CAROL ANN BASSETT, GALAPAGOS (AT THE CROSSROADS) — Bizarre life-forms... evolved there: ...iguanas able to hold their breath under water..., cormorants that no longer need wings..., vampire finches that survive on the blood of... boobies, daisies that have morphed into giant trees.
| A. | 1982 film horrorfest written by Stephen King | CREEPSHOW |
| B. | Number one among evildoers | ARCHFIEND |
| C. | Bad guy often masked | ROBBER |
| D. | Much bigger than normal | OVERSIZE |
| E. | Formidable marine behemoth | LEVIATHAN |
| F. | Rain forest rodent that swims well | AGOUTI |
| G. | Belladonna or bittersweet | NIGHTSHADE |
| H. | Cryptic cry in a haunting 1845 account | NEVERMORE |
| I. | Monster-slaying hero of the Geats | BEOWULF |
| J. | Physostigmine vis-a-vis belladonna | ANTIDOTE |
| K. | One working on a graveyard shift? | SHOVELER |
| L. | Reaction to a ghost shouting "Boo!" | START |
| M. | Place in a Gothic setting? | ENTOMB |
| N. | Killer plants in John Wyndham's 1951 sci-fi novel | TRIFFIDS |
| O. | Source of Word H (2 wds.) | THERAVEN |
| P. | Develop as the star-nosed mole has (2 wds.) | GOBLIND |
| Q. | Shape shifter | AMOEBA |
| R. | What Diogenes the Cynic carried in the daytime | LANTERN |
| S. | Set to receive trick-or-treaters, say (2 wds.) | ATHOME |
| T. | Sign of calamity in the wind | PORTENT |
| U. | Conveyor of a sanguine sort | AORTA |
| V. | Like something out of "Night of the Living Dead" | GHOULISH |
| W. | Strange things | ODDITIES |
| X. | Evidence of horror | SHIVERS |