CECELIA WATSON, SEMICOLON — Garamond's semicolon is... aggressive, and elegant, its lower half a cobra's head arced back to strike. ... Palatino's is a thin flapper in a big hat slouched against the wall at a party. ... Didot's puffs its chest out pridefully.
Garamond's semicolon is watchful, aggressive, and elegant, its lower half a cobra's head arced back to strike. Jenson's is a shooting star. We moderns have accumulated a host of characterful semicolons to choose from: Palatino's is a thin flapper in a big hat slouched against the wall at a party. Gill Sans MT's semicolon has perfect posture, while Didot's puffs its chest out pridefully.
| A. | Typeface based on classroom handwriting, similar to Comic Sans | CHALKBOARD |
| B. | Vainly search? | EGOSURF |
| C. | Oval enclosing a pharaoh's name | CARTOUCHE |
| D. | Whither St. Paul sent a certain epistle | EPHESUS |
| E. | Handy tip for MacGyvering something | LIFEHACK |
| F. | Deep understanding | INSIGHT |
| G. | In tennis, the first point scored after deuce | ADVANTAGE |
| H. | Set of symbols including "man in business suit levitating" | WEBDINGS |
| I. | Product sold with the tagline "They're ABC delicious!" (hyph.) | ALPHABITS |
| J. | Brand of golf balls and clubs | TITLEIST |
| K. | Sea that includes part of the Bermuda Triangle | SARGASSO |
| L. | Rule, dictate, command | ORDAIN |
| M. | Classic 1922 silent film remade in 1979 by Werner Herzog | NOSFERATU |
| N. | Style of writing desk (hyph.) | SLANTTOP |
| O. | Member of the family including mambas and kraits | ELAPID |
| P. | Information about information | METADATA |
| Q. | Smithwick's or O'Hara's, e.g. (2 wds.) | IRISHALE |
| R. | C plus in French? | CEDILLA |
| S. | The reeve in "The Canterbury Tales" | OSWALD |
| T. | Once-standard print shop equipment | LINOTYPE |
| U. | Straying from the expected delivery (hyph.) | OFFSCRIPT |
| V. | Unfriendly or threatening letter or email | NASTYGRAM |