GEORGE GAMOW, (THE) GREAT PHYSICISTS (FROM GALILEO TO EINSTEIN) — [A]fter dinner, Bohr suggested... working on a crossword.... It did not go... well and... we all... [went] to sleep. At some unknown hour..., a muffled voice [came] through the door: "[T]he English... city with seven letters, ending in ich is Ipswich!"
| A. | Florida rivals of Georgia's Bulldogs | GATORS |
| B. | Motorcycle marathon race | ENDURO |
| C. | Minus column's bottom line (hyph.) | OUTFLOW |
| D. | Most trusted, as a helper (hyph.) | RIGHTHAND |
| E. | Like many tenets in "The Da Vinci Code" | GNOSTIC |
| F. | How people with Williams Syndrome are often described | ELFIN |
| G. | Literally "work together," from Chinese, term first used by Marines in 1942 (hyph.) | GUNGHO |
| H. | Made no bones about asserting | AVOWED |
| I. | Failure of epic proportions | MELTDOWN |
| J. | Danish birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen | ODENSE |
| K. | "Shane" or "High Noon" setting (2 wds.) | WILDWEST |
| L. | Role for Jim Carrey in green makeup | GRINCH |
| M. | One of two sisters in a Grimm Brothers fairy tale (2 wds.) | ROSERED |
| N. | Alloy of gold and silver | ELECTRUM |
| O. | Tactic whereby Bonnie and Clyde met their demise | AMBUSH |
| P. | Characteristic of one easily insulted | THINSKIN |
| Q. | Form of English used in Jamaica | PATOIS |
| R. | Nickname of fielding great Brooks Robinson, because his glove sucked up everything hit in his direction | HOOVER |
| S. | Stereotype exemplified by Gomer Pyle | YOKEL |
| T. | Basic jump in figure skating | SALCHOW |
| U. | Happening soon (3 wds.) | INTHEWIND |
| V. | Group of young penguins | CRECHE |
| W. | Use a tab, perhaps | INDENT |
| X. | Glass for serving Cognac or Grand Marnier | SNIFTER |
| Y. | Crepuscular, dusky | TWILIT |
| Z. | Concern for tunnel builders | SEEPAGE |