(JIM) BERNHARD, WORDS GONE WILD — [T]hree brothers... inherited... parcels of land from their father and wanted to combine them into one... ranch. They didn't know what to name their ranch until their... mother suggested: "Focus — ... it's where the... mourning sons raise meat."
| A. | Losers of Super Bowl XLVIII to the Seahawks | BRONCOS |
| B. | 50-day period ending on Whitsunday | EASTERTIDE |
| C. | "Something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over," per Elvis | RHYTHM |
| D. | Viceroyalty once under Cardinal Richelieu (2 wds.) | NEWFRANCE |
| E. | Evil Queen's subordinate in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" | HUNTSMAN |
| F. | What may follow an earth-shaking event | AFTERSHOCK |
| G. | Signification of a driver's outstretched arm bent upward at a 90° angle (2 wds.) | RIGHTTURN |
| H. | Hal Holbrook's role in "All the President's Men" (2 wds.) | DEEPTHROAT |
| I. | Bunny's reggae bandmates | WAILERS |
| J. | Tool for gauging resistance | OHMMETER |
| K. | Relative of a diamond | RHOMBOID |
| L. | Heading toward Polaris (2 wds.) | DUENORTH |
| M. | Odysseus' loyal servant Eumaeus, for one | SWINEHERD |
| N. | Compartment for blimp passengers | GONDOLA |
| O. | Eclipse in excellence | OUTSHINE |
| P. | When one might be seeing stars | NIGHTTIME |
| Q. | Umber, ocher or terra cotta (2 wds.) | EARTHTONE |
| R. | Hereford cow by a more descriptive name | WHITEFACE |
| S. | Illogical; hard to understand | INCOHERENT |
| T. | Republicans, in the French Revolution | LEFTISTS |
| U. | Portrayer of Dude in "Rio Bravo" (2 wds.) | DEANMARTIN |