MARGARET ATWOOD, (THE) TESTAMENTS — The collective memory is notoriously faulty, and much of the past sinks into the ocean of time to be drowned forever; but once in a while the waters part, allowing us to glimpse a flash of hidden treasure... for a moment.
| A. | Sinister, evil, baleful | MALEFIC |
| B. | Second-largest city of Denmark | AARHUS |
| C. | What defensive N.B.A. players — and fan blades — do | ROTATE |
| D. | Dog, in a way (2 wds.) | GOAFTER |
| E. | Locale of a golden nucleus | ALBUMEN |
| F. | Lakeside painter's subject | ROWBOAT |
| G. | Cannonball, for Casey Jones | ENGINE |
| H. | "Guys and Dolls" song "Fugue for ____" | TINHORNS |
| I. | Originator of the phrase "sour grapes" | AESOP |
| J. | "I wouldn't lie to you" (2 wds.) | TRUSTME |
| K. | Book featuring a kind of puzzle | WHODUNIT |
| L. | Sledgehammer used on a flea, say | OVERKILL |
| M. | Not responding to any stimuli (2 wds.) | OUTCOLD |
| N. | Last word of Frost's "The Road Not Taken" | DIFFERENCE |
| O. | Early writer of New Journalism (2 wds.) | TOMWOLFE |
| P. | Sudden intuitive understanding | EPIPHANY |
| Q. | Child's rocker with a seat built between two flat sides in the shape of an animal | SHOOFLY |
| R. | Not to be believed (hyph.) | TWOFACED |
| S. | Colonial construction | ANTHILL |
| T. | Item to which you may add a pad | MATTRESS |
| U. | Signs of feeling? | EMOTICONS |
| V. | Hunter; doofus | NIMROD |
| W. | Exemplars of thickness | THIEVES |
| X. | Snooze | SHUTEYE |