RICHARD LEDERER, (THE) WORD CIRCUS — An isogram is a... word in which no letter of the alphabet appears more than once.... In uncopyrightable each major vowel plus y appears only once.... The eleven-letter [word] palindromes receives extremely honorable mention.
| A. | Entrepreneur who founded an Odditorium | RIPLEY |
| B. | Thick application of paint on a canvas | IMPASTO |
| C. | Some motley characters | CLOWNS |
| D. | "There is no humor in ___" (Mark Twain) | HEAVEN |
| E. | State of suspension | ABEYANCE |
| F. | Someone using quarters | ROOMER |
| G. | Recess of a culinary class | DINETTE |
| H. | Concern when having a fit | LENGTH |
| I. | Player of Robin Hood (1938) and Don Juan (1948) (2 wds.) | ERROLFLYNN |
| J. | Start of a breakup (2 wds.) | DEARJOHN |
| K. | Highest part of paradise; abode of God and the angels | EMPYREAN |
| L. | Extra piece | REMNANT |
| M. | Stuff found in a canal | EARWAX |
| N. | Name of a West Wing meeting room | ROOSEVELT |
| O. | Ringmaster's attention-getter | WHIPLASH |
| P. | Control, conduct, manage | OPERATE |
| Q. | Line stretching from 1613 to 1917 | ROMANOV |
| R. | Statistic of water vapor in air (2 wds.) | DEWPOINT |
| S. | Unsportsmanlike comment (2 wds.) | CHEAPSHOT |
| T. | Not the brightest bulb in the box | IMBECILE |
| U. | What you may do after a crash | REBOOT |
| V. | Hold close to the heart | CHERISH |
| W. | Amount of space between the wine and the cork in a bottle | ULLAGE |
| X. | Guesswork ... or an example of the thing described in this puzzle's quote | SPECULATION |