(M.E.W.) SHERWOOD, (AN) EPISTLE TO POSTERITY — Amsterdam,... with its patchwork of water streets, its long double rows of trees..., its palaces, its magnificent houses with machicolated roofs, and... the old Dutch galleons, with their shadowy sails,... is a paradise for the painter... .
| A. | Exoskeleton in a littoral setting | SEASHELL |
| B. | Founding father who said "Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal" | HAMILTON |
| C. | Like "The Good Samaritan" by Rembrandt | ETCHED |
| D. | Withdraw; invalidate | RESCIND |
| E. | "Week-End at the ___," 1945 Ginger Rogers/Walter Pidgeon film | WALDORF |
| F. | Punch, zing, pizazz | OOMPH |
| G. | Home to the N.H.L.'s Senators | OTTAWA |
| H. | Tennis ploy using backspin (2 wds.) | DROPSHOT |
| I. | Outcome of the 1521 Diet of Worms | EDICT |
| J. | Hook-like crook | PIRATE |
| K. | Performance involving blades (2 wds.) | ICESHOW |
| L. | What a buff promotes | SHINING |
| M. | Mat for a judo match | TATAMI |
| N. | Good conditions for clamming (2 wds.) | LOWTIDE |
| O. | Chicago suburb that was once home to Carl Sandburg | ELMHURST |
| P. | Cluster of ankle bones | TARSUS |
| Q. | Linen, ivory or pearl (hyph.) | OFFWHITE |
| R. | Deltiologist's collectible | POSTCARD |
| S. | Bit of housecleaning | OUSTER |
| T. | Tree with mitten-shaped leaves | SASSAFRAS |
| U. | Get off the ground (2 wds.) | TAKEWING |
| V. | Multiplied by an ogdoad | EIGHTFOLD |
| W. | Egyptian port where a precious stone was found | ROSETTA |
| X. | Short-tempered, touchy, choleric | IRASCIBLE |
| Y. | Central point of a tract | THESIS |
| Z. | Open like a large crevasse | YAWN |