| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| LAYOF | ... the land (how things stand) |
| LAYOF | ..... the land: how things stand |
| ONEND | How some things stand |
| ISEE | "So that's how things stand" |
| FIRM | How the staunch stand |
| FEETONTHEGROUND | How the sensible stand |
| ARTUROTOSCANINI | Who quipped "God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way" |
| proxemic | the study of the symbolic and communicative role in a culture of spatial arrangements and variations in distance, as in how far apart individuals engaged in conversation stand depending on the degree of intimacy between them |
