A(LISTAIR) COOKE: TALK ABOUT AMERICA — It has been ... doctrine that ... a pink goo with overtones of sugared tomatoes ... is a delectable necessity of the Thanksgiving board ... . [Y]ears of ... satisfaction with ... America could not reconcile this expatriate to cranberry sauce.
| A. | Bandleader with the 1939 hit "Thanks for Ev'rything" (2 wds.) | ARTIESHAW |
| B. | Peace pipe | CALUMET |
| C. | Indicate admiration (3 wds.) | OOHANDAAH |
| D. | Navigator's instrument for measuring angles | OCTANT |
| E. | Snake also called a hamadryad (2 wds.) | KINGCOBRA |
| F. | Tooth extraction, as a field of study | EXODONTICS |
| G. | "Strike the ___" (Robert E. Lee's last words) | TENT |
| H. | Writings of dubious authorship | APOCRYPHA |
| I. | Galligaskins; tights | LEGGINGS |
| J. | Diamond from India, one of Britain's crown jewels | KOHINOOR |
| K. | Ultimate proof of worth (2 wds.) | ACIDTEST |
| L. | Genre given its name by Jack Kerouac | BEAT |
| M. | Opening venue for "Rent" (2 wds.) | OFFBROADWAY |
| N. | Mount for a juggler, often | UNICYCLE |
| O. | Film garnering an Oscar for Jessica Lange | TOOTSIE |
| P. | Stage in Hegelian dialectics | ANTITHESIS |
| Q. | French artist, a leader of the Fauvists | MATISSE |
| R. | Sidemen for Bruce Springsteen (3 wds.) | ESTREETBAND |
| S. | Worshipful | REVERENT |
| T. | Hot drink with whisky and whipped cream (2 wds.) | IRISHCOFFEE |
| U. | Typeface simulating handwriting | CURSIVE |
| V. | He wrote "Man is by nature a political animal" | ARISTOTLE |