A(RTHUR) C(ONAN) DOYLE, (THE ADVENTURE OF) THE MUSGRAVE RITUAL — Although... methodical... [he] keeps his cigars in the coal-scuttle, his tobacco in the toe end of a Persian slipper, and his unanswered correspondence transfixed by a jack-knife into the very center of his wooden mantelpiece.
| A. | First and worst among adversaries | ARCHFOE |
| B. | Director of a crew | COXSWAIN |
| C. | British form of "Phooey!" (2 wds.) | DASHIT |
| D. | Cloud, fog, muddy, perplex | OBFUSCATE |
| E. | Encouraging cry to foxhounds | YOICKS |
| F. | Relax | LOOSEN |
| G. | Given some improvement or magnification | ENHANCED |
| H. | Onetime game craze with falling figures | TETRIS |
| I. | Jazz Age term for a drug addict | HOPHEAD |
| J. | Items on which deposit may be paid | EMPTIES |
| K. | Impressively grand | MAJESTIC |
| L. | Like the loser of a medieval contest | UNHORSED |
| M. | Detective whose name literally means "fair-haired" | SHERLOCK |
| N. | Go see a therapist, say (2 wds.) | GETHELP |
| O. | Notable player of the quote's subject | RATHBONE |
| P. | Chopper named for a tribe | APACHE |
| Q. | Made to seem the bad guy | VILIFIED |
| R. | Whimsical or odd sort | ECCENTRIC |
| S. | Kept a sub going? | RENEWED |
| T. | First small suggestions of comprehension | INKLINGS |
| U. | "Charge of the Light Brigade" poet | TENNYSON |
| V. | In no position to lie (2 wds.) | UNDEROATH |
| W. | A little something preprandial | APERITIF |
| X. | Battle of ___, 1571 naval engagement that was a setback for Ottoman Turks | LEPANTO |