LYNN MARGULIS, MICROCOSMOS — Animals... that... adapted to... land did so through the trick of taking their former environment with them. ...No matter how high and dry the mountain top, no matter how secluded and modern the retreat, we sweat and cry... seawater.
| A. | "___ is an instant vacation" (Milton Berle) | LAUGHTER |
| B. | One who knows his jib from his spinnaker | YACHTSMAN |
| C. | Time for Papa Noel | NAVIDAD |
| D. | Person regarded as a cipher | NONENTITY |
| E. | Metaphorically, our source and sustenance (2 wds.) | MOTHEREARTH |
| F. | Goddess said to be born of ocean foam | APHRODITE |
| G. | Site of colossal quake damage in 226 B.C. | RHODES |
| H. | In the shape of a droplet | GUTTATE |
| I. | Trend contrary to the prevailing one | UNDERTOW |
| J. | Jonathan ___, author of "Gun, With Occasional Music" | LETHEM |
| K. | Police tool in drawing facial composites (hyph.) | IDENTIKIT |
| L. | Kind of theater open only in the summer | STRAWHAT |
| M. | Successor of Giscard d'Estaing | MITTERRAND |
| N. | Experienced violent compression | IMPLODED |
| O. | Beveled cut connecting two surfaces | CHAMFER |
| P. | In a new draft | REWRITTEN |
| Q. | Eightsome | OGDOAD |
| R. | Be out of accord with Hoyle | CHEAT |
| S. | Spangle, bauble | ORNAMENT |
| T. | Actor William who said "No, I've never had green alien sex" | SHATNER |
| U. | Style sported by some punks | MOHAWK |
| V. | When regulars drop by | OFTEN |
| W. | Climactic moment in a poker game | SHOWDOWN |