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====== AsRqTuIaSrTe Solution ====== The puzzle is dedicated to **Samuel Finley Breese Morse**, who was a famous painter of miniatures as well as an inventor. The pattern of letters from the **long** and **short** words is given by the Morse code sequence of dashes and dots in the code words.

         Square                     Pattern           Code word


 f S i n l A M e U E y L        . -. .. --. -- .-       enigma

 S u n T e R a I s V e E        - .. -.-. -.- . -       ticket

 i n G A s a n D G e E T        ..- -. .. - -.--        unity

 n T A i B n o n L E s T        .-- .-. . .- -.-        wreak

 l e s B s R E E e n S E        ... -. --- ..- -        snout

 A R a n R g i A n N T a        --. . - ..- .--.        getup

 M a n o E i n T I t E R        -. .. -. . - -.--       ninety

 e I D n E A T t o E m b        .-- .- --. . -..        waged

 U s G L e n I o E r R s        -.-- . .- .-. -.        yearn

 E V e E n N t E r D e e        -- . -. - .- .-..       mental

 y e E s S T E m R e S n        ..-. --- .-. - .        forte

 L E T T E a R b s e n t        -- --- .-. ... .        Morse

===== Clue explanations ===== An anterisk (*) indicates a transposal; quotes (") idicate a homophone; square braces ([]) show deletions; (italics) show comments. - *image around N[ile] = **enigma** / **Samuel** / **Finley** - hidden **ticket** / *verist = **strive** / **unease** = un + ease[l] - **unity** = [F]un [C]ity / *tagged = **gadget** / *sienna = **insane** - **wreak** = "reek" / **tablet** = *battle / N(in on)S = **ninons** - sno([Roussea]u)t = **snout** / **breese** / **lessen** = "lesson" - get up = **getup** / **arrant** = ar(ran)t / A[e]ngin[e]A = **angina** - **ninety** = [e]XC[esses] (Roman numeral) / (re + item) rev. = **metier** / **anoint** = [p]ai(no)int - **waged** = (Dega[s]W) rev. / hidden **ideate** / **entomb** = (net mob)* - **yearn** = year + n. / lie inside rug* = **uglier** / **senors** = sen[i]ors - **mental**, double def. (genial, mental both mean "relating to the chin") / Eve + rev. den = **evened** / **entree**, "on tray" & lit. - **forte**, double def. (clue answer for 7 LONG is METIER) / **esters** = [trim]esters / **yes-men** = enemy's* - **Morse** / **letter**, double def. (ref. papal bull) / **absent** = AB + sent

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