ALAN BURDICK, WHY TIME FLIES — [S]econds... are the currency of... life, the pennies of our time: ubiquitous and critical in a pinch (for instance, when you just manage to make a train...) yet sufficiently marginal to be... dropped by the handful without thought.
Increasingly our days are governed by seconds. They are the currency of modern life, the pennies of our time: ubiquitous and critical in a pinch (for instance, when you just manage to make a train connection) yet sufficiently marginal to be frittered away or dropped by the handful without thought.
| A. | Financial option for a retiree | ANNUITY |
| B. | Rodeo ring | LARIAT |
| C. | Biting or sarcastic tone | ACERBITY |
| D. | 1936 Djuna Barnes novel that pioneered in lesbian literature | NIGHTWOOD |
| E. | Doo-wop chart-topper for the Marcels (2 wds.) | BLUEMOON |
| F. | The rite oil to use? | UNCTION |
| G. | When a lot of rubber hits the road (2 wds.) | RUSHHOUR |
| H. | Flip side of the Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" (2 wds.) | DAYTRIPPER |
| I. | Spreadable, in a way | INFECTIOUS |
| J. | Constantly recurring | CHRONIC |
| K. | Co-author, with Ferber, of "Dinner at Eight" | KAUFMAN |
| L. | Go as geese go | WADDLE |
| M. | Exaggerated fanfare | HOOPLA |
| N. | "That is no country for old men" poet | YEATS |
| O. | What a farmer's combine can do | THRESH |
| P. | Turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to | IGNORE |
| Q. | Statue figure in Lexington Battle Green | MINUTEMAN |
| R. | Something for which to use the "=" symbol | EQUATION |
| S. | Half of a clam (2 wds.) | FIFTYCENTS |
| T. | One of Ali's signature moves (2 wds.) | LEFTJAB |
| U. | Item for a summer picnic (2 wds.) | ICECHEST |
| V. | Number of starters on an Australian football team | EIGHTEEN |
| W. | Congested (2 wds.) | STUFFEDUP |