CHUCK BERRY, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY — I had driven through New Orleans on tour and I'd been told my great grandfather lived "way back up in the woods among the evergreens" in a log cabin. I revived the era with a story about a... boy named Johnny B. Goode.
| A. | Like Maybellene in a 1955 song | CHASED |
| B. | Configuration of locks | HAIRDO |
| C. | Not likely to star on a home-improvement show | UNHANDY |
| D. | Probably unlike Maybellene in that 1955 song | CHASTE |
| E. | Country notably reliant on desalination | KUWAIT |
| F. | Slobbering St. Bernard in a series of films | BEETHOVEN |
| G. | Definition of "once," per Ambrose Bierce | ENOUGH |
| H. | Acoustic guitar or film camera, for example | RETRONYM |
| I. | Common run of people | RABBLE |
| J. | Capital and largest city of Armenia | YEREVAN |
| K. | Bar complement in a typical blues song | TWELVE |
| L. | King who lost the Battle of Hastings | HAROLD |
| M. | Bestowed with assets | ENDOWED |
| N. | Pharmaceutical answer to angst | ATIVAN |
| O. | Potential Cinderella team | UNDERDOG |
| P. | Sea god who trumpeted on a conch shell | TRITON |
| Q. | Inconsistent source of income (2 wds.) | ODDJOB |
| R. | Unlikely Oscar contender (hyph.) | BMOVIE |
| S. | Considerable shame or disrepute | INFAMY |
| T. | Shape of a box in a Poe title | OBLONG |
| U. | Rock | GRANITE |
| V. | Roll | ROSTER |
| W. | Like the anchors in Navy's official fight song | AWEIGH |
| X. | Taker of a yearly beating | PINATA |
| Y. | Meal it takes some guts to eat? | HAGGIS |
| Z. | Down the road a piece | YONDER |