| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| POOF | [And like magic ... it's gone!] |
| RED | Like the magic pebble in "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" |
| ESSAY | Assignment that sounds like its third and fourth letters |
| TREE | "Character is like a ... and reputation like its shadow": Abraham Lincoln |
| MARIA | "Say it soft and it's almost like praying" girl of song |
| TAICHI | Discipline with postures like White Crane Spreads Its Wings and Grasp the Sparrow's Tail |
| LOLITA | About whom Nabokov said "She was like the composition of a beautiful puzzle - its composition and its solution at the same time" |
