My pal Holly (of the Self Portrait As blog) called this weekend and told me that the answer to the April 29th Sunday New York Times acrostic puzzle (the really hard one under the crossword in the magazine) was a quote from an essay by her. How completely awesome is that?!
I used to think the coolest thing in the world would be to have one’s name be the answer to a single crossword puzzle clue (“40 Down - Dashing Seattlite James”), but being the answer to the entire freakin’ acrostic is downright kick-ass!
We stopped delivery of the Times about a year ago. When we used to get it, I’d do the acrostic dutifully every week it appeared. I would have totally flipped out (as the kids these days would say) if I had been just doing my thing and slowly uncovered Holly’s name and words in the little boxes.
If you don’t know what an acrostic puzzle is, there are a couple poorly-reproduced ones at this web site. Apparently, the Times ones are also available to “Premium Subscribers” to their online edition.
