(MICHAEL) CRICHTON, JURASSIC PARK — Much of [biotechnology]... is... frivolous. Efforts to engineer paler trout for better visibility in the stream, square trees for easier lumbering, and injectable scent cells so you'll always smell of... perfume... are not [a joke].
| A. | Versatile women's garment | CULOTTES |
| B. | Protector of a pump (2 wds.) | RIBCAGE |
| C. | Somebody being a busybody | INTERLOPER |
| D. | Hero who "died at the throttle / With the whistle in his hand" (2 wds.) | CASEYJONES |
| E. | German spa that lent its name to an article of apparel | HOMBURG |
| F. | Horseplay, shenanigans | TOMFOOLERY |
| G. | Nutty, bizarre (hyph.) | OFFTHEWALL |
| H. | Descriptive of a stock villain | NEFARIOUS |
| I. | What a picaroon may fly (2 wds.) | JOLLYROGER |
| J. | Accounts investigated by snopes.com (2 wds.) | URBANMYTHS |
| K. | The practical world; not make-believe (2 wds.) | REALLIFE |
| L. | Difficult for the uninitiated to grasp | ABSTRUSE |
| M. | Region inhabited by Poles, Czechs and Germans | SILESIA |
| N. | What keeps the rain off many a cowpoke's head | STETSON |
| O. | Not getting the job done | INEFFECTIVE |
| P. | Creeping plant with bright yellow flowers | CINQUEFOIL |
| Q. | 1950s-'70s NASA program | PIONEER |
| R. | Having mixed emotions | AMBIVALENT |
| S. | Emblem of the Democratic Party in 1840 | ROOSTER |
| T. | Makers of rolling thunder | KETTLEDRUMS |