(RALPH) KEYES, (THE HIDDEN) HISTORY OF COINED WORDS — Oliver Sacks was... a connoisseur of eggcorns, including his own. As his hearing declined..., he recorded actual words... and the way he'd misheard them... such as choir practice (for chiropractor)... and "Kiss my feet!" (for Christmas Eve).
| A. | *Philip ____, director of 1983's nerve-wrecking "The Right Stuff" | KAUFMAN |
| B. | Drink whose name is often mispronounced | ESPRESSO |
| C. | Show of grass-roots support for a politician? (2 wds.) | YARDSIGN |
| D. | In a box | ENCASED |
| E. | *Act of a rebel-rousing ex-patriot? | SEDITION |
| F. | Marx known for sight gags | HARPO |
| G. | Caterpillar with a loopy gait | INCHWORM |
| H. | *Wet one's appetite? | SALIVATE |
| I. | Lacking in the diplomacy department | TACTLESS |
| J. | "The Picture of Dorian Gray" writer (2 wds.) | OSCARWILDE |
| K. | *Work in overhauls? | REMODEL |
| L. | *Where a rabbi might tell old wise tales? | YESHIVA |
| M. | *A real trooper? | OFFICER |
| N. | *Counter material rarely taken for granite? | FORMICA |
| O. | *Pop diva with a pre-Madonna presence | CHER |
| P. | Corsage flower | ORCHID |
| Q. | *Having free reign? (2 wds.) | INCHARGE |
| R. | *Most important city of East Anglia, for all intensive purposes | NORWICH |
| S. | Security for a motorcade | ESCORT |
| T. | *Stubby specimen of a doggy-dog world? | DACHSHUND |
| U. | Duck related to the gadwall | WIGEON |
| V. | *Brownish yellow that might pass mustard as a Tuscan hue? | OCHER |
| W. | *Hurdled around an oval, say (2 wds.) | RANTRACK |
| X. | *Sick sense? | DISGUST |
| Y. | *Brought to a mute point? | SHUSHED |