LAUREL (THATCHER) ULRICH, (THE) AGE OF HOMESPUN — [A] single pound of beaver would have purchased two and a half pounds of broadcloth, the most expensive... fabric. ...Algonkians gave up Adam's clothing not because it was inferior... but because it had become too valuable to wear.
| A. | Security measure after a prison riot | LOCKDOWN |
| B. | Part of the United Arab Emirates (2 wds.) | ABUDHABI |
| C. | Quite a few | UMPTEEN |
| D. | Ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy | RUBICON |
| E. | Parimutuel wagering option | EXACTA |
| F. | Launch a verbal attack (2 wds.) | LASHOUT |
| G. | Online collection of discussion groups | USENET |
| H. | Common liposuction target (2 wds.) | LOVEHANDLES |
| I. | Unconventional, in a devil-may-care way | RAFFISH |
| J. | 16th-century Russian czar (2 wds.) | IVANIV |
| K. | South African city at the foot of Table Mountain (2 wds.) | CAPETOWN |
| L. | Claptrap, poppycock | HOGWASH |
| M. | Alligator pear | AVOCADO |
| N. | Vivacity, animation | GINGER |
| O. | Strenuous effort (2 wds.) | ELBOWGREASE |
| P. | He wrote "Jupiter from on high laughs at lovers' perjuries" | OVID |
| Q. | Vehicle for transporting large machinery | FLATBED |
| R. | Fish with both eyes on one side | HALIBUT |
| S. | "Don Pasquale" or "The Barber of Seville" (2 wds.) | OPERABUFFA |
| T. | Dyspeptic in disposition | MOROSE |
| U. | Actor who played Mingo on "Daniel Boone" (2 wds.) | EDAMES |
| V. | Flagrantly immoral | SCARLET |
| W. | With a rapid beat | PITAPAT |
| X. | World Heritage List organization | UNESCO |
| Y. | "Certainly" (2 wds.) | NODOUBT |