[David J.] Skal, Death Makes a Holiday — The story of Jack-o'-Lantern parallels that of Will-o'-the-Wisp; both... personify... fool's-fire, or ignis fatuus — the phosphorescent swamp gas long known in... Britain, and sometimes used today as a[n]... explanation for UFO sightings.
| A. | Political platform? | SOAPBOX |
| B. | Historical drama with Lord Bigot and Philip the Bastard (2 wds.) | KINGJOHN |
| C. | Incendiary, firebug | ARSONIST |
| D. | Flooring material patented in 1863 | LINOLEUM |
| E. | British cult sci-fi TV series that debuted in 1963 (2 wds.) | DOCTORWHO |
| F. | Brightly shining, luminous | EFFULGENT |
| G. | Renunciation of a former belief | APOSTASY |
| H. | "The ___ of his face sours ripe grapes" (Shakespeare) | TARTNESS |
| I. | Shrimp, peanut (2 wds.) | HALFPINT |
| J. | Public declaration of principles | MANIFESTO |
| K. | Jimmy Carter's alma mater | ANNAPOLIS |
| L. | Rude dismissal (hyph.) | KISSOFF |
| M. | Theodora or Eugenie, e.g. | EMPRESS |
| N. | Move sinuously | SLITHER |
| O. | Supreme Court justice appointed by L.B.J. (2 wds.) | ABEFORTAS |
| P. | All out of kilter | HAYWIRE |
| Q. | Musician among the Argonauts | ORPHEUS |
| R. | Costume for Johnny Weissmuller or Ben Kingsley | LOINCLOTH |
| S. | On board an aircraft (hyph.) | INFLIGHT |
| T. | Lower in status or esteem | DOWNGRADE |
| U. | Mineral whose hardness defines 5 on the Mohs scale | APATITE |
| V. | ___ State University, home of the Penguins | YOUNGSTOWN |