METACROSTIC #6: Quote #6: Backup Clues HOME PAGE
A. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 216 206 60 131 146 151 127 266 72No one said it would be fair,
B. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 123 103 203 92 228 221 106 129 33 238The sisty uglers weren't the worst;
C. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 191 52 244 272 257I can't keep you in check
D. _____ _____ _____ _____ 135 209 31 150Goodness knows I cannot claim
E. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 242 105 187 84 137 51Our racial and cultural mixture
F. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 69 200 240 78 219 2 98 85 138There's one of these near Indian Lake
G. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 112 68 155 265 89 45The proper responses to gaffs.
H. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 275 168 260 50 76 9 237 254 215 115 181 17When headlong you are rushing
I. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 90 185 42 66 163 5As comic creatures go
J. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 230 104 21 211 202 88 32 12 167 99Say you learn a trait,
K. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 177 102 162 120 114In the metamorphic world
L. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 53 157 25 147 93 220 142 87 43 26There was once an Italian physician
M. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 253 164 23 208 118 94 214 232 170 79 11 247 158The way things used to be
N. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 67 178 81 172 184When you're a Persian or Indian king;
O. _____ _____ _____ _____ 159 116 57 195All the boaters and fishers know
P. _____ _____ _____ _____ 207 174 160 197You think this fight is something
Q. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 15 36 273 175 224 261 199 223 189 24 166 249I can feel you getting sleepy
R. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 77 59 35 156 70 270 113When we all wore bobby sox
S. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 3 148 217 64 126 196 243 194 152If you traded in that lump you're chewin'
T. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 161 229 1 186 140They say the older that we are
U. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 235 188 97 82 37 55 122 259 30 198 193 267 180We've been through this before.
V. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 269 153 61 48 124 264 107 73 205 212He could have been credited
W. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 34 110 201 251 149 83 4They're a genus of water flea;
X. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 27 246 108 44 7 121 234 176 262 96I must admit I'm cheating;
Y. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 71 10 268 74 171Those clouds seem insubstantial;
Z. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 169 183 226 29 145 86 213 192I saw him play the colosseum
AA. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 130 255 19 111 38 54 241We're having ourselves a party
BB. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 231 117 182 8 91 39 258 239 132An outer layer in the aid of
CC. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 173 109 245 56 63 80 47So loudly did this guy proclaim
DD. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 144 6 274 133 14 101Some folks love their orange pulp
EE. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 20 119 165 95 225 154 40 236 190 276 250I couldn't care less; it matters not
FF. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 248 143 222 271 58 13 136 210The second time he calls her
GG. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 263 139 256 46 233 252 41 16 218 227 100Her humiliation was sublime
HH. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 128 65 49 28 62 18I'll be covering my hatch
II. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 204 75 179 134 141 22 125Throughout your youth your folks would say
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