M Puzzle: Guys'll Eat Ivy, Too

by Marc Moskowitz

In spite of looking like cryptic clues, these are in fact descriptions of creatures from the Dr. Seuss book On Beyond Zebra ("zoo/not enough"; homonym of "Geisel" in the title). The numbers are the letter of the creature's name to use, not the number of letters in the word. The animals are:

1. itch-a-Pods
2. high gArgel-orum
3. glikkeR
4. zatz-iT
5. vroOms
6. miss Fuddle-dee-duddle
7. spAzzim
8. jogg-ooNs
9. floob-boober-bAb-boober-bubs
10. nutChes
11. thnadneRs
12. yekkO
13. flunNel
14. quandarY
15. wuMbus

The indicated letters spell PART OF AN ACRONYM, which is a clue for the word INITIAL.