W(ILLA) CATHER, SHADOWS ON THE ROCK — Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked... for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves.
| A. | Firecracker with a zippy sound effect (hyph.) | WHIZBANG |
| B. | Dishonorably discharge | CASHIER |
| C. | Goddess who killed Orion for insulting her | ARTEMIS |
| D. | Close-fitting garment (2 wds.) | TANKTOP |
| E. | Cannon capable of firing shells at a high angle | HOWITZER |
| F. | "Star Search" host from 1983 to 1995 (2 wds.) | EDMCMAHON |
| G. | Easter Island, to its inhabitants (2 wds.) | RAPANUI |
| H. | Gambling card game; junior-size dresses | SEVENS |
| I. | Eggs, slangily (2 wds.) | HENFRUIT |
| J. | Personal secretary | AMANUENSIS |
| K. | "Otello" role for Kiri Te Kanawa | DESDEMONA |
| L. | Tenderfoot's opposite (2 wds.) | OLDHAND |
| M. | Former appellation for tungsten | WOLFRAM |
| N. | Tobacco product named for a wagon-making town | STOGIE |
| O. | "Opportunity ... is dressed in ___ and looks like work" (Thomas Edison) | OVERALLS |
| P. | 1991 Cronenberg film based on a William S. Burroughs novel (2 wds.) | NAKEDLUNCH |
| Q. | 1962 #1 instrumental hit by the Tornadoes | TELSTAR |
| R. | Icon associated with Joseph of Arimathea (2 wds.) | HOLYGRAIL |
| S. | Bangkok's Temple of the ___ Buddha | EMERALD |
| T. | Make a heap of trouble (2 wds.) | RAISECAIN |
| U. | Next up (2 wds.) | ONDECK |
| V. | Lizard with a long, sticky tongue for catching prey | CHAMELEON |
| W. | Hungarian-born author of "The Sleepwalkers" | KOESTLER |