(QUENTIN) CRISP, MANNERS FROM HEAVEN — Euphemisms are not... useless verbiage. ..; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely... a nod of the head. ... Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.
| A. | Deficient, politically correctly | CHALLENGED |
| B. | Space not really descriptive of its function | RESTROOM |
| C. | Taking frankness a bit too far, maybe | IMPOLITE |
| D. | Endearment on the sugary side | SWEETIE |
| E. | Someone not likely to owe a sin tax | PURITAN |
| F. | Fashion item popularized by Mary Quant | MINISKIRT |
| G. | Event for those not at home (2 wds.) | AWAYGAME |
| H. | Mealy-mouthed and prudish (hyph.) | NICENELLY |
| I. | John Quincy Adams and George W. Bush, for example | NAMESAKES |
| J. | The path to nourishment? | ESOPHAGUS |
| K. | Type of teaser on "Concentration" | REBUS |
| L. | Rather disreputable | SHADY |
| M. | Executed without a mechanical aid | FREEHAND |
| N. | The exercise of self-control | RESTRAINT |
| O. | What is defined by the Supreme Court's "Miller test" | OBSCENITY |
| P. | Scene of clamor and chaos | MADHOUSE |
| Q. | Attitude of hauteur (2 wds.) | HIGHHORSE |
| R. | Author of "How to Behave Though a Debutante" (2 wds.) | EMILYPOST |
| S. | Get around on your own power | AMBULATE |
| T. | Like a whale's leg bones | VESTIGIAL |
| U. | What Nicolas Sarkozy calls the United States (hyph.) | ETATSUNIS |
| V. | "Right?" (Fr., 2 wds., hyph.) | NESTCEPAS |