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Acrostics Tutorial, page 5

We're really moving now. We've filled in most of the puzzle. But if you look closely, something's not right.

Look at the last word of the quote. It's COLU_Y. That doesn't look like a word. In fact, we might guess that the word is supposed to be COLUMN, and the Y is wrong.

How could we have a wrong letter? Probably, one of our answers isn't correct. Which one? If you put your cursor on the Y, the linked square will show in the answer column -- the Y in "Western City."

The fifth line from the bottom contains the non-word "Citle" And the C is also from the same dubious answer. Hmmm. A pattern is developing here.

If the C were a T, the quote word would be TITLE. Maybe WESTERN CITY should be WESTERN TOWN. We type CITY over TOWN, and voila! Our non-words are replaced by words.

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