Acrostic X-5

ACROSTIC X MINUS FIVE - Solution

Joanne Schott

(In Looking Glass Land, things go in reverse.
The next acrostic, should there be one, will be X minus six.)

"He had pressed his suit in every way he could think of, and he was a resourceful cat… he had caught fat young rats and geckos and temptingly displayed them through his whiskers. He had flattered and badgered and stalked and simpered and crooned and wailed and lied, but all he got was a blue glance which looked above his head. "
- Rosemary Harris, The Moon in the Cloud.

A. A Johnny Gruelle character _R_
25		 _A_
199		 _G_
93		 _G_
234		 _E_
48		 _D_
101		 _Y_
118		 _A_
79		 _N_
209		 _D_
162		 _Y_
111		                        
B. Surname in Mayne's A Grass Rope _O_
82		 _W_
135		 _L_
149		 _A_
73		 _N_ 237 _D_ 46                                  
C. Original title of the book that was the source for the film Babe, The... (hyphenated) _S_
258		 _H_
76		 _E_
8		 _E_
233		 _P_
105		 _P_
115		 _I_
39		 _G_
130		                            
D. Bear, Eager or Gorey _E_
185		 _D_
262		 _W_
27		 _A_
44		 _R_
193		 _D_
120		                                  
E. Piney Trigger, Sylvia Daisy Pouncer, and Nibbins are characters in The ... (2 words) _M_
104		 _I_
257		 _D_
12		 _N_
45		 _I_
182		 _G_
75		 _T_
126		 _F_
80		 _O_
148		 _L_
33		 _K_
220		                        
F. A tough gang figuring in L'Engle's The Young Unicorns _A_
65		 _L_
231		 _P_
184		 _H_
1		 _A_
218		 _B_
252		 _A_
161		 _T_
152		 _S_
114		                            
G. John Langstaff's Christmas and Spring celebrations in Cambridge, Massachusetts _R_
58		 _E_
249		 _V_
23		 _E_
11		 _L_
174		 _S_
98		                                  
H. A Seuss reptile (3 words) _Y_
26		 _E_
153		 _R_
186		 _T_
225		 _L_
35		 _E_
260		 _T_
121		 _H_
69		 _E_
54		 _T_
125		 _U_
83		 _R_
7		 _T_
88		 _L_
245		 _E_
103		                
I. Cartoon characters based on Wilhelm Busch's Max und Moritz; ... Fritz (2
words)		 _H_
3		 _A_
251		 _N_
158		 _S_
134		 _A_
28		 _N_
169		 _D_
210		                                
J. Salaman Van ..., Dutch born British artist, illustrator of many children's
classics		 _A_
203		 _B_
230		 _B_
160		 _E_ 2                                      
K. Nutkin annoyed Old Brown with them _R_
141		 _I_
20		 _D_
250		 _D_
71		 _L_
116		 _E_
155		 _S_
51		                                
L. Thornton Burgess's Fox _R_
53		 _E_
31		 _D_
188		 _D_
112		 _Y_
81		                                  
M. ... ockle, blue bockle _I_
107		 _C_
59		 _K_
175		 _L_
205		 _E_
255		                                    
N. Barber, barber, ... pig (2 words) _S_
181		 _H_
136		 _A_
236		 _V_
254		 _E_
164		 _A_
50		                                  
O. ... Danann; people of the goddess Danu, a divine race of old Irish mythology
(2 words)		 _T_
37		 _U_
129		 _A_
150		 _T_
217		 _H_
241		 _A_
178		 _D_
147		 _E_
166		                              
P. Mrs. ... donated her farm Hill Top, Sawrey to the National Trust _H_
13		 _E_
239		 _E_
60		 _L_
110		 _I_
204		 _S_
89		            
Q. Sam-I-am's were green (3 words) _E_
94		 _G_
223		 _G_
109		 _S_
142		 _A_
52		 _N_
200		 _D_
5		 _H_
256		 _A_
173		 _M_
183		                          
R. Manny Rat is the villain of The ... (4 words) _H_
201		 _A_
62		 _N_
173		 _N_
45		 _A_
154		 _H_
93		                                  
S. Address for Lily Rose and Kate Ruggles and family (3 words) _O_
97		 _N_
196		 _E_
213		 _E_
24		 _N_
40		 _D_
167		 _S_
228		 _T_
151		 _R_
86		 _E_
119		 _E_
68		 _T_
102		                      
T. There was a man ... deed sowed his garden full of seed (2 words) _O_
42		 _F_
61		 _D_
92		 _O_
247		 _U_
17		 _B_
215		 _L_
219		 _E_
123		                            
U. Canine nursemaid to the Darling family _N_
190		 _A_
70		 _N_
21		 _A_
261		                                      
V. ... donkey that wouldn't go, Would I beat him? Oh no, no. (4 words) _I_
133		 _F_
43		 _I_
18		 _H_
244		 _A_
90		 _D_
180		 _A_
227		                                
W. When Pinocchio tells a lie, his ... (2 words) _N_
108		 _O_
246		 _S_
138		 _E_
222		 _G_
85		 _R_
127		 _0_
56		 _W_
202		 _S_
16		                            
X. Family name of discoverers of water of immortality _T_
66		 _U_
216		 _C_
243		 _K_
41		                                      
Y. Just So story about a very large mammal (6 words) _H_
259		 _O_
128		 _W_
240		 _T_
172		 _H_
30		 _E_
206		 _W_
226		 _H_
122		 _A_
99		 _L_
63		 _E_
140		 _G_
163		 _O_
194		 _T_
77		 _H_
221		 _I_
113		 _S_
10		 _T_
19		 _H_
47		 _R_
154		 _O_
224		 _A_
4		 _T_
106
Z. Carolyn Haywood character, male counterpart to Betsy _E_
197		 _D_
207		 _D_
156		 _I_
137		 _E_
144		                                    
AA. Snack for an arachnophobe (3 words) _C_
32		 _U_
74		 _R_
165		 _D_
191		 _S_
55		 _A_
208		 _N_
91		 _D_
159		 _W_
49		 _H_
143		 _E_
176		 _Y_
29		                      
BB. Creator of Gillis and Ferdinand _L_
211		 _E_
187		 _A_
117		 _F_
78		                                      
CC. They follow Mack and Nack (3 words) _O_
195		 _U_
62		 _A_
189		 _C_
238		 _K_
248		 _A_
87		 _N_
179		 _D_
201		 _P_
6		 _A_
168		 _C_
72		 _K_
139		                      
DD. Her many books include retellings of Japanese folktales; fictionalized
experience of World War II internment; stories of a
Japanese- American girl growing up in California		 _U_
34		 _C_
95		 _H_
67		 _I_
212		 _D_
198		 _A_
146		                                  
EE. Rey's Pretzel or Kahl's Maxie _D_
177		 _A_
157		 _C_
192		 _H_
38		 _S_
15		 _H_
132		 _U_
232		 _N_
100		 _D_
170		                            

Volume 3, Issue 3, The Looking Glass, 1999

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