VICKI CROKE, ELEPHANT COMPANY — [A trunk]... acts, among other things, as a hand, an arm, a nose, a snorkel, a sledgehammer, a trumpet, and a hose. ... Without containing a single bone, it is strong enough to lift heavy logs, and sufficiently nimble to pick up a coin.
| A. | Slide-jiggling effect on a trombone | VIBRATO |
| B. | Assail, as someone's character | IMPUGN |
| C. | Cloth used by cyclists for padding | CHAMOIS |
| D. | Like Alec Guinness and Paul McCartney | KNIGHTED |
| E. | "Speaking truthfully ..." (2 wds.) | INFACT |
| F. | Storage tank sometimes underground | CISTERN |
| G. | Activity of a rummager | ROOTING |
| H. | Spent; needing a refill (3 wds.) | OUTOFGAS |
| I. | Old Cretan center of Bronze Age culture | KNOSSOS |
| J. | Subject of the equation E^2 = (pc)^2 + (m0c^2)^2 | ENERGY |
| K. | Coat for a dentist | ENAMEL |
| L. | Be scornful of, as danger (2 wds.) | LAUGHAT |
| M. | Busy; attentive | ENGAGED |
| N. | Animal whose stuffing comes out | PINATA |
| O. | Boyhood hometown of Mark Twain | HANNIBAL |
| P. | Brought into harmony | ATTUNED |
| Q. | Implement in many salons (2 wds.) | NAILFILE |
| R. | Images on Monopoly bills | TRAINS |
| S. | Like the spears on Kenya's flag | CROSSED |
| T. | Pursued by a posse, maybe (3 wds.) | ONTHELAM |
| U. | Cloying, drippy, mushy | MAWKISH |
| V. | Quickly | PRESTO |
| W. | What's regarded as an abomination | ANATHEMA |
| X. | Far from a loser (2 wds.) | NOSLOUCH |
| Y. | Robin with a 20-year career in the major leagues | YOUNT |