BEN SCHOTT, [SCHOTT'S] FOOD AND DRINK [MISCELLANY] - Few questions have so vexed drinkers as whether to shake or stir a Martini. Shaking creates a colder drink..., but... risks diluting the ingredients... . James Bond... added insult to uncertainty by eschewing gin in favor of vodka.
| A. | Conventionally middle-class | BOURGEOIS |
| B. | Leave to leave (2 wds.) | EXITVISA |
| C. | Teflon-coated | NONSTICK |
| D. | Archipelago whose islands include Yell and Muckle Roe | SHETLAND |
| E. | Bad situation for a king to be in | CHECKMATE |
| F. | Performance by a funambulist (2 wds., hyph.) | HIGHWIREACT |
| G. | Intimidated, cowed, unnerved | OVERAWED |
| H. | One of a pair given on 11 straight days, in song | TURTLEDOVE |
| I. | Where Washington fought after crossing the Delaware | TRENTON |
| J. | Doctor or cook | FALSIFY |
| K. | Tennessee locale nicknamed the Atomic City (2 wds.) | OAKRIDGE |
| L. | Vulture that feeds mostly on bone marrow | OSSIFRAGE |
| M. | Protracted; talked into talking (2 wds.) | DRAWNOUT |
| N. | Liquor banned in the United States since 1912 | ABSINTHE |
| O. | "Forget about it" (2 wds.) | NEVERMIND |
| P. | What Erebus personified, in Greek myth | DARKNESS |
| Q. | Exceedingly boring, as writing (3 wds.) | DRYASDUST |
| R. | Burger replacement | REHNQUIST |
| S. | Work of a mole, perhaps (2 wds.) | INSIDEJOB |
| T. | Narrow escape, close call (2 wds.) | NEARTHING |
| U. | Material used in making vellum | KIDSKIN |