(W. SOMERSET) MAUGHAM, A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK — The philosopher is like a mountaineer who has... climbed a mountain for the sake of the sunrise, and arriving at the top finds only fog... . He must be an honest man if he doesn't tell you that the spectacle was stupendous.
| A. | Preprandial theatergoing option | MATINEE |
| B. | Bituminous gunk used in roofing | ASPHALT |
| C. | Chicago entertainment district | UPTOWN |
| D. | Get ready to multiply, in the Bible? (2 wds.) | GOFORTH |
| E. | Props for rearing animals (2 wds.) | HINDLEGS |
| F. | Giant wrestler crushed by Hercules | ANTAEUS |
| G. | Ancestor of Cortland and Empire apples | MCINTOSH |
| H. | Change given by a quarterback | AUDIBLE |
| I. | Cod, haddock or pollock | WHITEFISH |
| J. | Pre-reggae ska offspring (2 wds.) | ROCKSTEADY |
| K. | Teeming, as with sharks or fleas | INFESTED |
| L. | River spanned by Waterloo Bridge | THAMES |
| M. | Like Mae West vis-a-vis life preservers | EPONYMOUS |
| N. | Overpayment outcome, often | REFUND |
| O. | Landform conducive to speed (2 wds.) | SALTFLAT |
| P. | Type of jade once thought to cure kidney stones | NEPHRITE |
| Q. | Stone at Delphi thought to mark the center of the earth | OMPHALOS |
| R. | Variable involved in tuning a violin | TENSION |
| S. | Number of sides in an undecagon | ELEVEN |
| T. | Pessimistic, on Wall Street | BEARISH |
| U. | Collaborator with Lise Meitner on fission (2 wds.) | OTTOHAHN |
| V. | Attract more acclaim than | OUTSHINE |
| W. | Chronicler of a road trip with Cassady | KEROUAC |