(BILL) BRYSON, NEITHER HERE NOR THERE — [T]urn any street corner in Rome and it looks as if you’ve just missed a parking competition for blind people. … Romans park their cars the way I would park if I had just spilled a beaker of hydrochloric acid on my lap.
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
[You] turn any street corner in Rome and it looks as if you've just missed a parking competition for blind people. [Cars are pointed in every direction, half on the sidewalks and half off, facing in, facing sideways, blocking garages and side streets and phone booths, fitted into spaces so tight that the only possible way out would be through the sunroof.] Romans park their cars the way I would park if I had just spilled a beaker of hydrochloric acid on my lap.
| A. | Gian Lorenzo ___, designer of the bronze canopy in St. Peter's Basilica | BERNINI |
| B. | Disease caused by lack of vitamin D | RICKETS |
| C. | Black-eyed Susan (2 wds.) | YELLOWDAISY |
| D. | ____ Steps, famous stairway to the Piazza Trinítà dei Monti | SPANISH |
| E. | Botanical symbol of strength and endurance (2 wds.) | OAKLEAF |
| F. | Incendiary substance developed during World War II | NAPALM |
| G. | Russian name meaning "victor" | NIKITA |
| H. | Of an ancient region of central Italy | ETRUSCAN |
| I. | Date that ended badly (3 wds.) | IDESOFMARCH |
| J. | ____ Fountain | TREVI |
| K. | Passport, for example | HONDA |
| L. | Richard Russo novel; news story of A.D. 476? (2 wds.) | EMPIREFALLS |
| M. | Baseball's Cookie, five-time All-Star during the 1960s and '70s | ROJAS |
| N. | Valleys; cavities | HOLLOWS |
| O. | Round cheese | EDAM |
| P. | Landing destination for a certain sleigh | ROOFTOP |
| Q. | Expressive round face, say | EMOJI |
| R. | Subject of much illicit trade | NARCOTICS |
| S. | What occasionally knocks | OPPORTUNITY |
| T. | Bovine gathering? | ROUNDUP |
| U. | Deceitful; requiring skill to handle | TRICKY |
| V. | John who played Caligula on "I, Claudius" | HURT |
| W. | Contrary flow of air or water | EDDY |
| X. | Like autos' travel on the Autostrade | RAPID |
| Y. | Anita ____, actress who made a splash with Marcello Mastroianni | EKBERG |