Across
- 3. I do not solve a problem; I simply persuade your attention to look somewhere else.
- 5. I promise something desirable in the distance, but approaching me only makes the promise disappear.
- 7. I appear to contradict myself, yet thinking about me can reveal a truth.
- 8. I solve a problem by following a sequence of instructions rather than relying on inspiration.
- 9. I begin with not knowing and become stronger when someone tells me to stop asking questions.
- 10. I allow the same words to point in more than one direction.
- 13. I begin as an educated possibility and wait for the world to prove or disprove me.
- 14. I can make you feel lost even when every path seems to lead somewhere.
- 15. I have no voice of my own, yet my presence can say more than a conversation.
- 16. I invite investigation precisely because I refuse to explain myself.
- 21. I deliberately change one part of a situation to discover what happens as a result.
- 24. I can be a simple object on the surface while carrying an entire idea underneath.
- 25. I can preserve something that no longer exists, although I may change it every time I bring it back.
- 26. I give you an answer before you can explain how you arrived at it.
- 28. I decide what the world seems to be before you have a chance to question it.
- 30. I can travel remarkably far without anyone knowing exactly where I began.
- 31. I make the past seem warmer, sweeter, or more beautiful than it may actually have been.
- 32. I occupy the mind so persistently that thinking about something else becomes difficult.
- 33. I am something that can be observed or experienced, even when the reason behind me remains unclear.
- 34. I cannot guarantee that someone is guilty or innocent, but I can make one explanation more convincing.
- 37. I can make the same event look completely different without changing what happened.
- 40. I turn something hidden into something suddenly understood.
- 42. I can build places that have never existed and people who have never lived.
- 44. I conceal my solution behind carefully chosen words and reward those who look beyond the obvious.
- 45. I remain interesting because something important about me is still unknown.
- 46. I can turn an ordinary message into nonsense until you discover the right way to read it.
- 47. I make hesitation disappear, although I am not always correct.
- 48. I rarely give you an answer, but I can prevent you from accepting the first one.
Down
- 1. I allow something to remain itself while convincing others that it is something else.
- 2. I make a new moment feel strangely familiar, as though you have already lived it.
- 4. I begin with one form and end with another, while remaining connected to what I once was.
- 5. I let one thing borrow the identity of another so that an idea becomes easier to grasp.
- 6. I may sound like praise while secretly meaning almost anything but praise.
- 11. I can make the impossible seem ordinary without changing reality itself.
- 12. I am more than a guess, but I can still be challenged when better explanations appear.
- 17. I leave you with several possibilities, none of which seems entirely satisfactory.
- 18. I can turn an innocent detail into evidence before anyone has proved anything.
- 19. I lose my special power the moment too many people know me.
- 20. I arrive suddenly, turning confusion into understanding with the force of a small mental lightning strike.
- 22. I can make two unrelated events look as though someone planned them.
- 23. I may seem insignificant until someone realizes what I am pointing toward.
- 27. I am speech deliberately made small, often because someone nearby is not supposed to hear it.
- 29. I can make the opposite of what you expect happen without making the situation meaningless.
- 33. I give you all the pieces you need, but refuse to tell you how they belong together.
- 35. I succeed when someone mistakes appearance for truth.
- 36. I place two claims together and make them difficult to accept at the same time.
- 38. I can make something ordinary seem extraordinary, as though reality itself has been persuaded to change.
- 39. I am the detail that refuses to behave like everything around me.
- 41. I compress a piece of worldly wisdom into a sentence that is easy to remember.
- 43. I tell one story while quietly asking you to think about another.