(NANCY) MITFORD, THE PURSUIT OF LOVE — [We] are as happy as married people can be. ...Yet when I consider my life, day by day, hour by hour, it seems to be... a series of pinpricks. Nannies, cooks, the... drudgery of house-keeping, the nerve-racking noise... of small children.
| A. | Hope-giving reply to a wooer | MAYBE |
| B. | Lyricist for "Girl Crazy" and "Funny Face" (2 wds.) | IRAGERSHWIN |
| C. | Valentino persona (2 wds.) | THESHEIK |
| D. | 1959 heartthrob who sang "Tiger" | FABIAN |
| E. | For example, "Take my wife -- please!" (hyph.) | ONELINER |
| F. | Ivanhoe's unrequited lover in Scott's novel | REBECCA |
| G. | Cary's co-star in "That Touch of Mink" | DORIS |
| H. | Mate chosen to make a good impression (2 wds.) | TROPHYWIFE |
| I. | Romantic misbehavior (hyph.) | HANKYPANKY |
| J. | Particularly arousable | EROGENOUS |
| K. | Having multiple husbands | POLYANDRY |
| L. | Husband who stayed away too long | ULYSSES |
| M. | Essential element of love, per Otis Redding | RESPECT |
| N. | Modern-day parent of sorts (2 wds.) | SOCCERMOM |
| O. | Author of the 1982 story "The Beloved" | UPDIKE |
| P. | Feverishly amorous | IMPASSIONED |
| Q. | Give me some music: music, moody food / Of us that ___ in love (Antony and Cleopatra) | TRADE |
| R. | Currently unattached, not seeking romance (3 wds.) | ONTHESHELF |
| S. | Scandinavian goddess of love and fertility | FREYA |
| T. | German term of endearment | LIEBCHEN |
| U. | Classic lover of the wrong woman | OEDIPUS |
| V. | Type unlikely to make a pleasant spouse | VIRAGO |
| W. | State of perfect bliss | EDEN |