MARY ROACH, PACKING FOR MARS — Yuri Gagarin... recall[ed] that as he walked the red carpet before the... Central Committee of the Communist Party... and a cheering crowd of thousands, he noticed that his shoelace was undone and could think of nothing else.
| A. | A million joules per second | MEGAWATT |
| B. | Literally, "hug around the neck" | ACCOLADE |
| C. | Not acting in a natural, human way | ROBOTIC |
| D. | "Get what I'm saying?" (2 wds.) | YOUKNOW |
| E. | Guy in a director's seat | RITCHIE |
| F. | Applauder of a Zen master? (2 wds.) | ONEHAND |
| G. | Magazine of the National Space Society (2 wds.) | ADASTRA |
| H. | Session with Viswanathan Anand (2 wds.) | CHESSMATCH |
| I. | Centesimal or centenary | HUNDREDTH |
| J. | Substitute (hyph.) | PINCHHIT |
| K. | Deep-sea diver's lifeline (2 wds.) | AIRHOSE |
| L. | Instrument whose name means "heavenly" | CELESTA |
| M. | Eponym of a space center | KENNEDY |
| N. | Poverty-stricken, needing alms | INDIGENT |
| O. | Impossible to locate | NOWHERE |
| P. | Powerful Stratego piece | GENERAL |
| Q. | Pulled from left field (hyph.) | FARFETCHED |
| R. | Unavailable until later; oblivious (3 wds.) | OUTTOLUNCH |
| S. | Godzilla's fellow monster and ally | RODAN |
| T. | Zero for making audiences laugh? | MOSTEL |
| U. | Fashionable (3 wds.) | ALAMODE |
| V. | Essential qualities for success (2 wds.) | RIGHTSTUFF |
| W. | Unintended home for bats and pigeons | STEEPLE |