Acrostic Nature

Hi everybody! Today, I bring you an acrostic I made. It's the first time I've ever made an acrostic and believe it or not, creating these puzzles are HARD. I don't know if I'd say they're harder to make than Crosswords, but it certainly took more time than creating one of my average crosswords. But they're fun puzzles to do. It's a lot like solving a cryptogram and a crossword at the same time. If you've never encountered one before you might find this helpful. Anyway, here it is. Hope you enjoy!

The clues are after the jump:


A. Popeye's gal (2)
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
 153  97  76  18  81 107 135  42


B. Gardening knack (2)
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
 100  82  84  61  95 118  56 137 138 127


C. French philosopher Denis
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
 147 155   6  19 150  70 102


D. Type of geometry
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
   5 121   1  78  50  23 132 140  91


E. Embroidery
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
   8  32  24 123  98  52 105 125 116  46  59


F. Capital of Tennessee
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
  86  29  21  54  44  99 133 122  90


G. Acapulco parting (2)
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
 145  65  45 151  35   2  72  14  62 103


H. Edged sideways
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
 144  22  38 156  85  74


I. John Brown's last stand (2)
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
  31  88 104  13 134  20 117 108 139  49  71  93


J. Additionally (2)
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
  80 112  92 120  12 129


K. 1937 Shirley Temple title role
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
 142  55  64  51  34


L. 1954 Literature Nobelist (2)
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
 157 113 141  87  53 114  60  66   3  67 124  47 115  94  30


M. "Blue Period" artist
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
   4  17 152 101 111  36   7


N. Star of Tarantino's two volume sage (2)
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
  63  33  96  89  75 128  11 131 148  68


O. Anti-drug classic of 1936 (2)
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
 106  73  27  69  37  16  77   9  58  26 143 130 110


P. Sleepy Hollow schoolmaster Crane 
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
 146 119  39  79  83 136  28


Q. Placed in position 
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
  41  40  10 109 154


R. Popular vice
 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
 126  43  48  57  15 149  25

So, we'll have the answers on Friday, along with the answers to the fiendish Magazine puzzle. Stay tuned, and let me know what you think.