CHARLES D'AMBROSIO, LOITERING — Gray whales don't look especially dirigible. You'd hate to have to park one. They have a lumpy crudeness of design, a banged-up body... ugly mouth and... a color that seems to come from a supply of government surplus paint... .
Gray whales don't look especially dirigible. You'd hate to have to park one. They have a lumpy crudeness of design, a banged-up body and a crimped ugly mouth and a dented snout, a color that seems to come from a supply of government surplus paint, ...
| A. | Attractive, but a bit too precious | CUTESY |
| B. | Pitching aid in a rural setting | HAYFORK |
| C. | Show one's appreciation, in a way | APPLAUD |
| D. | Gymnastics event; stock at a jeweler's | RINGS |
| E. | 1651 book on statecraft from the pen of Thomas Hobbes | LEVIATHAN |
| F. | Scientific study of animal behavior | ETHOLOGY |
| G. | Counterpart to an isthmus | STRAIT |
| H. | Benefit in some insurance plans | DENTAL |
| I. | Now, never or always | ADVERB |
| J. | Hue named for the mallow flower | MAUVE |
| K. | Source of a spout at sea | BLOWHOLE |
| L. | Puzzle that may have pluses and minuses | REBUS |
| M. | Counterbalance | OFFSET |
| N. | Harmonious creation | SYMPHONY |
| O. | Third word of a novel of 1851 | ISHMAEL |
| P. | Name of Quint's boat in "Jaws" | ORCA |
| Q. | Morally loose, slightly decadent | LOUCHE |
| R. | Contrary; not in favor | OPPOSED |
| S. | Taken and held in legal custody | IMPOUNDED |
| T. | Author who asked "What is art?" | TOLSTOY |
| U. | Successful job applicant | EMPLOYEE |
| V. | The worse for wear | RAGGEDY |
| W. | Giant lizard of the Jurassic Period | IGUANODON |
| X. | Home to Ahab and Starbuck | NANTUCKET |
| Y. | Genus with Risso's dolphin as its only species | GRAMPUS |