AGATHA CHRISTIE, THE CLOCKS — It was clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying[,]... clearly lacking any strong hand to keep them down.
| A. | Not budging | ADAMANT |
| B. | Cocktail umbrella or cucumber curl | GARNISH |
| C. | Waste away through disuse | ATROPHY |
| D. | Obstruct; seat for a rower in a rowboat | THWART |
| E. | Like jack-o'-lanterns and merry-go-rounds | HYPHENATED |
| F. | Disciple, follower | ADHERENT |
| G. | In boxing, a punch thrown over an opponent's punch | CROSS |
| H. | Engage in a primitive tribal activity | HEADHUNT |
| I. | Gone over for the umpteenth time | REHASHED |
| J. | Up the creek without a paddle (3 wds.) | INHOTWATER |
| K. | Common Halloween decoration | SKELETON |
| L. | Literary or artistic burlesque | TRAVESTY |
| M. | "Far from the madding crowd's ___ strife ..." (Thomas Gray) | IGNOBLE |
| N. | Pulitzer-winning author of "The Optimist's Daughter" (2 wds.) | EUDORAWELTY |
| O. | Rival of Sony and Mitsubishi | TOSHIBA |
| P. | Inclined toward the intellectual | HIGHBROW |
| Q. | Wound up together | ENTWINED |
| R. | Protection against unwanted reproduction | COPYRIGHT |
| S. | One of Bo-Peep's young charges | LAMBKIN |
| T. | Lavish, palatial, sumptuous | OPULENT |
| U. | Acropolis, kremlin or alcazar | CITADEL |
| V. | Delivery for conventioneers | KEYNOTE |
| W. | Unique, hexagonally symmetrical crystal | SNOWFLAKE |