MARYN MCKENNA, BIG CHICKEN — Antibiotics... created the conditions that allowed... us to turn a skittish, active backyard bird into a fast-growing, slow-moving, docile block of protein, as muscle-bound and top-heavy as a bodybuilder in a kids' cartoon.
Antibiotics do not create blandness, but they created the conditions that allowed chicken to be bland, allowing us to turn a skittish, active backyard bird into a fast-growing, slow-moving, docile block of protein, as muscle-bound and top-heavy as a bodybuilder in a kids' cartoon.
| A. | Spinster hen in animated Warner Bros. features (2 wds.) | MISSPRISSY |
| B. | Washed up, possibly | ASHORE |
| C. | Branch of science whose name was coined by Isaac Asimov | ROBOTICS |
| D. | Potato cultivar known for its eye-free skin and yellowish flesh (2 wds.) | YUKONGOLD |
| E. | Chuck Berry hit mentioning a "coffee-colored Cadillac" | NADINE |
| F. | Betty who wrote "The Egg and I" | MACDONALD |
| G. | Reverse numbering | COUNTDOWN |
| H. | Unit equal to about 1.34 horsepower | KILOWATT |
| I. | English king central to the Wars of the Roses (2 wds.) | EDWARDIV |
| J. | Pronouncement that may confer freedom (2 wds.) | NOTGUILTY |
| K. | Wink or blink | NICTITATE |
| L. | Major-league team that played in the first domed sports stadium | ASTROS |
| M. | Safe room? (2 wds.) | BANKVAULT |
| N. | Do some brooding | INCUBATE |
| O. | Metamorphic rock that's typically banded | GNEISS |
| P. | Slangy state of conspiracy | CAHOOTS |
| Q. | Chris ____, astronaut who sang "Space Oddity" in orbit | HADFIELD |
| R. | Designed to resist clumsy misuse (hyph.) | IDIOTPROOF |
| S. | Ultrasonic sound user found on a ceiling (2 wds.) | CAVEBAT |
| T. | Variety of cabbage with a turnip-shaped edible stem | KOHLRABI |
| U. | Drop-off at the beach? (2 wds.) | EBBTIDE |
| V. | Dulling senses and killing pain | NARCOTIC |