WENDY WILLIAMS, THE HORSE — Despite what you see in Hollywood movies, horses... rarely "stampede" en masse. If several bands of horses... are frightened..., the bands... head off in all different directions. Their... flight trajectories... look... like spokes in a wheel.
| A. | How you sometimes feel on a roller coaster | WEIGHTLESS |
| B. | Consequential; fraught with happenings | EVENTFUL |
| C. | Kind of pie similar to tutti-frutti | NESSELRODE |
| D. | Remove from a high position | DETHRONE |
| E. | #1 on Rolling Stone and MTV's "100 Greatest Pop Songs" of all time | YESTERDAY |
| F. | Appliance giant based in Michigan | WHIRLPOOL |
| G. | Quality of many youthful activists | IDEALISM |
| H. | Resource when foundering | LIFEBOAT |
| I. | Opportunity for evasion | LOOPHOLE |
| J. | Transposal of upper and lower voices, as in counterpoint | INVERSION |
| K. | Betrothed, bound to be married | AFFIANCED |
| L. | Ad hoc measure; serving as a temporary substitute | MAKESHIFT |
| M. | Pop culture figures? (2 wds.) | SODAJERKS |
| N. | Toggery, duds, getup | THREADS |
| O. | Charlotte pro cagers | HORNETS |
| P. | Envelope-pushing quality | EDGINESS |
| Q. | People who say "ekahi, elua, ekolu, eha, elima" when counting from one to five | HAWAIIANS |
| R. | Music for a collection? | OFFERTORY |
| S. | "I ___ that remark!" (old vaudeville comeback) | RESEMBLE |
| T. | Drywall trademark | SHEETROCK |
| U. | Singer played cinematically by Marion Cotillard (2 wds.) | EDITHPIAF |