(GEORGE) ELIOT, THE MILL ON THE FLOSS — If his father had lived to... old age and his uncle had died... early... we can conceive Hamlet's having married Ophelia and got through life with a reputation of sanity, notwithstanding many soliloquies and some moody sarcasms.
| A. | Illegitimate son of Gloucester in "King Lear" | EDMUND |
| B. | Title and heroine of a comedy by Aristophanes | LYSISTRATA |
| C. | Partisans in a war from 1980 to 1988 | IRAQIS |
| D. | Geologic period when primitive fishes arose | ORDOVICIAN |
| E. | Conrad's tale of a storm-tossed steamer | TYPHOON |
| F. | Vehicle for travel introduced in a novel of 1895 (2 wds.) | TIMEMACHINE |
| G. | Snub or treat condescendingly (hyph.) | HIGHHAT |
| H. | Founder of the Polaroid Corporation (2 wds.) | EDWINLAND |
| I. | Syndicate members | MAFIOSI |
| J. | Very popular (2 wds.) | INDEMAND |
| K. | What Sostratus built for Ptolemy II of Egypt | LIGHTHOUSE |
| L. | Legume of the Southwest that is unhealthy for livestock | LOCOWEED |
| M. | Erupter named by members of the 1870 Washburn Expedition (2 wds.) | OLDFAITHFUL |
| N. | Those in habitual opposition | NAYSAYERS |
| O. | Word heard in a sound check | TESTING |
| P. | Home of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum | HANOI |
| Q. | Typical design in cabinetry (3 wds.) | EGGANDDART |
| R. | African capital settled by former slaves | FREETOWN |
| S. | Unisex garment of Samoa | LAVALAVA |
| T. | Region of space where comets abound (2 wds.) | OORTCLOUD |
| U. | Embarrassed; meek; stupid | SHEEPISH |
| V. | Tribal chief; political party leader | SACHEM |