(ROBERTSON) DAVIES, (THE DIARY OF) SAMUEL MARCHBANKS — At the back of the Daylight Saving scheme, I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves.
| A. | Pollyanna's opposite | DOOMSTER |
| B. | What in Greek is literally "not published" | ANECDOTE |
| C. | Manhattan's minority constituent | VERMOUTH |
| D. | Pollutant or polluted state | IMPURITY |
| E. | Be dormant in the summertime | ESTIVATE |
| F. | Shortest man (5'7") to win an N.B.A. slam-dunk contest (2 wds.) | SPUDWEBB |
| G. | Piece in a conchologist's collection | SEASHELL |
| H. | "A shadow's shadow," as Rosencrantz told Hamlet | AMBITION |
| I. | Ungentle handler, metaphorically (2 wds.) | MEATHOOK |
| J. | Remove from a list of associates | UNFRIEND |
| K. | Plant in a cloud forest such as an orchid or bromeliad | EPIPHYTE |
| L. | Inclination to do nothing much | LETHARGY |
| M. | Unit for Stone Age construction workers | MEGALITH |
| N. | Having a wall in common, as a house | ATTACHED |
| O. | Pick up and put down again | RESETTLE |
| P. | Marked by vicissitudes | CHANGING |
| Q. | Take to the next level | HEIGHTEN |
| R. | Bowlful of hearty stuff (2 wds.) | BEEFSTEW |
| S. | With no one to talk to (2 wds.) | ALLALONE |
| T. | Part of a cycle at neither extreme (2 wds.) | NEAPTIDE |
| U. | Head protector in a sandstorm | KAFFIYEH |
| V. | Guardian often spotted with a crook | SHEPHERD |