METACROSTIC #1: Quote #1: Backup Clues HOME PAGE
A. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 79 97 174 170 24 140On every set he was to be found
B. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 5 91 72 177 67 43 183 106 169A toenail should be one of these,
C. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 118 31 165 212 182 34 173Of all my parts, when I was young
D. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 71 28 146 154 99 53 203 94 30 199The male sheep has a mate that's true;
E. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 22 186 202 52 33She skirts the issue, hems and haws,
F. _____ _____ _____ _____ 111 158 152 84This clue's self-referential;
G. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ - _____ _____ 133 19 49 180 90 63 68Your sense of self goes up and down,
H. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 194 75 13 128 105 150For one it was his stock in trade:
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____. 194 128 13 75 105 150
It's not the body that's diseased;
I. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 4 95 172 113 153 45
J. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 74 142 96 181 39 80 103 116 201A policeman's body's not unlike
K. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 114 47 208 189 81 164 35I'd like to be healthier and rosier
L. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ ____ ______ _____ _____ 23 70 155 139 193 8 59 200 141 32 157Steeped in it, replete, imbued,
M. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 86 102 92 123 166 26 6 78"409," "Beep Beep" &c,
N. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 66 167 156 76 36 48 130 143 89The libertarian nemesis
O. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 131 204 112 12 56 73This one is a city.
P. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 187 126 3 61 20 124 196 144 14 207If you loved Pierot le Fou
Q. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 16 120 195 108 148 168 54 77 11The Chinese have a way
R. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 46 191 115 50 209 110 18His clothes are old, they're a disgrace;
S. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 7 210 37 190 171 134 145When Bismark went to see his clippers,
T. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 104 162 151 51 213 55 1 10 125 41 176 119For him who shoots his wad the best,
U. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 136 188 122 69 147 214 25If for inaneness we were paid
V. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 100 60 65 197 2 98 27 175I often tell it clear and straight,
W. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 93 85 121 185 138 117A South American motmot
X. _____ _____ _____ 179 107 101I try to look behind me
Y. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 58 149 17 44 137To make a god we still allow,
Z. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ - _____ _____ _____ _____ to _____ 42 160 83 205 88 9 211 184 192 127 21A possible score at football;
AA. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 129 109 163 64 15 206 57 135 87 159Generated spontaneously;
BB. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 132 178 82 62 198 38 40 29 161From these we come, to these we go,
© 1996 Arthur Bloch