EDGAR ALLAN POE, MARGINALIA — I never can hear… an Italian opera, without fancying myself at Athens, listening to that particular tragedy, by Sophocles, in which he introduces a full chorus of turkeys, who set about bewailing the death of Meleager.
| A. | German town where Johann Sebastian Bach was born | EISENACH |
| B. | Adamantly unbending in the face of attacks | DEFIANT |
| C. | Symbol of merit or honor (2 wds.) | GOLDSTAR |
| D. | State legendarily unified under Theseus | ATTICA |
| E. | Rather irregular; somewhat crude | ROUGHISH |
| F. | Container that's pig Latin for its type of contents | ASHTRAY |
| G. | Hitchcock film based on a Steinbeck story | LIFEBOAT |
| H. | How most ballet dancers perform | LITHELY |
| I. | Honest-to-goodness | AUTHENTIC |
| J. | Just discovered | NEWFOUND |
| K. | Scope of activity or responsibility | PURVIEW |
| L. | Subaru wagon/S.U.V. plugged by Paul Hogan | OUTBACK |
| M. | Fully realized condition | ENTELECHY |
| N. | Symbol on Israel's coat of arms | MENORAH |
| O. | Aardvark, by another name (2 wds.) | ANTBEAR |
| P. | Any draft of an article after the first | REWRITE |
| Q. | Target that it's not fair to move | GOALPOST |
| R. | Common locale for a canal | ISTHMUS |
| S. | Study of the kidney | NEPHROLOGY |
| T. | Emulator of St. Anthony | ANCHORITE |
| U. | Undergo prolonged inactivity; become weak | LANGUISH |
| V. | For all practical purposes (2 wds.) | INEFFECT |
| W. | Irving Berlin standard written for his wife | ALWAYS |