ARTHUR SCHULMAN, RESONANCES — Roget had many irons in the fire before compiling his thesaurus…. His writings include treatises on physiology and phrenology … on … inhaling nitrous oxide; … and … a method of completing a knight's tour of the chessboard.
| A. | Floor, rock, bowl over, stun | ASTONISH |
| B. | Heading in a book or manuscript printed in a different color from the rest | RUBRIC |
| C. | Eaters of tom yum goong | THAIS |
| D. | Hector, pester, tease, annoy | HARASS |
| E. | Make two together into separate ones | UNCOUPLE |
| F. | So hot you could cook an egg on the sidewalk | ROASTING |
| G. | Classic holder of a kid's baseball card collection | SHOEBOX |
| H. | Period rarely skipped by biographers | CHILDHOOD |
| I. | City called the "Daughter of the Baltic" | HELSINKI |
| J. | Spiritually or morally inspirational | UPLIFTING |
| K. | Place to put your feet up (2 wds.) | LEGREST |
| L. | Total loss of self-control | MELTDOWN |
| M. | Ironclad, as proof or an alibi | AIRTIGHT |
| N. | Possible ruling after a field goal attempt (2 wds.) | NOGOOD |
| O. | Opposite of a nail-biter | ROUT |
| P. | Activity of a plant or mole | ESPIONAGE |
| Q. | Seamy, sleazy, squalid | SORDID |
| R. | Amount of a quintile (hyph.) | ONEFIFTH |
| S. | Giving a stable impression? | NEIGHING |
| T. | She helped Theseus escape the Labyrinth | ARIADNE |
| U. | Beginner, tyro, novice | NEOPHYTE |
| V. | Groove or bevel | CHAMFER |
| W. | Hugeness with a negative connotation | ENORMITY |
| X. | Things associated with the quote's subject | SYNONYMS |