CHAIN SENTENCES
Credit: NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
October 15, 2006
Will Shortz

A chain sentence is one in which the last two letters of each word are the first two letters of the next.

For example:

You outdid identification on onionskin index.
Type penguin into Topeka, Kansas astrological almanac.
The heroic iconoclast stops psychological allusions. 

This was a two-week contest. The sentences were judged on meaning, naturalness of syntax, originality, and overall elegance. Longer sentences are more elegant than shorter ones, but only if they make sense and read naturally.

Here are the results:

RUNNERS-UP

Julie Sabo:
Casual Alabama mailmen entertain insensitive ventriloquist students.

Camille Brady:
Unite! Team America can annihilate terrorism.

Sandor Weiss:
Beth, the head administrator, orates Esperanto to Tommy, my mystical alchemist stepfather.

Morry Wolf:
In Indiana, native vegetables escape perilous use, selected edible lettuces especially.

WINNER:

Jean Cloe:
Emma made delectable lemonade, despite terrible lemons.