(ALLISON) GLOCK, BEAUTY BEFORE COMFORT — At the age of eighty-one, [my grandmother] has her hair colored weekly and doesn't descend the stairs without full makeup. If an opera spontaneously broke out at her nursing home, Grandmother would be appropriately dressed.
| A. | Where to get down | GEESE |
| B. | Contemptible course of action (2 wds.) | LOWROAD |
| C. | Founder, with John Houseman, of the Mercury Theatre (2 wds.) | ORSONWELLES |
| D. | Sprightly, self-confident | CHIPPER |
| E. | Overhyped comet that passed around the sun in 1973-74 | KOHOUTEK |
| F. | Mighty creature described in Job | BEHEMOTH |
| G. | Ardent follower or hobbyist | ENTHUSIAST |
| H. | One coulomb per second | AMPERE |
| I. | Not exactly spruced up | UNKEMPT |
| J. | "End of story," to a journalist | THIRTY |
| K. | "What a shock to hear that!" (3 wds.) | YOUDONTSAY |
| L. | Kind of humor considered smutty | BARNYARD |
| M. | Ornamental centerpiece for holding fruit, flowers, etc. | EPERGNE |
| N. | Have ants in your pants | FIDGET |
| O. | Output of a wowed crowd (3 wds.) | OOHSANDAHS |
| P. | Turandot's test | RIDDLE |
| Q. | As if captive of a spell | ENTHRALLED |
| R. | Read the riot act (2 wds.) | CHEWOUT |
| S. | Film star born in Alexandria, Egypt (2 wds.) | OMARSHARIF |
| T. | Thomas Gray's synonym of "frenzied" | MADDING |
| U. | One losing weight more speedily? | FASTER |
| V. | Bunting resembling the yellowhammer | ORTOLAN |
| W. | Prop in an old sci-fi space film (2 wds.) | RAYGUN |
| X. | Remedy for a top-level shortage | TOUPEE |