It's
Still Not About The Bike
Author:
Dan Katz (grid by Roger Barkan)
The
phrase "It's Still Not About The Bike" is a clue indicating the
sequel to Lance Armstrong's memoir "It's Not About The Bike," which
is called "Every Second Counts." Each entry can be determined by
taking the second letter of every word in the clue.
The
completed grid looks like this:
FLAPSPECSWEAN
LIRALENACHILE
EARNERGREATER
ERASEIRONCHEF
SPIRTLALAKERS
SEGUESBERTRAM
ORNEMAORIACNE
USURPEDFORAGE
PEPPERERFARED
PETEROSELIANA
OMAROSADOOVER
LIKEROLDSTEEN
ORESSLAYSALTS
The
main diagonal reads "FIRSTS OF FIVES." The first letters of all of
the five-letter words in the clues spell "RIGHT ANSWER AFTER SIMPLE
EXTRACTION." Using the same simple extraction that was applied to the
clues (taking the second letters) yields the answer: INFIX.