SAMUEL BUTLER, (THE) NOTE-BOOKS (OF SAMUEL BUTLER) — My father is one of the few men I know who say they do not like Shakespeare. I could forgive [him] if it was only because Shakespeare wrote poetry; but [h]e says he likes Tennyson and this seriously aggravates his offence.
| A. | Repeating the same music for each verse | STROPHIC |
| B. | Curated record collections | ARCHIVES |
| C. | Chilled, tomato-flavored consommé | MADRILENE |
| D. | Final outcome, end result | UPSHOT |
| E. | Actor playing Hamlet in a 2000 film (2 wds.) | ETHANHAWKE |
| F. | Bobby Hull's position on the ice (2 wds.) | LEFTWING |
| G. | Place to keep a shell collection? | BOATHOUSE |
| H. | Firm in the face of arm-twisting | UNSWAYED |
| I. | Mycenaean king and brother of Atreus | THYESTES |
| J. | Tend, take care of (2 wds.) | LOOKAFTER |
| K. | Pharmacologist's collyrium; bunk, bilge | EYEWASH |
| L. | Plant producing oil or sugar, e.g. | REFINERY |
| M. | Dystopian experience | NIGHTMARE |
| N. | Becoming ever more rigid | OSSIFYING |
| O. | Legendary gatherer of lost canines? (2 wds.) | TOOTHFAIRY |
| P. | Fade away little by little | EVANESCE |
| Q. | Native to the Island of the Gods | BALINESE |
| R. | Approval from Spanky of "Our Gang" (hyph.) | OKEYDOKEY |
| S. | Walt Kelly's Pogo, for one | OPOSSUM |
| T. | Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, in popular parlance (3 wds.) | KISSOFLIFE |
| U. | Tecumseh's tribe | SHAWNEE |