(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 |