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Acrostic Puzzle #2--November 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. The answer to clue L includes a combining form. Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary was used in the construction of this puzzle. (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 Lavabo was hot; Laurel bathed at last (9) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___        
16 65 116 80 163 119 125 10 38        
                         
B Indian's job, having disposed of an ailment (13) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___  ___  ___ 
28 61 4 118 143 108 195 175 13 50 101 130 213
                         
C Lewd racket in bilious perversion (10) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___  ___     
3 113 151 198 103 173 135 157 131 187    
D Amusing McDonald's establishments--they're institutions! (5, 5) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___    
22 196 202 6 216 109 168 208 89 88    
                       
                       
E Verses might be hers
--my mistake (6) 		___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___            
23 47 148 95 41 124            
F I wondered curiously what ducks are good for (9) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___      
111 30 94 159 183 11 32 214 138      
     
G Ship's load we had tied shifted about center of cargoes (10) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___    
27 93 120 127 197 17 150 83 156 54    
                       
H Tinker's rasp having diamond edges (6) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___            
185 96 36 75 200 77            
I Excited by rounded bottom of an animal (9) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___   ___ ___       
134 45 43 166 129 64 139 102 194      
                       
J Occasionally Newton had altered the conclusion of experimentation (3,3,4) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___    
26 106 204 182 69 112 92 59 188 82    
                       
                       
                       
K Repulsive hot dip for snack (5) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___              
100 86 68 12 192              
L Marital vow: “Yours truly”—new and different form of opera (8) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___        
5 170 165 178 209 114 189 203        
                       
M Ineffectual—like a silent trumpet when part of horn is missing? (9) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___  ___     
205 145 153 40 1 34 25 63 66      
                       
                       
N Rich guy’s unhappy song, maybe (9) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___      
20 212 123 18 104 149 9 87 167      
O Motivate to breathe (7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___          
37 136 191 158 186 172 70          
P Reportedly delicate rock (6) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___             
7 126 207 161 140 49            
Q Bunch of wool at end of day: purl one, knit a bit of yarn—tricky stuff (5-5) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     
206 210 39 98 179 144 90 33 201 193    
                       
                       
R Garments, even ones of string, that is (6) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___            
19 122 62 8 76 176            
S At the outset, blooming lilacs evoke sneezing, so say “Gesundheit” (5) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___              
174 91 110 14 72              
                       
                       
T Stoutish person’s demise: room reeling—start to pray—finale in death (9) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___      
181 42 160 107 121 48 57 132 215      
                       
                       
                       
U Births and deaths, e.g.—onset of virtual hospital priority is tense, noted in italics (5,10) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
117 24 71 73 199 15 31 46 79 184 152 155 60 128 211
                       
                       
                       
V Valiant attempts—in brief, Fort Sumter (7) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___          
56 52 29 2 84 147 142          
W Salad ingredient to send a message about radical chic (9) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___      
133 99 180 81 162 171 164 44 177      
                       
X Story with nothing left out: Chapter 9 is a killer! (10) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___    
67 58 154 137 105 55 74 85 169 78    
                       
Y Linguistic development in France and beginning of Yugoslavian procedural method marked by sluggishness (9) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___      
141 146 35 190 51 97 53 115 21      
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       

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