| AMBIDEXTROUSLY | How the best pickpockets work, said Ambrose Bierce |
| ACHIEVEMENT | “_____, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust” (Ambrose Bierce in The Devil’s Dictionary) |
| SIN | "Success, n. The one unpardonable ___ against one's fellows": Ambrose Bierce |
| ABSCOND | "___ - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another": Ambrose Bierce (7) |
| HATRED | "A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority," per Ambrose Bierce |
| OPTIMISM | "The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly," per Ambrose Bierce |
| INBAD | Alone ___ company, a la Ambrose Bierce |
| HERS | "His," per Ambrose Bierce |
| ENOUGH | Definition of "once," per Ambrose Bierce |
| MEXICO | Where Ambrose Bierce disappeared |
| THECOVERSOF | Scathing review attributed to Ambrose Bierce, part 1 |
| CYNICAL | Like Ambrose Bierce, famously |
| LOVE | "A temporary insanity curable by marriage," per Ambrose Bierce |
| NECKANDNECK | How the best races end at the vampire Olympics? |
| PAGAN | In his Devil's Dictionary, what does Ambrose Bierce define as: "A benighted person who prefers home- |
| PATIENCE | Ambrose Bierce defined it as "A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue" |
| DESTINY | "A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure," per Ambrose Bierce |
| MONEY | "A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it," according to Ambrose Bierce |
| AGLEY | How the best laid plans of mice and men oft go |
| EXPERTLY | How the best performers do it (8) |
