(WILLIAM) LEAST HEAT-MOON, BLUE HIGHWAYS — [T]he farther west the river..., the more honest the names become: Stinking Water Branch, Dead Horse Fork,... Damnation Creek. Perhaps the old... prospectors figured settlers would be slower to build along a river named Calamity.
| A. | Place for a soul to get a drink and forget it all? | LETHE |
| B. | Fire proof? | EMBERS |
| C. | U.S. site of a big 1964 earthquake | ANCHORAGE |
| D. | "Human kindness has never weakened the ____ or softened the fiber of a free people": F.D.R. | STAMINA |
| E. | Concentrate | THICKEN |
| F. | Two-Pinocchio claim (hyph.) | HALFTRUTH |
| G. | Classic ballad by Marty Robbins (2 wds.) | ELPASO |
| H. | Inanimate feathered flier | ARROW |
| I. | Bridge prop | TRESTLE |
| J. | Classic treatment for rheumatism (2 wds.) | MUDBATH |
| K. | Painter who lived at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico | OKEEFFE |
| L. | Pack in cheek by jowl | OVERCROWD |
| M. | Given a score; dentate | NOTCHED |
| N. | What puts a bit in the mouth? | BRIDLE |
| O. | John Sayles film shot near the Rio Grande (2 wds.) | LONESTAR |
| P. | Behind the rafters? | UPSTREAM |
| Q. | Nebraska's Pine Ridge or Utah's Book Cliffs, for example | ESCARPMENT |
| R. | Dam connected with Lake Mead | HOOVER |
| S. | Adventure-loving | INTREPID |
| T. | Maker of Les Paul guitars | GIBSON |
| U. | Noxious member of the carrot family | HOGWEED |
| V. | Derecho, haboob or chinook | WINDSTORM |
| W. | On, as a steed | ASTRIDE |
| X. | Town in the Shasta Valley known for its former bakery | YREKA |
| Y. | Protect from the elements | SHELTER |