(URSULA) LE GUIN, (THE) LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS — Legends of prediction are common throughout the whole Household of Man. Gods speak, spirits speak, computers speak. Oracular ambiguity or statistical probability provides loopholes, and discrepancies are expunged by Faith.
| A. | Werewolf (hyph.) | LOUPGAROU |
| B. | Apt quotation at the start of a book | EPIGRAPH |
| C. | John Gardner novel told from a monster's point of view | GRENDEL |
| D. | Investigation into "close encounters" | UFOLOGY |
| E. | Technique of laying paint on thickly | IMPASTO |
| F. | French astrologer who wrote "Centuries" | NOSTRADAMUS |
| G. | Lazybones or late riser (hyph.) | LIEABED |
| H. | "Vertically challenged," for "short," e.g. | EUPHEMISM |
| I. | Possibly paranormal power | FORESIGHT |
| J. | Becoming more liquid when stirred or shaken, as ketchup | THIXOTROPIC |
| K. | Trademark for a kicked beanbag (2 wds.) | HACKYSACK |
| L. | "It is ___ only that reveals us to ourselves" (Wilde) | ART |
| M. | Frequent and uncontrollable desire for sleep | NARCOLEPSY |
| N. | One pursued amorously by Apollo | DAPHNE |
| O. | Ignominy induced by shameful conduct | OPPROBRIUM |
| P. | William Forsythe role in "Dick Tracy" | FLATTOP |
| Q. | German inventor (1858-1913), eponym of an engine | DIESEL |
| R. | Mineral of which Canada was once the world's leading producer | ASBESTOS |
| S. | Golem's modern descendants | ROBOTS |
| T. | Dog with a foxlike head | KEESHOND |
| U. | Boat-shaped bone in the wrist | NAVICULAR |
| V. | Whole destruction of the environment | ECOCIDE |
| W. | Muslim who rejects the Sunna's authority | SHIITE |
| X. | Form of protest (hyph.) | SITDOWN |