(AZADEH) MOAVENI, HONEYMOON IN TEHRAN — Religious authorities... during the revolution... dealt harshly with... music. They... declared classical musical instruments, as well as a woman's singing voice, to be forbidden.... Museum-quality instruments were burned in bonfires.
| A. | Plot with evil intent | MACHINATE |
| B. | Area of production that's well-supplied (2 wds.) | OILFIELD |
| C. | "Sign of God," in Arabic | AYATOLLAH |
| D. | Of a prudish and restrictive social mindset | VICTORIAN |
| E. | One way to introduce a word | EDGEWISE |
| F. | Collection with nothing in it (2 wds.) | NULLSET |
| G. | Strength training done without moving | ISOMETRICS |
| H. | Car engine capacity, in slang | HORSES |
| I. | Of little or no prominence | OBSCURE |
| J. | Inuit territory made official in 1999 | NUNAVUT |
| K. | "War of the Worlds" side | EARTHLINGS |
| L. | 1960s band with Beck, Clapton and Page | YARDBIRDS |
| M. | "The fairies' ___" (Queen Mab, in "Romeo and Juliet") | MIDWIFE |
| N. | Public disturbance; surge of activity | OUTBURST |
| O. | Oxymoronic term for a stale tidbit (2 wds.) | OLDNEWS |
| P. | Amount that's too much | NIMIETY |
| Q. | People from Tikrit or Kirkuk | IRAQIS |
| R. | DNA storage center | NUCLEUS |
| S. | "Amadeus" star, 1984 (2 wds.) | TOMHULCE |
| T. | Get all convoluted | ENTWINE |
| U. | Making the fans come out? | HUMID |
| V. | Matter of stress to TV executives | RATINGS |
| W. | Donator of eyes to the peacock's tail | ARGUS |
| X. | Incapable of being tallied | NUMBERLESS |