STEVE MARTIN, BORN STANDING UP — My most persistent memory of stand-up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the mouth speaking the line... while the mind [is] observing,... analyzing, worrying, and then deciding... what to say next.
| A. | Structure or contrivance in its entirety | SHEBANG |
| B. | Undermining force in the housing industry | TERMITE |
| C. | Lead-up to checkmate | ENDGAME |
| D. | Footprint; survivor | VESTIGE |
| E. | Occasion for a Snellen chart (2 wds.) | EYETEST |
| F. | Attempt to find a fugitive | MANHUNT |
| G. | Assembly first convened in A.D. 930 | ALTHING |
| H. | Prominent feature of rap lyrics | RHYMING |
| I. | Sculpture in front of Columbia University's Philosophy Hall, with "The" | THINKER |
| J. | Boris Karloff's role in "The Mummy" | IMHOTEP |
| K. | Book covering a Sinai-to-Moab journey | NUMBERS |
| L. | Grinding one's teeth in one's sleep | BRUXISM |
| M. | Of a town; townsman | OPPIDAN |
| N. | Edible part of ginger, e.g. | RHIZOME |
| O. | How Leander swam to Hero | NIGHTLY |
| P. | Job that evolved from "shire reeve" | SHERIFF |
| Q. | Grass grown mainly for fodder | TIMOTHY |
| R. | Soil condition favorable to azaleas | ACIDITY |
| S. | "Shouldn't be a problem" (2 wds.) | NOSWEAT |
| T. | Sadistic "Little Shop of Horrors" figure | DENTIST |
| U. | Complete lack of sense | INANITY |
| V. | Like hay in the song "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" (hyph.) | NEWMOWN |
| W. | Just what you need when you don't expect it | GODSEND |
| X. | Like a gag that bombs | UNFUNNY |
| Y. | Curly contestants for Best in Show | POODLES |