(AMY) LEACH, THE EVERYBODY ENSEMBLE--[W]hat would a book or a song or a kangaroo be without finitude? Isn't it their impermanence that gives kangaroos that je ne sais quoi? Doesn't our transitory condition lend an endearing quality to almost anything we do?
| A. | Magnetically levitated island in "Gulliver's Travels" | LAPUTA |
| B. | Impetus for fault-finding? | EARTHQUAKE |
| C. | Jazz pianist with famously fast fingers (2 wds.) | ARTTATUM |
| D. | Think deep thoughts, ponder | COGITATE |
| E. | British physicist who received a U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom | HAWKING |
| F. | Test of versatile endurance | TRIATHLON |
| G. | Spirit connected with Pentecost (2 wds.) | HOLYGHOST |
| H. | Balanced formula | EQUATION |
| I. | Southern constellation; river of Hades | ERIDANUS |
| J. | Form of black magic; mojo | VOODOO |
| K. | Key in which "Eleanor Rigby" was composed (2 wds.) | EMINOR |
| L. | Site of a key discovery in Egyptology | ROSETTA |
| M. | Territory whose capital is Whitehorse | YUKON |
| N. | Box cameras first sold by Kodak in 1900 for $1 apiece | BROWNIES |
| O. | Traveling sans transportation (2 wds.) | ONFOOT |
| P. | Australian port on Beagle Gulf | DARWIN |
| Q. | Eastern mystic | YOGI |
| R. | It brought Mary Poppins to the Banks home (2 wds.) | EASTWIND |
| S. | Secret agent a.k.a. shinobi | NINJA |
| T. | Stopping point on a transportation route | STATION |
| U. | M. C. with a flair for paradox | ESCHER |
| V. | Insect whose name means "prophet" | MANTIS |
| W. | Musical about a village appearing just one day per century | BRIGADOON |
| X. | Didn't ignore someone | LISTENED |
| Y. | Conclusion, denouement, windup | ENDING |