PAUL MCFEDRIES, WORD SPY — [N]eologisms are often just... fun. What's not to like about a word such as zitcom, a television sitcom aimed at or featuring teenagers? Or consider the torpedo, an inept employee who quits to go work for a rival company.
| A. | On the case ahead of time | PROACTIVE |
| B. | Buzzing, as social media? | ATWITTER |
| C. | Most unusual (a word actually in the Scrabble dictionary) | UNIQUEST |
| D. | Nanosecond's rough equivalent (hyph.) | LIGHTFOOT |
| E. | 1988 Michael Jackson autobiography | MOONWALK |
| F. | Get animated (2 wds.) | COMEALIVE |
| G. | Comrades in arms; exhibition soccer matches | FRIENDLIES |
| H. | Endorsement for a paperless office (hyph.) | ESIGNATURE |
| I. | Guy trained in the use of T-squares and compasses | DRAFTSMAN |
| J. | Zapper for a couch potato | REMOTE |
| K. | Confrontational, provocative (hyph.) | INYOURFACE |
| L. | Major source of income for Nepal and Ecuador | ECOTOURISM |
| M. | Item that may be Photoshopped | SNAPSHOT |
| N. | Gender-neutral server | WAITRON |
| O. | Person who's easy to grok (2 wds.) | OPENBOOK |
| P. | Spent nuke materials | RADWASTE |
| Q. | Prominent part of a vampire | DOGTOOTH |
| R. | Decide against a staycation, say | SOJOURN |
| S. | Certain white-collar crime (2 wds.) | PONZISCHEME |
| T. | Hybrid mind/body fitness regimen | YOGALATES |