(ANITA) LOOS, KISS HOLLYWOOD GOODBYE — I... admired Clark [Gable] for his lack of vanity. .... One day I happened on him at... [a] faucet... where he'd stopped to wash... his denture. Clark grinned, pointed to his... mouth, and said with an exaggerated lisp, "Look, America's thweetheart!"
| A. | First call before shooting | LIGHTS |
| B. | Dated, demode (2 wds.) | OLDHAT |
| C. | Extrinsic | OUTWARD |
| D. | Entertainer whose epitaph reads "The best is yet to come" | SINATRA |
| E. | Desert by the Aral Sea (2 wds.) | KARAKUM |
| F. | Revolt against an occupation | INTIFADA |
| G. | Rudolf ___, Austrian philosopher who pioneered eurythmy | STEINER |
| H. | Event often involving an umbilical cord | SPACEWALK |
| I. | Positive thing to end on (2 wds.) | HIGHNOTE |
| J. | Bird symbiotic with rhinos and cattle | OXPECKER |
| K. | Purloined; worked out on a Nautilus | LIFTED |
| L. | Excited people may be in this | LATHER |
| M. | Railroad worker; groundskeeper | YARDMAN |
| N. | Maine's state tree (2 wds.) | WHITEPINE |
| O. | Ping-resistance measure | OCTANE |
| P. | Like some volleyball serves | OVERHAND |
| Q. | Feature of many a union suit (2 wds.) | DROPSEAT |
| R. | Fuel from partly renewable sources | GASOHOL |
| S. | Setting for the Sherlock Holmes story "The Man With the Twisted Lip" (2 wds.) | OPIUMDEN |
| T. | Able to create anything | OMNIFIC |
| U. | Heavy, useless burden (2 wds.) | DEADWEIGHT |
| V. | Film with the theme song "Wind Beneath My Wings" | BEACHES |
| W. | Belgian scene of great carnage in 1917 | YPRES |
| X. | Oscar winner for work in "All About Eve" and "The Sting" (2 wds.) | EDITHHEAD |