The book winner for solving A forgetful crostic in the December 2017 and January 2018 issue is Rida Ahmed, a student of Dr. Robert Corell, a teacher at Princeton High School in Princeton, New Jersey. The quote was taken from Grammatical Man by Jeremy Campbell.
In artificial intelligence research, scientists are learning that the brain processes information in ways which are peculiarly human. For example, they have made the paradoxical discovery that forgetting serves a very important function and is a by-product of learning. Computers are now being programmed to forget selectively, just as the brain does, rather than store every item of information in their memories.
| Clue letter | Answer |
|---|---|
| Clue letter A | Answer John Polanyi |
| Clue letter B | Answer electromotive force |
| Clue letter C | Answer rate of effusion |
| Clue letter D | Answer even-even nuclide |
| Clue letter E | Answer metric system |
| Clue letter F | Answer yesterday’s news |
| Clue letter G | Answer carbohydrate |
| Clue letter H | Answer aluminum hydroxide |
| Clue letter I | Answer might is right |
| Clue letter J | Answer Panama Canal |
| Clue letter K | Answer bond polarity |
| Clue letter L | Answer effective |
| Clue letter M | Answer lead poisoning |
| Clue letter N | Answer low whirring |
| Clue letter O | Answer Graham |
| Clue letter P | Answer Rastafarian |
| Clue letter Q | Answer absentee voter |
| Clue letter R | Answer metastable state |
| Clue letter S | Answer Mississippi River |
| Clue letter T | Answer anaesthetic |
| Clue letter U | Answer tarragon |
| Clue letter V | Answer iron pyrite |
| Clue letter W | Answer churches |
| Clue letter X | Answer arrest her in the Ruhr |
| Clue letter Y | Answer lattice energy |
| Clue letter Z | Answer mole fraction |
| Clue letter AA | Answer amphoteric |
| Clue letter BB | Answer nitrogen fixation |
