GABRIELLE GLASER, THE NOSE--[H]e drew... great breaths, trying... to catch smells that the breeze would throw... . For odors told you when crops... were ripe; one whiff of morning air could convey that it was... too damp to run the combines, or too dry to fertilize.
Over time I learned just what he meant as he drew his great breaths, trying, fleetingly, to catch smells that the breeze would throw first one way and then the other. For odors told you when crops, from wheat to rye grass, were ripe; one whiff of morning air could convey that it was still too damp to run the combines, or too dry to fertilize.
| A. | "Know what I mean?" (3 wds.) | GETMYDRIFT |
| B. | Emotionally disconnected | APATHETIC |
| C. | Violent action of wind or waves | BUFFETING |
| D. | Red, leafy source of vitamin K | RADICCHIO |
| E. | Sameness in every direction | ISOTROPY |
| F. | Supplied with a nutritional boost | ENRICHED |
| G. | Shangri-La or Dinotopia, e.g. (2 wds.) | LOSTWORLD |
| H. | Fragrant bluish-purple perennial | LAVENDER |
| I. | Talked excitedly; gave off, as an aroma | EFFUSED |
| J. | Manicured areas around holes | GREENS |
| K. | Coarse, rough-hewn, unrefined | LOWBROW |
| L. | 1967 Simon & Garfunkel hit that mentions monkeys, giraffes, elephants and orangutans (3 wds.) | ATTHEZOO |
| M. | Nasally sound of disgust or derision | SNORT |
| N. | Surround with trees, poetically | EMBOWER |
| O. | Trough that may get clogged with leaves | RAINSPOUT |
| P. | Plant commonly grown to make hay for horses | TIMOTHY |
| Q. | Regale a friendly crowd (2 wds.) | HOLDCOURT |
| R. | Machine-fearing literary utopia | EREWHON |
| S. | Significant, remarkable | NOTEWORTHY |
| T. | José Clemente ____, Mexican muralist and colleague of Diego Rivera | OROZCO |
| U. | Care in evading observation | STEALTH |
| V. | Natural compost processor | EARTHWORM |