RAY BRADBURY, YESTERMORROW — Cats come at dawn to sit on your bed. They may not nip your nose or inhale your breath or make a sound. They simply sit... until you open one eyelid and spy them... about to drop dead for need of feeding. So it is with ideas.
| A. | The Pantheon in Rome has one | ROTUNDA |
| B. | Stone worn by ancient Greeks to ward off drunkenness | AMETHYST |
| C. | Player of a stringed instrument named "Petunia" (2 wds., hyph.) | YOYOMA |
| D. | Prized catch off the Bahamas | BONEFISH |
| E. | Delivery by a bounty hunter, e.g. | RENDITION |
| F. | Pain-relieving preparation | ANODYNE |
| G. | Shaken or forsaken | DITCHED |
| H. | Cox's contest (2 wds.) | BOATRACE |
| I. | Conveyed with no words, tacit | UNSPOKEN |
| J. | Trace of interest in forensics | RESIDUE |
| K. | Practice touted for stress relief | YOGA |
| L. | Marked by change; full of vitality | YEASTY |
| M. | Like many a debut album's title | EPONYMOUS |
| N. | Gear for a high-rise window washer (2 wds.) | SAFETYBELT |
| O. | Alarm-inducing plunge | TAILSPIN |
| P. | Pleasing effect on the ear | EUPHONY |
| Q. | Wine with a piney flavor | RETSINA |
| R. | Miners' jackpot (2 wds.) | MOTHERLODE |
| S. | Beat in a home run derby | OUTHIT |
| T. | Specimen in California's Mariposa Grove | REDWOOD |
| U. | Frequent cause for lifeguard rescues | RIPTIDE |
| V. | Execrable, loathsome | ODIOUS |
| W. | Hirsute penny dreadful villain | WOLFMAN |