| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| NOW | With things as they are. |
| THESTATUSQUO | Things as they are |
| REALISM | Seeing things as they are |
| REALISTS | They see things as they are |
| QED | Gertrude Stein's first novel, published posthumously as "Things As They Are" |
| CYNIC | One "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be": Bierce |
