(ALI) WENTWORTH, ALI IN WONDERLAND — I physically cannot chug. I'm a sipper. And I inherited a very low tolerance to alcohol from my mother. She once drank a glass of white wine and performed the entire second act of The Pirates of Penzance in our kitchen.
| A. | Eponym of a New York art museum | WHITNEY |
| B. | Thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system | ENTHALPY |
| C. | Faroe Islands settlers circa 800 | NORSEMEN |
| D. | Silicate named for a god of Scandinavia | THORITE |
| E. | Proceeding like the Jabberwock through the tulgey wood | WHIFFLING |
| F. | Situated at the back of the skull | OCCIPITAL |
| G. | Common tidbit in trail mix | RAISIN |
| H. | It has a bar for swingers | TRAPEZE |
| I. | Crested bird named for the sound of its cry | HOOPOE |
| J. | Line found in a tree | ANCESTRY |
| K. | Literally, "battle of words" | LOGOMACHY |
| L. | Come-as-you-are | INFORMAL |
| M. | Room-connecting system | INTERCOM |
| N. | Given to roaming | NOMADIC |
| O. | Use flattery to get one's way | WHEEDLE |
| P. | Like some betting on races (hyph.) | OFFTRACK |
| Q. | Recently arrived or developed | NOUVEAU |
| R. | Like the canvas of a pointillist | DOTTED |
| S. | Sum and substance | ESSENCE |
| T. | Figure with a scythe | REAPER |
| U. | Grab hold (2 wds.) | LATCHON |
| V. | Lew ____, Ross Macdonald's fictional private eye | ARCHER |
| W. | Items in rings until used | NAPKINS |
| X. | Gossiped | DISHED |