MATT RIDLEY, THE AGILE GENE — Jane Goodall's account of life among the chimps... reads like a soap opera about the Wars of the Roses written by Jane Austen... . We feel the ambition, the jealousy,... the affection;... we sense motives; we cannot help empathizing.
| A. | Saskatchewan city that is home to an annual Festival of Words (2 wds.) | MOOSEJAW |
| B. | Creative impulse or inspiration | AFFLATUS |
| C. | Classic kind of sandwich (2 wds.) | TUNAFISH |
| D. | Item in a first-aid kit or vanity case | TWEEZERS |
| E. | Brownstone, typically (2 wds.) | ROWHOUSE |
| F. | 2006 film about Truman Capote | INFAMOUS |
| G. | Container similar to a carboy | DEMIJOHN |
| H. | Venue for Letterman since 1993 (2 wds.) | LATESHOW |
| I. | Trumpeter with no horn | ELEPHANT |
| J. | Site of Cornwallis's surrender | YORKTOWN |
| K. | Singer whose female fans often toss undergarments onstage (2 wds.) | TOMJONES |
| L. | Sacrifice of 100 oxen | HECATOMB |
| M. | Device for correcting amblyopia | EYEPATCH |
| N. | Albert Einstein, philosophically | AGNOSTIC |
| O. | Dame Edna's signature blooms | GLADIOLI |
| P. | Virtually; active (2 wds.) | INEFFECT |
| Q. | Steal, slangily; free | LIBERATE |
| R. | Like much popular reading | ESCAPIST |
| S. | Kin of King Kong (2 wds.) | GREATAPE |
| T. | Avenue adjacent to New York's Chelsea Piers | ELEVENTH |
| U. | "Pay close attention," in a book (2 wds.) | NOTABENE |
| V. | Heraclitus, by birth | EPHESIAN |