ROBERT MACFARLANE, THE OLD WAYS — The foot is a document of motion, inscribed by repeated action. Babies from those first foetal footfalls, the kneading of sole against womb-wall have already creased their soles by the time they emerge into the world.
The ball carries non-intersecting ripples. The whole foot is a document of motion, inscribed by repeated action. Babies - from those first foetal footfalls, the kneading of sole against womb-wall, turning themselves like astronauts in black space - have already creased their soles by the time they emerge into the world.
| A. | Uncompromising | RIGID |
| B. | Plenty, and then some | OODLES |
| C. | Bouquet garni bit (2 wds.) | BAYLEAF |
| D. | Crafty site on the web | ETSY |
| E. | Occasions for ridicule | ROASTS |
| F. | Where Oedipus was king | THEBES |
| G. | Who quipped "I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far" (2 wds.) | MAEWEST |
| H. | Easy to befriend | AFFABLE |
| I. | Billina in the Oz books, e.g. | CHICKEN |
| J. | Complement for a rugby team | FIFTEEN |
| K. | Vehicle whose etymology reveals an irony | AMBULANCE |
| L. | Micro-organism with a wheel-like ring of cilia | ROTIFER |
| M. | A few new pointers, perhaps | LITTER |
| N. | Ones conducting a small raid? (2 wds.) | ARMYANTS |
| O. | Spinal column's developmental form | NOTOCHORD |
| P. | "Relapse" and "Recovery" artist | EMINEM |
| Q. | 1982 Sydney Pollack comedy | TOOTSIE |
| R. | The only living Canaanite language | HEBREW |
| S. | Did some relief work? | EMBOSSED |
| T. | Typewriter on which Cormac McCarthy wrote novels | OLIVETTI |
| U. | Humble dwelling (hyph.) | LEANTO |
| V. | Earnest but often naïve reformer (hyph.) | DOGOODER |
| W. | Shaped with judicious cutting | WHITTLED |
| X. | Subject of a shaggy dog story? | AFGHAN |
| Y. | Pioneer in search engines | YAHOO |
| Z. | Boost at a mall, say | SHOPLIFT |