THE WRITINGS OF MARK TWAIN — The people of those foreign countries are... very ignorant. ... In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.
| A. | Work performed in a garage or an orchestra pit? (hyph.) | TUNEUP |
| B. | Serving to pique? (2 wds.) | HORSDOEUVRE |
| C. | Chanteuse who sang "Milord" (2 wds.) | EDITHPIAF |
| D. | De rigueur headwear at Louis XIV's Versailles | WIGS |
| E. | Attacking maneuver with an epee | RIPOSTE |
| F. | Painter of the "Vow of Louis XIII" | INGRES |
| G. | Cointreau or Grand Marnier (2 wds.) | TRIPLESEC |
| H. | Winner of the 1992 Oscar for Best Foreign Film | INDOCHINE |
| I. | Soft, white unripened cheese | NEUFCHATEL |
| J. | Anthelme Brillat-Savarin's field of expertise | GASTRONOMY |
| K. | Cached, say | SAVED |
| L. | Customary pronunciation of a language | ORTHOEPY |
| M. | Seines and such; stockings for goths | FISHNETS |
| N. | Bearer of a baton | MAJORETTE |
| O. | Battle of the Bulge region | ARDENNES |
| P. | Family name associated with a noted chateau | ROTHSCHILD |
| Q. | Souvenir, memento | KEEPSAKE |
| R. | Game with a croupier (hyph.) | TWENTYONE |
| S. | Chablis or Sancerre (2 wds.) | WHITEWINE |
| T. | Literature Nobelist of 1947 (2 wds.) | ANDREGIDE |
| U. | Thespian specializing in naive roles | INGENUE |
| V. | Province involved in the Hundred Years War | NORMANDY |