Crossword for Indo-Europeanists—Tim Pulju SpecGram Vol CLVII, No η Contents DIS(PLAY)FUL END(GAME)SOMELY—Maija Meikäläinen, Ph.D. and Matti Meikäläinen, J.D.

Linguacrostic

by Drs. Oniomania Succedaneum and Lex Quisquis, Ph.D.s
Umgangssprache College, Oodnawoopwoop University

This puzzle is worth 12 points.

The study of the psychology of language       
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
34 95 133 101 12 48 103 37 42 109 83 23 26 116 55 125 49
The state of being fluent in several languages  
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
62 118 99 64 79 132 106 84 57 98 13 35 94 14 139
The condition of being the mother of a mother  
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
8 29 129 17 7 40 137 1 82 30 130 2 121 9 112
Gelb’s scientific study of writing systems  
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
135 6 108 19 33 134 69 5 104 63 74 89
A neurological condition in which letters have color  
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
113 18 22 39 81 56 119 54 20 93 131 140
A dealer in ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods  
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
65 21 117 3 86 138 16 127 50 36 71
One of the minimum elements of lexical meaning in a language  
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
128 44 15 102 24 47 87 107 75
The pointiest bit of an archer’s weapon  
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
90 91 58 136 4 105 66 70 100
An old wooden image of a god in ancient Greece  
__ __ __ __ __ __
31 111 41 60 115 141
Religion of Bondyè and the loa (anglicized)  
__ __ __ __ __ __
80 110 10 92 97 28
What you call noun classes when there are less than four of them  
__ __ __ __ __ __
25 124 73 61 126 67
Home to all the best linguists known to humankind  
__ __ __ __ __
46 68 45 122 114
That which no good theory must bow to  
__ __ __ __
11 32 53 59
The main articulatory organ for those whose primary language is ASL  
__ __ __ __
96 72 123 88
To remove a piece of clothing, particularly a hat  
__ __ __ __
85 76 38 78
No longer on  
__ __ __
51 27 77
The best temporally deictic word to use at this time  
__ __ __
120 52 43
 
Final answer:
__ __ __    __ __ __ __    “ __ __ __ __ ”    __ __ __    __ __ __ __
1 2 3   4 5 6 7     8 9 10 11     12 13 14   15 16 17 18
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ .    __ __ __    __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ,    __ __    __
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26     27 28 29   30 31 32 33 34 35 36     37 38   39
__ __ __    __ __ __ __    __ __    __ __ __ __ __    __ __ __
40 41 42   43 44 45 46   47 48   49 50 51 52 53   54 55 56
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __    __ __    __    __ __ __ __ __    __ __    __ __ __ __
57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67   68 69   70   71 72 73 74 75   76 77   78 79 80 81
__ __ __ __ __ __ __    __ __ __ __ __ ,    __    __ __ __ __ __ __
82 83 84 85 86 87 88   89 90 91 92 93     94   95 96 97 98 99 100
__ __ __ __    __ __ __    __    __ __ __ __    __ __ __ __ ,    __ __ __
101 102 103 104   105 106 107   108   109 110 111 112   113 114 115 116     117 118 119
__ __ __    __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __    __    __ __ __ __    __ __ __ .
120 121 122   123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133   134   135 136 137 138   139 140 141  

Solution.

Crossword for Indo-Europeanists—Tim Pulju
DIS(PLAY)FUL END(GAME)SOMELY—Maija Meikäläinen, Ph.D. and Matti Meikäläinen, J.D.
SpecGram Vol CLVII, No η Contents