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Acrostic Puzzle #5--March 2003 by Accipiter

Instructions: Solve the cryptic clues, and transfer the letters of the answers 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. The quotation contains an unfamiliar foreign name. The answer to clue R is a variant spelling. Please submit author, title, and the last word of the quotation by March 25th, 2003. (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 Explorer scattered red paint, hiding the start of his failure ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___          
43 190 9 122 95 113 157 109 159 134          
B In which the beamish boy stood, astonishing us, though fifth (6,7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___    
70 17 164 195 143 148 8 49 63 117 187 83 184    
C Like a sapsucker, utter a shrill cry, elbow crooked--an art song (6-7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___    
189 55 69 173 166 16 104 54 35 138 99 94 146    
D Author is violently mad about her ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___            
154 89 126 34 81 27 90 172 78            
E Loud, dizzy, unattractive woman can be useful traveling companion (6,3) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___            
193 188 150 66 119 121 182 105 22            
F Cavalry member heard trump, added clause in will (5,5) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___          
129 18 175 203 2 97 5 192 59 111          
G White Rose brew is different ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___            
139 44 93 161 194 178 10 29 24            
H Dummies edit letters in mad haste--entertaining English ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___            
11 142 30 140 197 76 102 62 7            
I If topped, very important number ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___                  
127 201 100 33 52 170                  
J Sound of proper food ___ ___ ___ ___                      
167 84 123 38                      
K In Japan, the only national memorial site for the dead ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___              
57 65 101 82 115 20 110 47              
L Lure Eliot and Housman back to the Orient ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___              
40 28 14 198 85 36 135 158              
M Palm stuff in fraudulent affair ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___                  
151 108 79 4 128 168                  
N Blind? Great! (3,2,5) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___          
174 186 32 96 91 106 86 118 141 51          
O She's tragic or, alternatively, a kind of success story (4,2,6) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___      
58 144 196 107 124 46 68 21 171 185 179 26      
P Florence's place has architectural style and a bit of yard ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___                
48 74 177 41 133 200 160                
Q Manages to hear abroad ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___              
80 87 12 6 162 42 199 61              
R Piece of cantaloupe smuggled by Lawrence of Arabia is some kind of melon! ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___              
137 180 50 191 165 53 153 64              
S Inherited hotel, eye-popping inside ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___                  
45 145 130 163 176 169                  
T Calorie session: comsuming bit of health ___ ___ ___ ___ ___                    
147 75 98 155 103                    
U In front of town a street is mistaken for a highway ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___          
13 71 92 88 25 60 114 156 125 67          
V Prophet: a masked man wanting right star ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___            
132 183 19 116 15 37 1 181 39            
W People in whirling
sleet--rotten weather		 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___              
136 77 3 56 149 23 31 112              
X Pair of ghosts wearing tiny tattered sleepwear ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___                  
202 131 72 152 120 73                  

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