HENRY DAVID THOREAU, WALDEN — Often in winter days, I heard the forlorn but melodious note of a hooting owl, indefinitely far; such a sound as the frozen earth would yield if struck with a suitable plectrum, the very lingua vernacula of Walden Wood.
| A. | Title role for which Olivia de Havilland won an Oscar, with "The" | HEIRESS |
| B. | Extinct language not known to be related to any other | ETRUSCAN |
| C. | Curtailing development, as a policy (hyph.) | NOGROWTH |
| D. | Master of the macabre who wrote "Revolting Rhymes" and "Dirty Beasts" (2 wds.) | ROALDDAHL |
| E. | Where Cornwallis surrendered in October 1781 | YORKTOWN |
| F. | Scold severely (2 wds.) | DRESSDOWN |
| G. | French dramatist whose works include "Antigone" and "L'Alouette" | ANOUILH |
| H. | Displaying highest proficiency in art or music | VIRTUOSIC |
| I. | Too awesome to be expressed | INEFFABLE |
| J. | Far from cocky | DIFFIDENT |
| K. | Finch also called a chewink or ground robin | TOWHEE |
| L. | Achieve ignition crookedly (hyph.) | HOTWIRE |
| M. | Quadrennial period | OLYMPIAD |
| N. | Something very wild or very funny | RIOT |
| O. | Bubbling over; high-spirited | EBULLIENT |
| P. | Having a clever or cunning mind | ASTUTE |
| Q. | Four-act play by Anton Chekhov (2 wds.) | UNCLEVANYA |
| R. | Behave in a wordy, vague and indecisive manner | WAFFLE |
| S. | Cry from a thrilled audience at a play | AUTHOR |
| T. | The whitish half-moon at the base of a fingernail | LUNULA |
| U. | Slip into the land of Nod (2 wds.) | DOZEOFF |
| V. | Dryad beloved of Orpheus | EURYDICE |
| W. | District of the villainous sheriff Philip Mark | NOTTINGHAM |