TIM KREIDER, WE LEARN NOTHING — I have never even idly thought for a single passing second that it might make my life nicer to have a small rude incontinent person follow me around screaming and making me buy them stuff for the rest of my life.
| A. | At a full gallop, as in an English fox hunt | TANTIVY |
| B. | "Was feeling" tense | IMPERFECT |
| C. | Material wealth, riches | MAMMON |
| D. | Affinity; family tie | KINSHIP |
| E. | Strong liking; adder of zest | RELISH |
| F. | Guillaume : William :: ___ : Stephen | ETIENNE |
| G. | Bold; showing too much skin | IMMODEST |
| H. | Stepped-all-over type | DOORMAT |
| I. | Trespass via gradual inroads | ENCROACH |
| J. | Stat category for an N.F.L. player | RUSHING |
| K. | Thriftless, pound-foolish | WASTEFUL |
| L. | Country within a country | ENCLAVE |
| M. | Glowing with a soft radiance | LAMBENT |
| N. | How a mob may move (2 wds.) | ENMASSE |
| O. | In the wrong (2 wds.) | ATFAULT |
| P. | Invalidate, cancel, annul | REVOKE |
| Q. | Swell, bang-up, awesome, fab | NIFTY |
| R. | Without the bells and whistles (hyph.) | NOFRILLS |
| S. | Like many people after Thanksgiving dinner | OVERFED |
| T. | Leaving no stone unturned | THOROUGH |
| U. | What Merriam-Webster calls a "cosmopolitan dipteran" | HOUSEFLY |
| V. | Finger | IDENTIFY |
| W. | Vexed with repeated questions | NAGGED |
| X. | Material often checked | GINGHAM |