JILL NELSON, STRAIGHT, NO CHASER — In Tarzan movies I identified with the Africans or the apes. ... I wanted to be Sheena, Queen of the Jungle not because she was white but because she was... one of the only women on television who existed independently of men.
| A. | Show to have had sufficient legal reason | JUSTIFY |
| B. | Hypothetical form of water in Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" (hyph.) | ICENINE |
| C. | First of a nonet of swingers | LEADOFF |
| D. | Disappointment; relaxation | LETDOWN |
| E. | Contrary to society's norms (2 wds.) | NOTDONE |
| F. | Where paydirt may be hit (2 wds.) | ENDZONE |
| G. | Short-distance illumination (2 wds.) | LOWBEAMS |
| H. | Implicit meaning or theme in writing | SUBTEXT |
| I. | Worth mention; distinguished (2 wds.) | OFNOTE |
| J. | Time to commemorate a saint (2 wds.) | NAMEDAY |
| K. | Grouping whose members can interbreed | SPECIES |
| L. | Epithet for Boston (2 wds.) | THEHUB |
| M. | Barbecuer | ROTISSERIE |
| N. | One greatly reviled or shunned | ANATHEMA |
| O. | Ready for playing (2 wds.) | INTUNE |
| P. | Settle a score (2 wds.) | GETEVEN |
| Q. | Shirley Temple role in 1937 | HEIDI |
| R. | Roughly midmorning | TENNISH |
| S. | Tourist town on the Delaware River (2 wds.) | NEWHOPE |
| T. | A trusting way to take things (2 wds.) | ONFAITH |
| U. | Protein source in some Asian cooking | CASHEWS |
| V. | 2002 Wimbledon champion | HEWITT |
| W. | Like the face of one aghast | ASHEN |
| X. | ___ National Park, containing the highest mountain in the contiguous 48 states | SEQUOIA |
| Y. | "Now my soul hath ___-room" ("King John") | ELBOW |
| Z. | John Simon piece | REVIEW |