Puzzling...Part 2

And here is the answer key for those of you who have been playing along.


This is 1.a most re2.markable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolu3.lu, keeping him occupied for hours. He enjoyed it so much, he passed it on to some friends. One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his 4.john boat. Another friend studied it while playing his ban5.jo. Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend 6.judges the 7.job of solving this puzzle so involving, s8.he brews a cup of tea to help her nerv9.es. There will be some names that are really easy to spot. That's a f10.act. Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a 11.jam, especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized. T12.ruthfully, f13.rom answers we get, we are forced to admi14.t it usually takes a minister or scholar to see some of the15.m at the worst. Research has shown that something in our 16.genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this paragraph. During a recent fund raising event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta 17.Phi lemonade booth set a new sales record. The local paper, the 18.Chronicle, surveyed over 200 patrons who reported that his puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever seen. As 19.Daniel Huma20.na humbly puts it, "The books are all right here in plain view hidden from sight." T21.hose able to find all of them will hear great 22.lamentations from those who have to be shown. One 23.revelation that may help is that books like 24.Timothy and 25.Samuel may occur without their 26.numbers. also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are nor27.mal. A chipper attitude will help you com28.pete really well against those who claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mad 29.exodus, there really are 30 books of the Bible lur30.king somewhere in this paragraph waiting to be found.