SUE HUBBELL, A BOOK OF BEES — Bees are easier to keep than a dog or a cat. They are more interesting than gerbils. ... A well-known New York City publisher keeps bees on the terrace of his... penthouse where they happily work the flowers in Central Park.
| A. | Whistling bird with hornlike ear tufts (2 wds.) | SCREECHOWL |
| B. | Wicked clerk in "David Copperfield" (2 wds.) | URIAHHEEP |
| C. | Items sometimes batted | EYELASHES |
| D. | Call it a day (3 wds.) | HITTHEHAY |
| E. | What a kicked pigskin may split | UPRIGHTS |
| F. | Establishment that turns out suds | BREWERY |
| G. | Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, e.g. | BROTHERS |
| H. | Designed to minimize worker fatigue | ERGONOMIC |
| I. | Activity of a trail "through hiker" (2 wds.) | LONGWALK |
| J. | Quick as lightning (hyph.) | LICKETYSPLIT |
| K. | Chain whose highest peak is Monte Corno | APENNINES |
| L. | Noisy, energetic country dance often performed competitively in pairs or groups | BREAKDOWN |
| M. | Wild area whose name means "trembling earth" in Seminole | OKEFENOKEE |
| N. | Locust, cricket, cockroach or grasshopper | ORTHOPTERAN |
| O. | Bright-banded, venomous snake of southeast Asia | KRAIT |
| P. | Epistle meant for the eyes of the public (2 wds.) | OPENLETTER |
| Q. | Multilane road sustaining high-speed traffic | FREEWAY |
| R. | Philippine peninsula lost and rewon by the U.S. in W.W. II | BATAAN |
| S. | "Didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing his new doublet before ___?" | EASTER |
| T. | Brian ___, who managed the Beatles in the 1960's | EPSTEIN |
| U. | Pointy-snouted animal with velvety fur | SHREW |