Better late than never

[essentialsaltes]

Top Eleven Non-Solutions to the Final Challenge in the Smithsonian's Great American History Puzzle:

11 UCLA Test Diminution
10 Seminal Duct Tuition
9 At Unnoticed Stimuli
8 Mild Cautious Intent
7 Minute Tidal Suction
6 Diatonic Minuet Slut
5 Demonic Nautilus Tit
4 Lunatic Smut Edition
3 Loud Titanium Insect
2 Militant Nude Coitus

1 Clue Mad Institution

Comments

[donovan k. loucks (from livejournal.com)]

Ultimate Inductions?

[essentialsaltes.livejournal.com]

Good guess. That's the same thing the blogger came up with who showed me the thing I'd overlooked. But that's not quite it.

If you're still keen to work on it, the answer is "taken from a great American poet."