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Acrostic Puzzle #3--December 2002 by Accipiter

Instructions: Solve the cryptic clues, and transfer the letters of the answers one by one to the appropriate squares in the grid. The grid will reward you with a quotation. The first letters of the clue answers, reading down, reveal the name of the author and the title of the work. Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary was used in the construction of this puzzle. Please submit author, title, and the fifth word of the quotation by December 31.  (If you are having trouble printing these puzzles, you can download an Adobe Acrobat version of the puzzle). Find the grid for this puzzle here.
CLUES ANSWERS
A Place for raising beef, including even foremost of Herefords (10) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___          
99 173 6 82 109 44 64 68 129 136          
B The Mets of yore, playing in center of turbulence (3,2,3,5) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___  
56 53 16 39 139 176 95 128 35  113  13 153 78    
C  They won a settlement soon to be realized (2,3,3) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___              
185 201 150 117 41

46

 72 33              
D Lead on, Romeo! Fall in love too tempestuously with one's money (4,2,3,4) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___    
59 86 115 206 4 27 49 192 101 24 17 145 209    
E Piece with returning Chinese actor stops running; they were hits once! (6,6) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
195 22 32 62 71 90 154 148 205 98 169 179      
F Flying planes: the jumbos? (9) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___            
181 50 58 165 135 140 160 106 66            
G Old pen pal scribbled first of notes without partitions (4,4) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___              
7 21 88 144 97 142 203 194              
H Nero's calm and fiddling, but such things are highly explosive (5,7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___      
19 89 158 133 112 190 37 1 187 70 104 120      
I Total population, it's said, is arranged around an axis (7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___      
9 123 156 166 5 74 202            
J Parts of a book composed of football player's written compositions? (9) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___          
178 83 93 38 130 3 111 79 196          
K Dull finish: sexual fantsizer after strikeout (10) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___          
141 2 76 23 87 121 28 171 200 152          
L A rich fool arranged to hide king's crown as a sort of personal keepsake (4,2,4) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___          
127 42 170 161 174 114 180 80 199 137          
M Star featured in Disaster is killed (8) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___            
52 48 124 182 155 162 20 191            
N Was not awake--but picked to win (6) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___            
36 143 85 183 208 188            
O In style: a note on intelligence (11) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___        
210 8 57 167 116 119 65 94 29 77 163      
P Thieves not working in white mask disguise (5,3,4) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___      
30 34 103 18 11 138 175 197 14 108 134 207      
Q Hinder theft, including current type of accessory crime (5,3,4) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___      
159 184 168 61 198 126 177 151 157 84 122 63      
R

Persons of substance in Hollywood area taking narcotics at first, followed by depressants (10)

 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___          
186 147 43 81 26 51 15 212 75 100          
S Religious folk lacking resistance could become persons of great wickedness (7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___                
132 55 125 45 12 73 149                
T Weight? Avoid spurious exercising without us (11) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___        
10 110 172 118 60 164 189 31 67 102 54        
U Jogged five-eighths of a mile, was ahead of the pack, caused deep resentment (7)  ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
69 91 204 211 40 96 105
V Husband and son keeping yours truly incarcerated in Big House (7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___                
146 47 92 131 193 107 25                

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