GRETEL EHRLICH, (THE SOLACE OF) OPEN SPACES — Wyoming seems to be the doing of a mad architect, tumbled and twisted, ribboned with faded deathbed colors, thrust up and pulled down as if the place had been startled out of a deep sleep and thrown into a pure light.
| A. | Parent-to-child contribution | GENE |
| B. | Flip side of the 1966 Beatles hit "Paperback Writer" | RAIN |
| C. | Stuffed pastries popular in Argentina | EMPANADAS |
| D. | 1937 fantasy book subtitled "There and Back Again" (2 wds.) | THEHOBBIT |
| E. | Lodged, as a bug in amber | EMBEDDED |
| F. | Made on a shoestring (hyph.) | LOWBUDGET |
| G. | Developer of the Lincoln Continental (2 wds.) | EDSELFORD |
| H. | One with sex appeal or high aptitude (2 wds.) | HOTSTUFF |
| I. | Annual award for romance fiction | RITA |
| J. | Of doubtful sincerity, as a compliment (hyph.) | LEFTHANDED |
| K. | Proof that you're who you say you are (2 wds.) | IDCARD |
| L. | Italian for "sung" | CANTATA |
| M. | Haughty, disdainful (hyph.) | HIGHHAT |
| N. | Africa, Asia and particularly Europe (2 wds.) | OLDWORLD |
| O. | Go bar-hopping (hyph.) | PUBCRAWL |
| P. | One after the other (hyph.) | ENDTOEND |
| Q. | Baritone starring in the film "Naughty Marietta," 1935 (2 wds.) | NELSONEDDY |
| R. | Attire for fort-building? | SNOWSUIT |
| S. | Fizzle; lose pep; end weakly (2 wds.) | PETEROUT |
| T. | Opportunity for a swinger (2 wds.) | ATBAT |
| U. | Jalapeno pepper used in Southwest cooking | CHIPOTLE |
| V. | Hyracotherium a k a the dawn horse | EOHIPPUS |
| W. | Contest at a pool (2 wds.) | SWIMMEET |