(CURTIS F.) BROWN, STAR-SPANGLED KITSCH — [C]amp mocks bad taste; kitsch exploits it. ... Mae West, whose... provocative delivery, eye-rolling, lip-pursing, and pelvic tics parody the conventional invitation to dalliance, is never out of control and is camp, pure and simple.
| A. | High-muck-a-muck (2 wds.) | BIGSHOT |
| B. | Short on patience; stubborn | RESTIVE |
| C. | Plant that caused a war in China, 1839-42 (2 wds.) | OPIUMPOPPY |
| D. | Document surrendering a legal right | WAIVER |
| E. | Possible outcome of a boxing match (2 wds.) | NOCONTEST |
| F. | Outline describing how things may unfold | SCENARIO |
| G. | "The race of truth," in cycling circles (2 wds.) | TIMETRIAL |
| H. | Aquatic Mexican salamander | AXOLOTL |
| I. | Fraud's antithesis (2 wds.) | REALMCCOY |
| J. | Minimize the importance of, downplay (hyph.) | SOFTPEDAL |
| K. | Bulgarian city known as Philippopolis under Macedonian rule | PLOVDIV |
| L. | Flavoring for beef jerky, also called pimento | ALLSPICE |
| M. | Half of America's Singing Sweethearts (2 wds.) | NELSONEDDY |
| N. | Composition of Yosemite's Half Dome | GRANITE |
| O. | Done out of desperation (hyph.) | LASTDITCH |
| P. | Gender-neutral, in language | EPICENE |
| Q. | Person possessing a certain form of immunity | DIPLOMAT |
| R. | Bavarian fare often served with sauerkraut | KNACKWURST |
| S. | How biological processes normally occur (2 wds.) | INVIVO |
| T. | Natural disaster resulting from Krakatoa's eruption in 1883 | TSUNAMI |
| U. | Submit by mail (2 wds.) | SENDIN |
| V. | Flight of fancy, whim | CAPRICE |
| W. | One with meager possessions (hyph.) | HAVENOT |