What is a Quote Acrostic Puzzle?
There are 3 components to a quote acrostic puzzle. First there is a list of clues, each identified with a letter (the first clue is labeled A; the second, B; and so on. Next to each clue is a set of long dashes where you can place the letters that spell out the answer to the clue, like so: The next component is the grid. It looks pretty much like a crossword puzzle – without the symmetry – and the words that fill the grid only read horizontally, and they spell out a pithy quotation by some notable wordsmith. But I get ahead of myself: How does the quotation get into the grid? Once you have answered the clue, you would transfer each letter, say, the “H” from 8, above, into the grid square labeled 8. Here’s a corner of a sample quote acrostic grid: As you answer the clues and transfer the answers into the grid, you can be further aided by noticing that maybe a three-letter grid word starts with a T and ends with an E. It would be a reasonable guess that the inbetween letter is an H and y
