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Hiding an acrostic message in an otherwise ordinary resignation letter isn’t exactly the boldest way to express a political view, yet it’s proven surprisingly effective. It’s a trick that ...
David Balton and Jane Stewart build a puzzle in an orderly fashion. By Caitlin Lovinger ACROSTIC — Today’s passage begins in space and ends in the recesses of our minds, which is no mean feat ...
The grid for the Quote-Acrostic puzzle in Sunday’s Chicago Tribune Magazine was incorrect. The correct grid, along with the clues, is in Sec. 1, page 11. The answer will appear in the Sept.
But this is no ordinary poem. This is an acrostic. So there is something special going on. You see? That's the secret of an acrostic. The first letter of each line spells out the word STAR.
An undergraduate at Tufts University discovered a previously unnoticed acrostic in John Milton’s Paradise Lost. Per a new paper published in the journal Milton Quarterly, 2018 graduate Miranda ...
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon sign off on today’s sweet acrostic. By Caitlin Lovinger ACROSTIC — If you’re locked into the notion that one-letter words are limited to “A” and “I,” you ...