SIMON LOUVISH, MONKEY BUSINESS — Groucho, the most intellectual of the brothers,... developed his ideas under the influence of social commentators like... Mencken, with his passionate defense of freedom of speech... and contempt for the American "boobocracy"... .
| A. | Comic "Saturday Night Live" offering | SKETCH |
| B. | "Birdman of Alcatraz" extra | INMATE |
| C. | "The Godfather" extra | MOBSTER |
| D. | Of doubtful propriety, jokewise (hyph.) | OFFCOLOR |
| E. | Bean, noggin | NOODLE |
| F. | Idlers' shoes? | LOAFERS |
| G. | Wife or husband (2 wds.) | OTHERHALF |
| H. | Capital | UPPERCASE |
| I. | Quite a turnabout in outlook (hyph.) | VOLTEFACE |
| J. | Flawed | IMPERFECT |
| K. | Seasonal feature of Lake Michigan (2 wds.) | SHELFICE |
| L. | Moe or Curly, but not Larry | HOWARD |
| M. | Technique for Brando and Hoffman | METHOD |
| N. | Billionaire with a huge TV following | OPRAH |
| O. | Ingenious article, knickknack | NOTION |
| P. | Too-close-inside area, in baseball lingo | KITCHEN |
| Q. | Prize | ESTEEM |
| R. | Card saying "Take my wife - please" | YOUNGMAN |
| S. | Trinket | BIBELOT |
| T. | Like the worst kinds of errors in sports | UNFORCED |
| U. | Set of guitar strings, e.g. | SESTET |
| V. | Crackbrained | IDIOTIC |
| W. | Executed with subtlety | NUANCED |
| X. | "Religion is all bunk" sayer | EDISON |
| Y. | Wile E. Coyote concoction | SCHEME |
| Z. | Name called at the end of a western | SHANE |