CATHERINE PRICE, VITAMANIA — [O]ne... gelatin capsule..., can cure night blindness in a single day. Its protection can last... half a year or more. It costs about two cents per capsule, and the FDA doesn't even consider it a drug. The miracle cure is Vitamin A.
| A. | Quail; feel really embarrassed | CRINGE |
| B. | Lingering feeling of pleasure | AFTERGLOW |
| C. | Took part in a knightly activity | TILTED |
| D. | Devastation, destruction | HAVOC |
| E. | Hometown of the Oregon Ducks | EUGENE |
| F. | Pre-Raphaelite name in poetry and painting | ROSSETTI |
| G. | Language whose speakers can read Old Norse | ICELANDIC |
| H. | Situation in which one just barely succeeds (2 wds.) | NEARTHING |
| I. | Derived from an external source, as a nutrient | ESSENTIAL |
| J. | Status sought by many an inventor | PATENTEE |
| K. | Mission to gather intel | RECON |
| L. | Common generic antipyretic | IBUPROFEN |
| M. | Simplicity itself (2 wds.) | CHILDSPLAY |
| N. | Planted snugly; in a safe place | ENSCONCED |
| O. | "American Idol" contestant, e.g. | VOCALIST |
| P. | River from Tibet to the Arabian Sea | INDUS |
| Q. | Items sifted by a tongue twister's sifter | THISTLES |
| R. | Expert in risk management | ACTUARY |
| S. | Treat made with almonds and egg whites | MACAROON |
| T. | Puff, in a manner of speaking? | ASPIRATE |
| U. | Medicine made by the one peddling it | NOSTRUM |
| V. | Father of six successive Arab kings (2 wds.) | IBNSAUD |
| W. | Intransigent, obdurate, not willing to budge | ADAMANT |