daisy Pouncer, and Nibbins are characters in The ... (2 words) | |
| F. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 65 231 184 1 218 252 161 152 114 |
A tough gang figuring in L'Engle's The Young Unicorns | |
| G. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 58 249 23 11 174 98 |
John Langstaff's Christmas and Spring celebrations in Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| H. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 26 153 186 225 35 260 121 69 54 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 125 83 7 88 245 103 |
A Seuss reptile (3 words) | |
| I. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 3 251 158 134 28 169 210 |
Cartoon characters based on Wilhelm Busch's Max und Moritz; ... Fritz (2 words) | |
| J. | ___ ___ ___ ___ 203 230 160 2 |
Salaman Van ..., Dutch born British artist, illustrator of many children's classics | |
| K. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 141 20 250 71 16 155 51 |
Nutkin annoyed Old Brown with them | |
| L. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 53 31 188 112 81 |
Thornton Burgess's Fox | |
| M. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 107 59 175 205 255 |
... ockle, blue bockle | |
| N. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 181 136 236 254 164 50 |
Barber, barber, ... pig (2 words) | |
| O. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 37 129 150 217 241 178 147 166 |
... Danann; people of the goddess Danu, a divine race of old Irish mythology (2 words) | |
| P. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 13 239 60 110 204 89 |
Mrs. ... donated her farm Hill Top, Sawrey to the National Trust | |
| Q. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 94 223 109 142 52 200 5 256 173 ___ 183 |
Sam-I-am's were green (3 words) | |
| R. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 124 253 57 9 22 229 84 214 131 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 242 171 64 145 14 235 36 |
Manny Rat is the villain of The ... (4 words) | |
| S. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 97 196 213 24 40 167 228 151 86 ___ ___ ___ 119 68 102 |
Address for Lily Rose and Kate Ruggles and family (3 words) | |
| T. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 42 61 92 247 17 215 219 123 |
There was a man ... deed sowed his garden full of seed (2 words) | |
| U. | ___ ___ ___ ___ 190 70 21 261 |
Canine nursemaid to the Darling family | |
| V. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 133 43 18 244 90 180 227 |
... donkey that wouldn't go, Would I beat him? Oh no, no. (4 words) | |
| W. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 108 246 138 222 85 127 56 202 16 |
When Pinocchio tells a lie, his ... (2 words) | |
| X. | ___ ___ ___ ___ 66 216 243 41 |
Family name of discoverers of water of immortality | |
| Y. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 259 128 240 172 30 206 226 122 99 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 63 140 163 194 77 221 113 10 19 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 47 154 224 4 106 |
Just So story about a very large mammal (6 words) | |
| Z. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 197 207 156 137 144 |
Carolyn Haywood character, male counterpart to Betsy | |
| AA. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 32 74 165 191 55 208 91 159 49 ___ ___ ___ 143 176 29 |
Snack for an arachnophobe (3 words) | |
| BB. | ___ ___ ___ ___ 211 187 117 78 |
Creator of Gillis and Ferdinand | |
| CC. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 195 62 189 238 248 87 179 201 6 ___ ___ ___ 168 72 139 |
They follow Mack and Nack (3 words) | |
| DD. |
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34 95 67 212 198 146
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Her many books include retellings of Japanese folktales; factionalized experience of World War II internment; stories of a Japanese-American girl growing up in California | |
| EE. | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 177 157 192 38 15 132 232 100 170 |
Rey's Pretzel or Kahl's Maxie |
Volume 3, Issue 2, The Looking Glass, 1999
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