A classical crostic
Gerry Toogood
Department of Chemistry
University of Waterloo
Waterloo ON N2L 3G1
We’ll send a book prize to the person whose name we draw
from among those who submit correct solutions (quotation and
clue answers please) to this puzzle on or before May 10, 2006.
Fax: 519-888-9168. E-mail: [email protected]. Post:
CHEM 13 NEWS, A classical crostic, Department of Chemistry,
University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
Start by answering as many clues as possible. (Semi-colons in
some clues are used to separate alternative clues for the same
answer.) Next, transfer these letters to the correspondingly
numbered squares in the grid. This begins the spelling out of
the quotation, reading from left to right, with black squares
separating the words. Words may spill over to the next row;
punctuation marks are not included.
As you proceed, words and phrases begin forming in the
quotation; working back and forth between the grid and the clue
words, you can complete the puzzle. Note that two letters are
given, in clues E and N.
To aid you further, note that the first letters of the clue answers
spell out the author(s) and the title of the book from which the
quotation is taken.
I
An invasive purpleflowered plant; store
of lies (anag)
J
Term used in surveying,
282
astronomy, etc; (with
2 extra letters it is the
name of the quantum no. ℓ)
K
When polymerized it
forms resins used as
coatings or foams
L
Controversial issue
(not only for dogs!) (3)
M Two sides having
equal scores may be
described in this way
N
O
Played on a certain
kind of native
American drum
P
One hyphenated name,
for acids or bases,
derived from the names
of two scientists
Clues (numbers in parentheses indicate number of words)
A
GeH4; relevant
B
C
D
E
Q
297 165
93
252
Very high speed
whirler used in
separations
197 145
98
135 257
139
67
227
86
268 295
31
155 322 343
A flash of light produced in a phosphor
by an ionizing particle
316 117 144
40
259
18
72
330
Major thoroughfare
passing St. James
Palace and Park in
London (2)
That may be tried
(effort plus skill!)
37
13
39
A
9
214
169
8
119
124
51
R
5
97
–
70
G
H
Idea used in predicting
the shapes of discrete
molecules (2 words,
1 is an acronym)
How two people
usually face during
their conversation (2)
305
42
88
44
291 160
290 133
Good meal in an igloo?;
fifty hats (anagram) (2) 253
302
90
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246
3
100 132 315 271
181
58
6
263 317 323 166
331
92
53
266
95
336
17
118 258 157
91
348 198 300
187 136 158 312
R
232
230 129
12
–
This was signed in
Holland in 1713 ending
the war of the Spanish
succession
242 180
11
131 233
15
–
154 238
23
20
43
188 115
32
T
What a criminal hopes
to get?! (3)
16
281
126
Described by the
equation λ = h/mv (3)
147 339 250
59
255
171 311
4
168
63
W Tongue-twisting words
for an actor? (2)
301 194
22
309
52
261
338 325
342 273
46
–
324
26
19
235
–
140 341
221
87
244 217
69
65
192
7
334
21
47
78
326 196
28
75
193 185
189 243 270 111
84
112
213
64
237 222
89
61
234 219
142 173 289 262
79
38
241
62
321 313 109
49
256 186 225 207 307 134
184
A Lewis base is an
example of one
99
275 228 292 319 143 159
113 236 229 202 121
106 116 152 294
71
50
208 141 288 318
29
V
96
127 223 176 240 285
172 122
Decayed
–
269 101 276
36
U
251 199 105 224 260
310 215 195 206 274
Selected position for
admiring scenery;
opinion
X
77
45
329
48
177 102 146
57
S
103
267 293 298 182 347 175 308
F
In betting a greater
than even chance
30
–
216 345
249
Chemistry term (produced from a set of
contributing structures)
(2)
327
151 200 239
27
83
349 303 201 110
279 306 174
66
125 333
1
BB 2
EE 3
J 4
H
21
T 22
N 23
C 41
H 42
F
20
Q
39
A 40
59
G
60
CC 61
79
V
80
Y 81
97
D 98
5
C 6
Q
43
T 62
V 63
EE
82
K 7
V
8
24
CC 25
AA 26
R 44
F 45
I 46
F
64
EE 83
65
R 85
27
V 122
S 123 CC 124
E 125
X 126
136
M 137 DD 138 CC 139
B 140
Q 141
R 142
V 143
M 144
C 145
B
157
L
158
M 160
D 161 FF 162 DD 163 CC 164
Z 165
A 166
177
G
178 CC 179 BB 180
196
S 197
217
R 218 FF
236
V 237
S 238
Q
256 W 257
B 258
L 259
R 319
338
N 339
G
GG 15
X 28
W 29
S
30
I 31
B
32
R 33
48
F 49
C 104 GG
105
I 106
146
Y
I 200
X 201
X 202
V 203 CC 204 AA 205 EE 206
U 220 CC 221
Q 222
S 223
P 224
I
O 243
Q 244
199
225
T 186
R
J 133
G 147
G 148 FF 149
Z 150 EE
151
X 152
F
Y 168
D 170 CC
171
H 172
S 173
V 174
R 189
190 DD 191 CC 192
U 193
T
T 214
E 215
N
W 187
N
188
207 W 208
B 228
94
344 304 296 130 284 164 337
AA Like a sieve;
hot dime (anagram)
10
299
25
56
328 204 283
BB Refined (more
generally found in its
un-form antonym)
54
264
34
1
179
CC Comprehended the
procedure (3)
138 191
68
226 203 178
60
85
247
FF Word after thermal or
dynamic
GG The fermented sap
from palm trees;
hot drink of spirits,
sugar and water ∎
35
82
150
73
14
340 104 153 278
76
–
287 137 212 190
33
E
194
176
P
N 195
N
216
C
H
233
P 234
U 235
O
J 247 CC 248 CC
249
D 250
G 251
I 252
A
253
H 254
Z 255
G
270
Q 271
J 272 DD 273
O 274
N 275
M 276
P
F 295
B 296
Z 297
A
L
267
E 268
B 269
P
287 DD 288
R 289
V 290
E 291
D 292
M
E 309
O 310
N 311
H 312
M 313
V
314 FF 315
J 316
C
328 AA 329
F 330
C 331
L 332 FF 333
X
334
Y 336
L 337
W 308
293
E 294
V 335
Z
X
55
Yehoshua Sivan, who teaches at Menachem Begin High School
in Israel, wins the book prize for solving December’s
Revolutionary crostic. The quotation, taken from The Scientists,
by John Gribbin, is:
Once the industrial revolution got under way it gave a huge boost to
science both by stimulating interest in topics such as heat and thermodynamics and in providing new tools for scientists to use. Nowhere
is this seen more clearly than in the case of chemistry. It isn’t because
chemists were particularly stupid or superstitious that they lagged
behind other sciences. They simply lacked the tools for the job.
209 220 248
170 107 123 163 280
218
B 156 FF
Sivan wins December crostic prize
167
320 277
Y 212 DD 213
W 175
Q 155
N 231 FF 232
265 DD 266
120 254 149
–
153 GG 154
B
V 230
L 349
81
R 209 CC 210 FF 211
134 W 135
229
E 348
205
Q
E
F
M
Y 347
2
H 169
M
C 346
EE How a stolen auto may
be started
V 114
P 132
Z 345
265 128 286 272
113
131
I
74
109
Z
Z
S 327
DD Term used in describing lattice structures,
preceded by hexagonal
or cubic
T 90
N 130
N 326
24
R 116
Q 112
P 325
A ligand (such as
EDTA) with more than
one donor atom can be
called this
Y 115
X 111
324
Z
I
V 110
K
80
L 96
A 94
323
183 114 335 211 346
95
L 93
W 307
Shortfall in revenues
U
L 92
89
F 306
Y
H 78
G 91
F
Z 305
B 344
CC 77
DD 75
304
O 343
S 76
FF 74
X
342
K
C 73
H 303
Q
I 58
I 72
J 283 AA 284
340 GG 341
AA 57
71
T 282
B
56
C
W 280 CC 281
V 322
V
R 70
V
M 320 EE 321
A 38
69
L 262
N 302
S 37
EE
I 261
L 301
DD 36
BB 55
C 260
300
BB 35
L 54
V 242
P 286 DD
FF 34
O 53
P 241
Z 285
N
52
X 240
K 264 BB
C 19
E
239
263
L 18
P 128 DD 129
W 226 CC 227
R 245 FF 246
T 17
127
167
E 183
16
K 51
F 107 CC 108 DD
K
K 182
L
184 W 185
Q 88
P
V 50
CC
T
O 181
E 299 AA
K 318
14
B 87
Z 121
317
A
86
CC
D 120
298
N 13
B 68
L 119
279
12
X 67
C 118
277 EE 278 GG
O
U 66
P
219
AA 11
U
J 101
B 198
D 10
P 47
L 100
M 159
G 103
O
B 99
117
102
W 84
T
E 9
108 162
161 332 314 156 231 245 148 210
The clue answers are
A, Joule-Thomson
effect
B, Ohm’s law
C, Hubble space
telescope
D, North-Northwest
E, gravitation
F, rhenium
enneahydride
G, ichthyophagist
H, black-body
radiation
I,
J,
K,
L,
M,
N,
O,
P,
Bush house
tales
impoverished
youths
nitty-gritty
truth
tongue twister
hydrogen
halides
eccentricities
scientific
constituency
Q, issued a
deposit slip
R, English
Channel
S, Nova Scotia
mouse
T, teeter-totters
U, internal
combustion
V, solar system
W, this is Greece
X, soda water ∎
March 2006/CHEM 13 NEWS 9