HERMAN MELVILLE, MOBY DICK — When the sea is moderately calm... and this gnomon-like fin stands up and casts shadows on the wrinkled surface... the watery circle surrounding it somewhat resembles a dial, with its style and wavy hour-lines graved on it.
| A. | Author of "Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays" | HAWKING |
| B. | Alfred Lansing's account of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 voyage | ENDURANCE |
| C. | Part of a weight-driven clock mechanism (2 wds.) | RATCHETWHEEL |
| D. | Secretarial responsibility | MINUTES |
| E. | First house in a set | ARIES |
| F. | From time to time (3 wds.) | NOWANDTHEN |
| G. | Artist who produced "Wind Clock" in 1967 | MIRO |
| H. | Actor in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" | EDWARDS |
| I. | Something regarded as perfect or definitive (2 wds.) | LASTWORD |
| J. | Unpredictable ups and downs | VICISSITUDES |
| K. | Physicist who published "Opticks" in 1704 (2 wds.) | ISAACNEWTON |
| L. | A long way to travel (hyph.) | LIGHTYEAR |
| M. | "The fever called '___' is conquered" (Poe) | LIVING |
| N. | Like ill-tuned recitals, seemingly | ENDLESS |
| O. | Exemplar of slowness | MOLASSES |
| P. | "The lady in pink" in "Remembrance of Things Past" | ODETTE |
| Q. | Cyclical patterns of physiological change | BIORHYTHMS |
| R. | Experiencing the salad days | YOUTHFUL |
| S. | Farther along in a current | DOWNSTREAM |
| T. | Quick as lightning (3 wds.) | INAFLASH |
| U. | Horologe that employs dripping water | CLEPSYDRA |
| V. | Philosopher by whose regular walks the people of Konigsberg set their watches | KANT |