Each clue answer is a trigram. These trigrams
can be ordered to spell a quotation with the enumeration given at the top of
the puzzle.
The
world does not need words. It articulates itself
In
sunlight, leaves and shadows.
These lines come from the poem “Words” by
Dana Gioia. Ordering the clues by trigram order spells, acrostically, this
message:
THE
POET HEADS THIS GOVT ORG
Dana Gioia is the head of the NEA.
NEA is the correct answer to this puzzle.
trigram |
answer phrase |
clue |
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THE |
T |
Three-letter
article, adverb or preposition |
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WOR |
H |
Highly popular New
York talk radio station |
|
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LDD |
E |
Extension for laser dispatch data files |
|
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OES |
P |
Particularly
violent whirlwinds off the Faroe Islands |
|
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NOT |
O |
Operator that
produces a statement that is the inverse of an input statement |
|
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NEE |
E |
Ex-wives often no
longer need this designator for their maiden names |
|
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DWO |
T |
Twilight,
biscuit and between
derive from this Indo-European root |
|
|
RDS |
H |
Hwys. |
|
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ITA |
E |
Educational tool
with 44 symbols, developed by Sir James Pitman |
|
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RTI |
A |
Assembly mnemonic
on a 6800 processor for "Pull the status register and the program
counter from the stack in order.” |
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CUL |
D |
___-de-sac |
|
|
ATE |
S |
Supped |
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SIT |
T |
Take a chair |
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SEL |
H |
Honfleurais' table
seasoning |
|
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FIN |
I |
Ichthyosaurs had a
large caudal one |
|
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SUN |
S |
Solar system's
center |
|
|
LIG |
G |
Gatecrash a party
(Brit. slang) |
|
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HTL |
O |
Online travel
reservation system shorthand for a Hilton or Hyatt, e.g. |
|
|
EAV |
V |
"Vorbei"
recording artists |
|
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ESA |
T |
Titan probe
Huygens' launch organization |
|
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NDS |
O |
Ordinal suffixes |
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HAD |
R |
Received, as news |
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OWS |
G |
Grunts of pain |
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