TERRY PRATCHETT, THIEF OF TIME — It was three o'clock. And every clock struck it at once. Cuckoos cuckoo'd,... hour pins fell out of the candle clock, the water clocks gurgled and seesawed back as the buckets emptied, bells clanged, gongs banged, chimes tinkled... .
| A. | High point in horology | TWELVE |
| B. | Editor of two volumes of "Das Kapital" | ENGELS |
| C. | Accessory sold at many an army surplus store | RUCKSACK |
| D. | Be convincing ... as Big Ben? (2 wds.) | RINGTRUE |
| E. | Plant bearing New Mexico's state flower | YUCCA |
| F. | Feast among Northwest Indians marked by lavish distribution of gifts | POTLATCH |
| G. | Tactic used to snare a suspect | ROADBLOCK |
| H. | City with a large Maori population | AUCKLAND |
| I. | Ambulate unsteadily | TODDLE |
| J. | Party in India headed by Sonia Gandhi | CONGRESS |
| K. | WrestleMania tag-team partner of Mr. T (2 wds.) | HULKHOGAN |
| L. | Drawing from many styles or philosophies | ECLECTIC |
| M. | Accept, as a challenge or duty (2 wds.) | TAKEON |
| N. | Duds donned by the donnish | TWEEDS |
| O. | College town where Rosa Parks was born | TUSKEGEE |
| P. | Applesauce or baloney | HOGWASH |
| Q. | Image subject to interpretation | INKBLOT |
| R. | Author and protagonist of "Murder on 34th Street" (2 wds.) | EDKOCH |
| S. | Hysterical, climbing the walls | FRANTIC |
| T. | Marsupial unfazed by rattlesnake bites | OPOSSUM |
| U. | Weak; irresponsible | FECKLESS |
| V. | Stuff for making snuff | TOBACCO |
| W. | "The greatest genius is the most ___ man" (Emerson) | INDEBTED |
| X. | Pitch with a frequency of 261.626 hertz (2 wds.) | MIDDLEC |
| Y. | In Britain, kind of cake filled with currants | ECCLES |