Oh, Cecil Adams is Mad Alice Cho.
Please. Everyone knows that Cecil is really six giant squirrels with a headdress, robe, and ring of levitation and illusions…
That’s just silly. How can one headdress fit six squirrels?
It’s like holding a mirror up to society. So profound.
I guess Ed Acclaims would have been too transparent.
winner
Wow, I can go to the thread winner thread now! Go me! 
There’s a great cryptic crossword clue in there somewhere though.
Incognito Ed’s acclaim!
Hmm. Needs work. Where is twickster when you need him?
Everybody knows Cecil is really Fidel Castro
Everybody knows Cecil was born when the ARPANET became self aware in 1973.
**twickster **is a her. A very nice her, not likely to be confused with a him.
And I’m pretty sure she’s not Cecil, either.
I can neither confirm nor deny …
I look forward to the cryptic clue, though. Hm. “Confused, Ed acclaims the perfect master”?
Very nice! I like the OP too. Clever folks around here!
You have obviously never been Scrabbleized ™ by the young lady.
Great. Now I’m going to have to report this thread for outing Cecil Adams’s real name… 
Naw…Cecil Adams is really Jimmy Hoffa.
That is all.
Whew! My cover story is still holding up.
You’re Jimmy Hoffa?
And I almost wrote “him or her” in the post, but it was so ungainly. :smack:
The Internet has made me hate gender-specific pronouns more than ever.
Actually, I’m Cecil Adams, and so is my wife.