STEWART (LEE) ALLEN: THE DEVIL'S CUP — India produces the world's most consistently vile cup of joe. It is never fresh-brewed but made with instant "flakes," which are boiled with milk, sugar, and nutmeg. The resulting stew is... a sickening... piping-hot milkshake.
| A. | Be in a state of subdued anger | SIMMER |
| B. | Good deal for a ticket-buyer | TWOFER |
| C. | Someone with a heavy body build | ENDOMORPH |
| D. | Result of some brainstorming (2 wds.) | WISHLIST |
| E. | Shield made by Hephaestus with a Gorgon's head in the center | AEGIS |
| F. | Author of "American Pastoral," winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for fiction | ROTH |
| G. | Afternoon TV staple (2 wds.) | TALKSHOW |
| H. | Unable to sit still | ANTSY |
| I. | One with a calling at court? (2 wds.) | LINEJUDGE |
| J. | Source, colloquially, of the unexpected (2 wds.) | LEFTFIELD |
| K. | Birthplace of David Hume | EDINBURGH |
| L. | Sports event started in 1938 with six teams (abbr.) | NIT |
| M. | 1982 film debut of Geena Davis | TOOTSIE |
| N. | Detective | HAWKSHAW |
| O. | Periods of omission? | ELLIPSIS |
| P. | Writer of the 1992 play "Oleanna" (2 wds.) | DAVIDMAMET |
| Q. | The science of city planning | EKISTICS |
| R. | Songbird also called a greenlet | VIREO |
| S. | The Maria Theresienstrasse is its main thoroughfare | INNSBRUCK |
| T. | "Poetry is a sword of ___, ever unsheathed ..." (Shelley) | LIGHTNING |
| U. | First mate of the Pequod | STARBUCK |
| V. | Monkey; hooded cloak for women | CAPUCHIN |
| W. | Without dulcification | UNSWEETENED |
| X. | Alfred ___, founder of a renowned Berkeley coffeehouse | PEET |