TIMOTHY EGAN, LASSO THE WIND — [T]he West will leave most... [with] a sense of light-headed exuberance. ... Who can look at rivers that boil out of the ground, or Las Vegas at dawn, or the hunchbacked, flute-playing Kokopelli incised on... sandstone, and not laugh?
| A. | Director of "Shoot the Piano Player," 1960 | TRUFFAUT |
| B. | Emanation from a blatherskite (2 wds.) | IDLETALK |
| C. | Appropriate color for Robinson Crusoe? | MAROON |
| D. | Gertrude Stein's childhood West Coast home | OAKLAND |
| E. | Roger on the radio (hyph.) | TENFOUR |
| F. | Wildflower also called a liverleaf | HEPATICA |
| G. | Gourmet potato with yellow flesh (2 wds.) | YUKONGOLD |
| H. | San Marino or Lesotho, geographically | ENCLAVE |
| I. | Article on Gypsy Rose Lee, perhaps (hyph.) | GSTRING |
| J. | One who pleads on another's behalf | ADVOCATE |
| K. | Port in the English county of Tyne and Wear | NEWCASTLE |
| L. | Heinrich Heine poem with the line "And a wild song singeth she" (with "The") | LORELEI |
| M. | Option for a frosting in a salon (hyph.) | ASHBLOND |
| N. | Game played on a diamond with no stealing allowed (2 wds.) | SLOWPITCH |
| O. | Rectangular frame with a glass panel, used for displays (2 wds.) | SHADOWBOX |
| P. | Blunt; thickheaded | OBTUSE |
| Q. | Fund-raising event often featuring celebrities | TELETHON |
| R. | Botheration, annoyance, tie-up, runaround | HASSLE |
| S. | Musical quaver (2 wds.) | EIGHTHNOTE |
| T. | Adolescent prank involving underwear | WEDGIE |
| U. | Privy to certain information (3 wds.) | INTHEKNOW |
| V. | Winner of the Preakness and Belmont in 1955 | NASHUA |
| W. | Frenzied dancer, as a Sufi ascetic | DERVISH |