THE WPA GUIDE TO MISSISSIPPI — [Politics] is... football, baseball, and tennis rolled into one. We enjoy it; we will hitch up and drive for miles in order to hear and applaud the vitriolic phrases of a candidate we have already reckoned we'll vote against.
| A. | Forum for questioning citizens (2 wds.) | TOWNHALL |
| B. | Possible factor in a loss of power (2 wds.) | HEATWAVE |
| C. | Medicine made palatable with honey or jam | ELECTUARY |
| D. | Dense and not very bright body (2 wds.) | WHITEDWARF |
| E. | Long-term office assignment | PROJECT |
| F. | Penn State campus near Horseshoe Curve | ALTOONA |
| G. | Go full speed | GALLOP |
| H. | Show for the first time | UNVEIL |
| I. | National Historic Trail known for an epic race | IDITAROD |
| J. | A.T.M. maker involved in a 2004 controversy | DIEBOLD |
| K. | Spectacles, shades and such | EYEWEAR |
| L. | Rushmore companion of Abraham | THEODORE |
| M. | Strain preceding some face-offs (2 wds.) | OCANADA |
| N. | Deceive, bamboozle | MISLEAD |
| O. | California home of the Ayn Rand Institute | IRVINE |
| P. | Favor both sides of an issue | STRADDLE |
| Q. | Party whose official color is green (2 wds.) | SINNFEIN |
| R. | Call upon; put into use, as a law | INVOKE |
| S. | Long and tiresome journey | SCHLEP |
| T. | Creature able to regrow a lost limb | STARFISH |
| U. | Text showing a list | ITALICS |
| V. | Offered as a public service (2 wds.) | PROBONO |
| W. | Accomplices in the audience | PLANTS |
| X. | Permanent; never to be forgotten | INDELIBLE |