(DOUGLAS) HOFSTADTER, I AM A STRANGE LOOP--From an early age... I pondered what my mind was and, by analogy, what all minds are. ... I wondered what it would be like to be a girl, to be a native speaker of another language, to be Einstein,... a dog,... an eagle, even... a mosquito.
From an early age onwards, I pondered what my mind was and, by analogy, what all minds are. I remember trying to understand how I came up with the puns I concocted, the mathematical ideas I invented, the speech errors I committed, the curious analogies I dreamt up, and so forth. I wondered what it would be like to be a girl, to be a native speaker of another language, to be Einstein, to be a dog, to be an eagle, even to be a mosquito. By and large, it was a joyous existence.
| A. | Concern in the food service industry | HYGIENE |
| B. | Quite a bit more than peeved | OUTRAGED |
| C. | Overly ornate, as prose | FLOWERY |
| D. | Something often worn by a movie villain | SNEER |
| E. | Longtime home of the Safety Harbor culture (2 wds.) | TAMPABAY |
| F. | Superhero with a harpoon | AQUAMAN |
| G. | Meaning of a hand held up, palm forward (2 wds.) | DONTWALK |
| H. | Cheap, petty, small-time (hyph.) | TWOBIT |
| I. | Force in current events? (2 wds.) | ELNINO |
| J. | Tlaloc, to Aztecs (2 wds.) | RAINGOD |
| K. | Make-believe, fanciful | IMAGINED |
| L. | Hall-of-Famer with a basic name? (2 wds.) | ALKALINE |
| M. | Fat cat, nabob, plutocrat | MONEYBAGS |
| N. | Writer whose first novel was "The Edible Woman" (1969) | ATWOOD |
| O. | Film for which Isaac Hayes wrote a popular theme | SHAFT |
| P. | Shakespearean title | THANE |
| Q. | Hit song by Amy Winehouse | REHAB |
| R. | Football play called at the line of scrimmage | AUDIBLE |
| S. | Resident of the Silver State | NEVADAN |
| T. | Vital elements in multiplication | GAMETES |
| U. | Over the moon | ELATED |
| V. | Beach-enlarging event (2 wds.) | LOWTIDE |
| W. | Official bird of the Old Line State ... | ORIOLE |
| X. | ... and a hue associated with it | ORANGE |
| Y. | What Hollywood trailers provide | PREVIEWS |