(LEWIS) CARROLL, ALICE('S ADVENTURES) IN WONDERLAND — She had never seen such a curious croquet ground...; it was all ridges and furrows; the balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live flamingoes, and... soldiers had to double themselves up... on hands and feet, to make the arches.
| A. | English county home to the River Dee | CHESHIRE |
| B. | Like a pen name | ASSUMED |
| C. | "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?," e.g. | RIDDLE |
| D. | Knockabout behavior (2 wds.) | ROUGHSTUFF |
| E. | Sort of bellowed and whistled, with a kind of sneeze in the middle | OUTGRABE |
| F. | Site of ongoing cryptozoological inquiry (2 wds.) | LOCHNESS |
| G. | Actor Charles who said "I have a face that would stop a sundial" | LAUGHTON |
| H. | Going new places, seeing new things, etc. | ADVENTURES |
| I. | Spot-checking rule? (2 wds.) | LEASHLAW |
| J. | Measurer of sharpness (2 wds.) | IQTEST |
| K. | Eight-by-eight setting | CHESSBOARD |
| L. | "But four young Oysters hurried up, / All ___ for the treat" ("The Walrus and the Carpenter") | EAGER |
| M. | Tale in which Sir Wilfred weds Rowena | IVANHOE |
| N. | Refuse to be found after Christmas? | NEEDLES |
| O. | Car, in slang | WHEELS |
| P. | Resembling a celebrated wall-sitter | OVIFORM |
| Q. | Confection that may be crunchy | NOUGAT |
| R. | Antagonist of the Queen of Hearts | DUCHESS |
| S. | Taken to a higher plane | ELEVATED |
| T. | 1950 crime film with shifting points of view | RASHOMON |
| U. | Surname of the girl who inspired the subject of this puzzle | LIDDELL |
| V. | After a long wait (2 wds.) | ATLAST |
| W. | Benvolio, to Lord Montague | NEPHEW |
| X. | Label on the neck of a potable's bottle (2 wds.) | DRINKME |