STACY SCHIFF, CLEOPATRA — [She] descended from a long line of murderers. ... For... generations her family had styled themselves pharaohs. The Ptolemies were in fact Macedonian Greek, which makes Cleopatra approximately as Egyptian as Elizabeth Taylor.
| A. | Army form of communication? | SEMAPHORE |
| B. | Delicate embroidery threading | TRACERY |
| C. | Application meant to follow pogonotomy | AFTERSHAVE |
| D. | Inconstant, chameleonic | CHANGEABLE |
| E. | East Indian tree yielding a perfume oil (hyph.) | YLANGYLANG |
| F. | Put a dog down? (2 wds.) | SETFOOT |
| G. | Interaction of personalities | CHEMISTRY |
| H. | What results from slicing through a great circle | HEMISPHERE |
| I. | Fruitless product of a grapevine (2 wds.) | IDLEGOSSIP |
| J. | Camping hazard in a canyon (2 wds.) | FLASHFLOOD |
| K. | 1908 New York Giant who infamously committed a "bonehead" play (2 wds.) | FREDMERKLE |
| L. | Wine sometimes mistaken for pinot blanc | CHARDONNAY |
| M. | Sammy Cahn lyric sung three times in a row (3 wds.) | LETITSNOW |
| N. | Said with an accent | EMPHASIZED |
| O. | Sophocles tragedy (2 wds.) | OEDIPUSREX |
| P. | Like some talk radio shows (hyph.) | PHONEIN |
| Q. | Test one's strength against another, say (hyph.) | ARMWRESTLE |
| R. | Singer when it's hot | TEAKETTLE |
| S. | Home of Dracula's Castle | ROMANIA |
| T. | Way of life devoted to study | ACADEMIA |