NEAL CONAN, PLAY BY PLAY — The bus is more than a form of transportation. It's a rolling dormitory, living room,... office, game room and movie theater. It's also a metaphor for the minor leagues. ... [P]layers on the way up are delighted to get off the bus.
| A. | Deviating from emmetropia in one of two ways | NEARSIGHTED |
| B. | Writer in the Bloomsbury group (3 wds.) | EMFORSTER |
| C. | Anti-Communist requirement for union leaders under the Taft-Hartley Act | AFFIDAVIT |
| D. | Make an impressively portentous appearance (2 wds.) | LOOMLARGE |
| E. | Home that usually has a view | CHALET |
| F. | Taking everything in | OMNIVOROUS |
| G. | Detective portrayed by Maury Chaykin on A&E (2 wds.) | NEROWOLFE |
| H. | Drug that causes the body to release epinephrine | AMPHETAMINE |
| I. | Abolitionist paper edited by Frederick Douglass (2 wds.) | NORTHSTAR |
| J. | Dressing gown whose name means, literally, "comber" | PEIGNOIR |
| K. | Impenetrable in a way, as a film canister | LIGHTPROOF |
| L. | Scot who postulated the "invisible hand" principle of economics (2 wds.) | ADAMSMITH |
| M. | One terminus of the John Muir Trail | YOSEMITE |
| N. | Not the slightest bit interested (2 wds.) | BOREDSTIFF |
| O. | Lodging option for students on vacation (2 wds.) | YOUTHHOSTEL |
| P. | Derogatory term for a writer of verse | POETASTER |
| Q. | "Violins of autumn pierce my heart with monotonous ___" (Verlaine) | LANGUOR |
| R. | Zombie or golem | AUTOMATON |
| S. | Utterer of the line "It ain't over till it's over" (2 wds.) | YOGIBERRA |