| RICHARDBLANCO | Poet who read "One Today" at President Obama's 2013 inauguration: 2 wds. |
| ROBERTFROST | Poet who read "The Gift Outright" at President Kennedy's 1961 inauguration: 2 wds. |
| MAYAANGELOU | Poet who read "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Clinton's 1993 inauguration: 2 wds. |
| JESSYENORMAN | Georgia-born soprano who sang at Ronald Reagan's second inauguration: 2 wds. |
| ANGELOU | Poet who read at President Clinton's 1993 inauguration |
| AMANDA | Poet Gorman who read at President Biden's inauguration |
| CERVANTES | "Fortune turns round like a mill-wheel, he was yesterday at the top, lies today at the bottom." He wrote about someone who tilted at windmills, in Don Quixote. Who is this? |
| GAGA | Lady ..., who sang at President Biden's inauguration (4) |
| ELLAMAE | Author/activist Johnson who attended President Obama's inauguration at age 105 |
| ROADTEST | Trial for a car [NOTE: My online solve-at-home crossword contest is TODAY AT 3 P.M. ET (Sunday, 9/30/12). First prize is $2,500. For details, visit www.alzfdn.org.] |
| RHIZOME | One puts down roots, beginning to read one last letter in residence (7) |
| TIDY | Today at odd times one goes in to clear up (4) |
| YEAH | An old yes and ah! It becomes such a common one today |
| ELEVENTY | "I am __-one today!": Bilbo Baggins, a year after his 110th birthday |
| SHOE | What kind of object was thrown at President George Bush at a press conference in December 2008? (4) |
| DEATHBYA | Painful and prolonged fate, but cash due today at NHS is gone astray! (5,2,1,8,4) |
| CUTS | Painful and prolonged fate, but cash due today at NHS is gone astray! (5,2,1,8,4) |
| ATHOUSAND | Painful and prolonged fate, but cash due today at NHS is gone astray! (5,2,1,8,4) |
| NOVELEXPERIENCE | English Lit class: A -- "All we had to do was read one book; a very ___" |
| INRESERVE | Trendy book on the must-read-one-day list? |
