(ROBERT) HENDRICKSON, THE LITERARY LIFE — The longest common English palindromic word is redivider but... Malayalam, the... language of the Malayali people... equals it, and the rare kinnikinnik, a dried leaf and bark mixture smoked by the Cree... tops it by two letters.
| A. | Olivier's directorial debut (2 wds.) | HENRYV |
| B. | Greek who postulated four basic elements | EMPEDOCLES |
| C. | Egyptian minority member | NUBIAN |
| D. | Situated away from the center | DISTAL |
| E. | Abundantly supplied | REPLETE |
| F. | Japanese art of arranging flowers | IKEBANA |
| G. | Beast that chews a cud | CAMEL |
| H. | Doxology in a synagogue | KADDISH |
| I. | Brisk or lively, as a pace | SMART |
| J. | Obsolete, exhausted | OUTWORN |
| K. | Company with its headquarters in Times Square | NASDAQ |
| L. | Contemporary of Christopher Marlowe (2 wds.) | THOMASKYD |
| M. | Wisdom after the event | HINDSIGHT |
| N. | "Poetry is ... ___ recollected in tranquillity" (Wordsworth) | EMOTION |
| O. | Poker game in which the worst hand wins | LOWBALL |
| P. | Pleasingly pastoral | IDYLLIC |
| Q. | City near Papago State Park | TEMPE |
| R. | Vocalist of "La Vie en Rose" (2 wds.) | EDITHPIAF |
| S. | 1975 novel with a contrapuntal cadence | RAGTIME |
| T. | Masterful film director | AUTEUR |
| U. | Land, in a way (2 wds.) | REELIN |
| V. | Barrier breaker of 1947 | YEAGER |
| W. | Rathskeller offering | LAGER |
| X. | Pattern in psychological testing | INKBLOT |
| Y. | Bullion trove (2 wds.) | FORTKNOX |
| Z. | Umm al-Qaiwain or Dubai | EMIRATE |