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Acrostic Solution for Sunday, August 27, 2023

Sunday, August 27, 2023

by David Balton & Jane Stewart

Quote

S(TEPHEN JAY) GOULD, THE MISMEASURE OF MAN — What craniometry was for the nineteenth century, intelligence testing has become for the twentieth, when it assumes that intelligence (or at least a dominant part of it) is a single, innate, heritable and measurable thing.

Clues and answers

A.Term introduced in 1834 that superseded "natural philosopher"SCIENTIST
B.Sir Francis ____, the founder of Answer I.GALTON
C.Black cat, e.g.OMEN
D.Release, disenthrallUNFETTER
E.Tool for creating rolling pinsLATHE
F.British naturalist who dropped out of medical schoolDARWIN
G.Headwear for W. C. Fields (2 wds.)TOPHAT
H.Member of a Bronze Age empire of Asia MinorHITTITE
I.Study of supposed improvements to the human raceEUGENICS
J.One guided by a counselorMENTEE
K.Penetrate surreptitiouslyINFILTRATE
L.Enfold, as one might a babySWATHE
M.Widely used assessment of personality preferences (hyph.)MYERSBRIGGS
N.Stretch, as people's heads in the paintings of Amedeo ModiglianiELONGATE
O.Opposite; second of Hegel's three dialecticsANTITHESIS
P.1954 Audrey Hepburn title role; 1990s-2000s sitcom witchSABRINA
Q.Disc sport; nthULTIMATE
R.Psychologist who used symmetrical drawingsRORSCHACH
S.Author of a children's book featuring an influential "webmaster" (3 wds.)EBWHITE
T.Baker's dozen minus an ennead plus a foursomeOCTET
U.Ballpark that's home to the Green MonsterFENWAY
V.Member of a pacifist religious groupMENNONITE
W.Woody Allen film that spawned a "menswear" fashion craze for women (2 wds.)ANNIEHALL
X.Generously skulled being; slow-witted or crude personNEANDERTHAL
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