| BIERCE | Ambrose ___, U.S. wit who created The Devil's Dictionary (6) |
| HANGOVER | Condition described as the 'wrath of grapes' by U.S. wit Dorothy Parker (8) |
| SPITANDSAWDUST | Spartan pad U.S. wit stands when settled (4,3,7) |
| APPEAL | "In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw" (The Devil's Dictionary) |
| LESLIE | Ann, British print journalist noted for her dry wit who was made DBE in 2006 (6) |
| AMINOR | "___ form of despair" ("Devil's Dictionary" on patience) |
| OLD | According to Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary (1906), what is one who is "in that stage of us |
| AMBROSE | ___ Bierce author of The Devil's Dictionary who served in the U.S. Union Army |
| AMBROZEPIRRCE | US short story writer who authored the satirical work The Devil's Dictionary (7,6) |
| HATRED | "A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority," per Ambrose Bierce |
| ACHIEVEMENT | "The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust" according to The Devil's Dictionary |
| AMBROSEBIERCE | Author of the Devil's Dictionary who disappeared in Mexico in 1913 (7,6) |
| OSCAR | Forename of a dramatist, novelist, poet and wit who also wrote short stories including The Fisherman and His Soul, The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant and The Star-Child (5) |
| ROOKWOOD | Ambrose ___, Guy Fawkes's co-conspirator (8) |
| PAGAN | In his Devil's Dictionary, what does Ambrose Bierce define as: "A benighted person who prefers home- |
| LAUREN | Ambrose or Bacall |
| ENOUGH | Definition of "once," per Ambrose Bierce |
| MEXICO | Where Ambrose Bierce disappeared |
| ALONE | "In bad company," per "The Devil's Dictionary" |
| WRATH | "Anger of a superior quality and degree," per "The Devil's Dictionary" |
