(ALEXIS) COE, YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST — Washington had a poacher's smile. His dentists took chunks of ivory from hippopotamuses, walruses, and elephants, sculpted them down, and affixed them to dentures... . They filled in any gaps with teeth from less exotic animals... .
| A. | Ate noisily, and perhaps with some impatience | CHOMPED |
| B. | Ripe chestnuts? (2 wds.) | OLDSAWS |
| C. | Egg-laying mammal of Australia and New Guinea | ECHIDNA |
| D. | Like a slingshot or dowsing rod (hyph.) | YSHAPED |
| E. | Iowa's "City of Bridges" | OTTUMWA |
| F. | Rumpled, scruffy | UNKEMPT |
| G. | Fast-food chain associated with Coney Island | NATHANS |
| H. | Held together with strong glue | EPOXIED |
| I. | Indomitable, bold and brave | VALIANT |
| J. | Steers clear of, shuns | ESCHEWS |
| K. | Endangered coyotelike canine (2 wds.) | REDWOLF |
| L. | Flood from a spring thaw | FRESHET |
| M. | Counted as a regular employee (2 wds.) | ONSTAFF |
| N. | Slack; calm | RELAXED |
| O. | Shine with a pearly radiance | GLISTEN |
| P. | Hard, lustrous coats | ENAMELS |
| Q. | Disperse, become more sparse (2 wds.) | THINOUT |
| R. | Language whose writing contains no capitalization | YIDDISH |
| S. | Creature whose name may be shortened by dropping the first letter | OPOSSUM |
| T. | Go into overdrive, maybe | UPSHIFT |
| U. | Take it from the top, scene-wise | RESHOOT |
| V. | Possible lead-in to "Here I come to save the day!" (2 wds.) | FEARNOT |
| W. | Base for an artificial crown | IMPLANT |
| X. | Characteristic of hip-hop and Cockney slang | RHYMING |
| Y. | Displaying a stiff upper lip | STOICAL |
| Z. | Gustav Klimt painting popular as a dorm room poster (2 wds.) | THEKISS |