RACHEL CARSON, THE SEA AROUND US — Autumn comes to the sea with a fresh blaze of phosphorescence, when every wave crest is aflame. ...[T]he whole surface may glow with sheets of cold fire, while below schools of fish pour through the water like molten metal.
| A. | Offerer of charity fund-raiser tickets | RAFFLER |
| B. | State doctrine of Albania before 1991 | ATHEISM |
| C. | One of the Five Civilized Nations | CHOCTAW |
| D. | 1960's sitcom based on a Saturday Evening Post cartoon | HAZEL |
| E. | French counterpart to the White House | ELYSEE |
| F. | Storage area | LOFT |
| G. | Crinkly shoe material | CREPE |
| H. | Stupendously cool, rad | AWESOME |
| I. | Long-term care facility (2 wds.) | RESTHOME |
| J. | Hot dog (hyph.) | SHOWOFF |
| K. | "Either war is ___ or men are" (R. Buckminster Fuller) | OBSOLETE |
| L. | Connecticut hometown of Benedict Arnold | NORWICH |
| M. | Crockett's commander at the Alamo | TRAVIS |
| N. | Sound heard at Christmas (3 wds.) | HOHOHO |
| O. | Drill command to cadets (2 wds.) | EYESLEFT |
| P. | 1924 contest-winning coinage for a Volstead Act violator | SCOFFLAW |
| Q. | Acropolis temple with columns of sculptured female figures | ERECHTHEUM |
| R. | Crooked, wry, out of kilter | ASKEW |
| S. | "Yumi, Yumi, Yumi," for Vanuatu | ANTHEM |
| T. | Forgo the usual amenities (2 wds.) | ROUGHIT |
| U. | One who can barely give a hoot | OWLET |
| V. | Consequence, aftermath | UPSHOT |
| W. | Author of "A Town Like Alice" (2 wds.) | NEVILSHUTE |
| X. | Vestigial digit or false hoof | DEWCLAW |
| Y. | Alexander Pope's "dusky, melancholy sprite" | UMBRIEL |
| Z. | Work done by a lathe | SHAPING |