(J.B.S.) HALDANE, ON BEING THE RIGHT SIZE — An angel [with] no more power weight for weight than... an eagle... would require a breast projecting four feet to house the muscles... in... its wings, while to economize in weight, its legs would have to be reduced to mere stilts.
| A. | Dim region around a galaxy; nimbus | HALO |
| B. | Compete in a show of strength (hyph.) | ARMWRESTLE |
| C. | ___ Burnham, Kevin Spacey's character in "American Beauty" | LESTER |
| D. | Business on the Web (2 wds.) | DOTCOM |
| E. | In the most pessimistic case (2 wds.) | ATWORST |
| F. | "Isn't that so?" (Ger., 2 wds.) | NICHTWAHR |
| G. | Confidentially (2 wds.) | ENTRENOUS |
| H. | Hiawatha's tribe in Longfellow's poem | OJIBWA |
| I. | Pronouncement in a horse voice | NEIGH |
| J. | Retires formally, as from competition (2 wds.) | BOWSOUT |
| K. | "As we speak" (2 wds.) | EVENNOW |
| L. | "Art never expresses anything but ___" (Oscar Wilde) | ITSELF |
| M. | From Narvik, Larvik or Skien | NORWEGIAN |
| N. | Insert sewn into a garment for expansion or reinforcement | GUSSET |
| O. | Restraint giving an animal a short radius of freedom | TETHER |
| P. | Bind, as in a rodeo | HOGTIE |
| Q. | General who coined the term "military-industrial complex" | EISENHOWER |
| R. | Pejorative for a government in power | REGIME |
| S. | The opposite of benevolence (2 wds.) | ILLWILL |
| T. | Author of "The Sorrows of Young Werther" | GOETHE |
| U. | Set to elude detection | HIDDEN |
| V. | Site of a girl's arachnophobic reaction | TUFFET |
| W. | Yosemite Park's Grizzly Giant, for one | SEQUOIA |
| X. | Ascribe in an unflattering way | IMPUTE |
| Y. | Houses in a high place | ZODIAC |
| Z. | Container for serving a boiled breakfast | EGGCUP |