HILARY LEICHTER, TEMPORARY — My temp agency is an uptown pleasure dome of powder-scented women... . I place my employment in their manicured hands. With trusty carpal alchemy they knead my resume into a series of paychecks that constitute a life.
| A. | Singer of the 1982 hit "Workin' for a Livin'" (2 wds.) | HUEYLEWIS |
| B. | Job attending to travelers | INNKEEPER |
| C. | Stand for one reading aloud | LECTERN |
| D. | Bugged | ANNOYED |
| E. | Depiction of a land's ups and downs (2 wds.) | RELIEFMAP |
| F. | Peruvian singer famed for her extraordinary vocal range (2 wds.) | YMASUMAC |
| G. | Fall behind in a race or project (2 wds.) | LOSETIME |
| H. | Hard to extract without a key | ENCODED |
| I. | Boost, spark, spur | IMPETUS |
| J. | Problem for those who are strapped (2 wds.) | CASHFLOW |
| K. | Route 66, for example | HIGHWAY |
| L. | Whom to know, per a Delphic maxim | THYSELF |
| M. | Marking that might appear on a butterfly or peacock | EYESPOT |
| N. | Causes to move (usually up) incrementally | RATCHETS |
| O. | Monster bested by Zeus and buried under Mount Etna | TYPHON |
| P. | Native to a particular region or people | ENDEMIC |
| Q. | 1975 song that lent its name to a hit musical and two films (2 wds.) | MAMMAMIA |
| R. | Remarks meant to belittle (hyph.) | PUTDOWNS |
| S. | Pariah, persona non grata | OUTCAST |
| T. | Back-to-the-land movement? | REENTRY |
| U. | "An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws," per Ambrose Bierce | ACCIDENT |
| V. | Source of walking sticks and wickerwork | RATTAN |
| W. | Holiday observed with fasting and prayer (2 wds.) | YOMKIPPUR |