(JENNIFER 8.) LEE, (THE) FORTUNE COOKIE CHRONICLES — Chop suey is the greatest culinary prank... one culture has ever played on another. Even its name is an inside joke. ... What Americans once believed to be the "national dish" of China translates to "odds and ends" in Cantonese.
| A. | Nutlike Far Eastern fruit | LITCHI |
| B. | Word from a server to a diner | ENJOY |
| C. | Taken to another plane | ELEVATED |
| D. | "After Apple-Picking" poet | FROST |
| E. | Pearl of extraordinary luster | ORIENT |
| F. | Like Lincoln's voice, per his biographers | REEDY |
| G. | King beaters in pinochle | TENS |
| H. | Aptly surnamed man of speed (2 wds.) | USAINBOLT |
| I. | "All ___ is but art, unknown to thee" (Pope) | NATURE |
| J. | Not at all challenging (3 wds.) | EASYASPIE |
| K. | Piece typically executed with indexes | CHOPSTICKS |
| L. | Go too far (2 wds.) | OVERDOIT |
| M. | Author of the 2008 collection "Wild Nights!" | OATES |
| N. | Like dough and some tired muscles | KNEADED |
| O. | Person free of sin; simpleton | INNOCENT |
| P. | One who knows how you feel | EMPATH |
| Q. | Traditional dance music of Colombia | CUMBIA |
| R. | Capital founded by conquistadors around 1515 | HAVANA |
| S. | Unfair price for sushi? (2 wds.) | RAWDEAL |
| T. | Ancient Greek theater | ODEON |
| U. | A lot of hooey | NONSENSE |
| V. | Feature of some modern kitchens | ISLAND |
| W. | Where Sam served Norm | CHEERS |
| X. | Like many believers in Lake Wobegon | LUTHERAN |
| Y. | Like Italian or Thai food | ETHNIC |
| Z. | Monkeyshines | SHENANIGANS |