| 1 | dirtpoor |
Impecunious (2w) |
| 2 | arsenal |
Military depot; London soccer club |
| 3 | vibraphone |
Lionel Hampton's instrument |
| 4 | inthebosomof |
Safely embraced by (4w) |
| 5 | dauphine |
Wife of the oldest son of a French king |
| 6 | foundry |
Metalworks |
| 7 | worrywart |
Fussbudget; pessimist |
| 8 | anthropoid |
Resembling humans |
| 9 | lodestone |
Magnetite |
| 10 | longhair |
Hippie; devotee of classical music |
| 11 | atanyprice |
Regardless of the cost (3w) |
| 12 | chagrin |
Abashment; discomfiture |
| 13 | extent |
Scope; sweep; width |
| 14 | europop |
Old World rock genre |
| 15 | senoras |
Madams in Madrid |
| 16 | stipend |
Monetary allowance |
| 17 | archidiot |
Supreme fool |
| 18 | yarnspinner |
Storyteller; textile worker (2w) |
| 19 | ontherack |
Very anxious; tormented (3w) |
| 20 | netsuke |
Japanese carved ivory figurine |
| 21 | khmerrouge |
Pol Pot's organization (2w) |
| 22 | abscond |
Run away with |
| 23 | francophone |
Member of a population that speaks French |
| 24 | keychain |
Janitor's belt clip-on |
| 25 | allsmiles |
Very happy and showing it (2w) |
Acrostic: david f wallace essay on kafka