CARL SAGAN, (THE) DEMON-HAUNTED WORLD — Jefferson... believed that... skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial compared to the cost of ignorance, of leaving the government to the wolves.
| A. | Star-studded PBS series of 1980 | COSMOS |
| B. | Once current but now out of use | ARCHAIC |
| C. | Interval of sweet relief | RESPITE |
| D. | Six to nothing (2 wds.) | LOVESET |
| E. | Nickname for many a first baseman | STRETCH |
| F. | Fats Domino's actual first name | ANTOINE |
| G. | Only Beatles #1 hit to credit an outside artist (2 wds.) | GETBACK |
| H. | Propitiate | APPEASE |
| I. | TV monitor? | NIELSEN |
| J. | State of affairs that may be of concern to economists | DEFICIT |
| K. | Subterfuge of one interrogated | EVASION |
| L. | Gabriel Garcia ___, Colombian-born writer who pioneered in magic realism | MARQUEZ |
| M. | For a quarterback, passing, running and handing off | OPTIONS |
| N. | Sack dress? | NIGHTIE |
| O. | Altimetry readings | HEIGHTS |
| P. | Slap in the face | AFFRONT |
| Q. | Sports duds | UNIFORM |
| R. | Work on a breather? (2 wds.) | NOSEJOB |
| S. | Most depressing or stressful (2 wds.) | THEPITS |
| T. | Clean-burning additive to gasoline | ETHANOL |
| U. | Where General Motors has its headquarters | DETROIT |
| V. | Swung and missed three times | WHIFFED |
| W. | Physician using a Snellen chart | OCULIST |
| X. | Move in an orbital course | REVOLVE |
| Y. | Prose and poetry, metaphorically | LETTERS |
| Z. | Do as roads in a Robert Frost poem | DIVERGE |