DAVID QUAMMEN, NATURAL ACTS — A vigorous mountain river will have... its ... share of greenish slimes, filamentous botanical cruds, tiny crawling and squiggling critters of... grotesque appearance, sleek trout flashing discreetly,... and dead things in the water.
| A. | Cross-out, erasure | DELETION |
| B. | Glue or paste | ADHESIVE |
| C. | Intent upon settling scores | VENGEFUL |
| D. | Filled with enlightening or exalting emotion | INSPIRED |
| E. | Cleaners found near kitchen sinks | DISHRAGS |
| F. | Norwegian eponym for a traitor | QUISLING |
| G. | Looking like Pooh or Smokey | URSIFORM |
| H. | Hermetically sealed | AIRTIGHT |
| I. | Aura that enigmatically enhances one's attraction | MYSTIQUE |
| J. | Strict disciplinarian | MARTINET |
| K. | Battery-powered A.M.C. concept car of 1977 | ELECTRON |
| L. | One of two Russian czars | NICHOLAS |
| M. | Japanese company whose name roughly means "Leave luck to heaven" | NINTENDO |
| N. | Programmer's "splat" | ASTERISK |
| O. | Like Times Square or Disney World | TOURISTY |
| P. | Overshadowed; outdid | UPSTAGED |
| Q. | Gold Glove Award sponsor | RAWLINGS |
| R. | Opposite of a slacker | ACHIEVER |
| S. | Author whose exploits were recounted in "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" | LAWRENCE |
| T. | Guilty of the sin of pride | ARROGANT |
| U. | Item worn over an alb | CHASUBLE |
| V. | Superfluous shadow | TAGALONG |
| W. | Contemptuous flouter of rules and conventions | SCOFFLAW |