many thanks to all who competed;
contest winners will be announced on or before 15th December 2001

The following puzzle is a double acrostic (like the ones in the New York Times magazine, of which we are very fond.) Just solve the clues on the bottom part of the page, and then fill each letter into its numbered square on the grid to read the literary quotation. The initial letters of each solution will spell out the author's name, and the work from which the quotation is taken. Some fun, eh?? Good luck, and thanks for playing.

Clues

A. Highly charged and slippery (2 words)

172	202	238	185	227	96	132	211	158	233	4

B. _________________, saith the Lord (3 words)

171	186	209	235	118	113	145	18	63	25	98	131	201	170	207

C. Infomercial's weight-loss promise (2 words)

203	183	16	127	196	62	182	237	137	149	210	240	112	250

D. See L ... or U, come to think of it (2 words)

21	263	157	117	265	160	184	33	39	148	133	116	19	259

E. What the huddled masses are doing (4 words)

232	2	188	3	156	135	67	261	24	159	40	64	115	208	126	1	147	267	154	139	195

F. Result of reading too much Sartre

239	192	29	164	11	20

G. Preface to a last resort (4 words)

252	260	152	244	213	193	212	231	262	61	134	200	243	17	223	174

H. Excitement in the blood (2 words)

256	35	111	229	270	220	268	5	221	175	236	144	114	194

I. Loan Freud 150? Oddly, inappropriate (2 words)

37	264	217	78	167	70	9	141	179	249	206

J. Who ya gonna call?

73	82	169	234	138	38	180	7	49	122	178	107

K. "Where there is sorrow, there is ______________ ground." (Oscar Wilde)

255	108	79	23

L. Cutting a rug with D (2 words)

28	104	76	204	94	84	43	225	81	176	162

M. Girl found upstairs and down

226	95	205	120	50	248	91	105	222

N. How often you should visit Popula (2 words)

74	142	27	228	32	218	119

O. The Hissing of Summer _________; Joni Mitchell

52	48	8	26	214

P. Armand Hammer's western oil (2 words)

44	168	103	53	51	83	77	42	271	181	6	121	92	230	266	219	177	269	106

Q. Very near reality

191	124	30	224	215	15	146	100	88	60	14	165	245	55

R. Puce yond wimple, and ... (3 words)

251	46	198	150	273	71	143	125	242	190	241	57

S. Wingtips chirp dramas? Weird, and scathing (3 words)

75	58	258	197	128	89	109	72	99	216	101	56	189	140	85	272	166	65	123

T. Feeble defense of war criminals (3 words)

34	257	68	97	13	161	66	246	93	199	129	86	87	151	59

U. Aurora borealis, e.g. (2 words)

163	12	254	41	10	155	22	187	36	136	153	247	173

V. The dinner hour (2 words)

31	253	110	102	45	47	90	80	130	69	54

Many thanks to all the awe-inspiringly brainy Populists who competed. The contest winner will be drawn at random from correct contest entries on December 15th, 2001. The winner will receive a pair of handsome bookends, assorted Popula gear and the warm admiration of the Popula universe in its entirety. Please watch this space for correct solution plus the lucky winner's name on December 15th or shortly thereafter. Thanks for playing! The Solution: Her lips were artificially tinctured, no doubt, but not coated like her sisters' and clogged in all their delicate pores with crimson grease. They seemed to promise instead an unmeasured range of sensual converse. Her full face was oval, her profile pure and classical and light; her eyes greenish and remote, with a rich glint of lunacy. Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One Please note: Vintage Voice articles and links are updated on an ongoing basis. Please contact us at editor@popula.com with broken links, errata or other improvements or changes you would like made. Thank you for your help in building this free public resource. (Why not visit Popula Auctions by clicking one of the links below?)