DAVID K. RANDALL, DREAMLAND — [W]e have so much artificial light that after a[n]... earthquake knocked out... power, some residents of Los Angeles called the police to report a strange "giant, silvery cloud"... . It was the Milky Way. They had never seen it before... .
| A. | Stretch during a stoppage of work | DOWNTIME |
| B. | Bowl over, floor, flabbergast | ASTONISH |
| C. | Displacement divided by time, in a physics equation | VELOCITY |
| D. | Kazuo ____, author of "The Remains of the Day" | ISHIGURO |
| E. | Topple, unseat | DETHRONE |
| F. | Arthur who wrote "Darkness at Noon" | KOESTLER |
| G. | Device for regulating Answer K | RHEOSTAT |
| H. | Turn on | ACTIVATE |
| I. | Opposite of an early bird (2 wds.) | NIGHTOWL |
| J. | Not subject to taxes, as foreign goods (hyph.) | DUTYFREE |
| K. | Magnitude of electric current | AMPERAGE |
| L. | Latin Quarter setting (2 wds.) | LEFTBANK |
| M. | Central plot item in "Dial M for Murder" | LATCHKEY |
| N. | Fit together perfectly | DOVETAIL |
| O. | Style of cheese made in Mexico | RANCHERO |
| P. | Barriers placed in canals | EARPLUGS |
| Q. | Outdoors, in the open air | ALFRESCO |
| R. | Flavor-imparting fuel for grillers | MESQUITE |
| S. | Cut deeply and jaggedly | LACERATE |
| T. | Orbital point farthest from the sun | APHELION |
| U. | Magazine merged with The Daily Beast from 2010 to 2013 | NEWSWEEK |
| V. | Preferred working hours for most laborers (2 wds.) | DAYSHIFT |