PAUL AUSTER, THE MUSIC OF CHANCE — Each number has a personality.... Twelve is upright... whereas thirteen is a loner, a shady character.... eleven is tough, an outdoorsman.... ten is rather simpleminded, a bland figure who... does what he's told.... nine is deep and mystical.
| A. | Men associated with missions | PADRES |
| B. | "What an ___ dies in me!" (Nero's last words) | ARTIST |
| C. | Relax after a hard day's work | UNWIND |
| D. | Home to Texas A&M's Dustdevils | LAREDO |
| E. | Earthworm or leech, e.g. | ANNELID |
| F. | 1789 discovery by Martin Heinrich Klaproth | URANIUM |
| G. | Hangdog | SHEEPISH |
| H. | Screwball comedy with Astaire and Rogers (2 wds.) | TOPHAT |
| I. | View from the Hell Gate Bridge (2 wds.) | EASTRIVER |
| J. | It doesn't go against the grain | RIPSAW |
| K. | Giant foes of 2012 | TIGERS |
| L. | Loft where fodder is stored | HAYMOW |
| M. | With more than a little learning | ERUDITE |
| N. | Fillers of some books | MATCHES |
| O. | Hard to handle, as a piano on a stairway | UNWIELDY |
| P. | Taken from a hard case | SHELLED |
| Q. | Concentrated to an extreme degree | INTENSE |
| R. | Miffed, ticked off | CHEESED |
| S. | With no attempt at secrecy | OVERTLY |
| T. | Six-foot lengths | FATHOMS |
| U. | Designer of a stained-glass window in the U.N. building | CHAGALL |
| V. | Hang out, rub elbows, schmooze | HOBNOB |
| W. | People of very little brainpower | AIRHEADS |
| X. | Geometric shape of a Bahai temple | NONAGON |
| Y. | Discipline; humble | CHASTEN |
| Z. | Umm al-Quwain, for one | EMIRATE |