ESTHER SCHOR, BRIDGE OF WORDS — Like... Doctor Frankenstein,... [Zamenhof] took the "dismembered" parts of other languages and created a new being entirely. It must have been a lonely venture, being the sole speaker of a language yet to be put before the world.
| A. | Invention described in the 1887 book "Unua Libro" (and the subject of this puzzle's quotation) | ESPERANTO |
| B. | Quaint headwear with a large brim | SUNBONNET |
| C. | Harbor vessel | TUGBOAT |
| D. | Going-for-a-knockout blow | HAYMAKER |
| E. | Prophet's book of seven visions | EZEKIEL |
| F. | As a ballpark figure | ROUGHLY |
| G. | Guard against disaster (2 wds.) | SAFETYNET |
| H. | Where to find your zygoma | CHEEKBONE |
| I. | Cry of adoration or acclamation | HOSANNA |
| J. | Bad place for a fly, it's said | OINTMENT |
| K. | Hoops to jump through before action is taken (2 wds.) | REDTAPE |
| L. | Negotiate a trade agreement? | BARTER |
| M. | Chest protector (2 wds.) | RIBCAGE |
| N. | Made more angry or intense | INFLAMED |
| O. | People and lingo of "Game of Thrones" | DOTHRAKI |
| P. | Intermediary agent (hyph.) | GOBETWEEN |
| Q. | Tongue of Galadriel in Middle-earth | ELVISH |
| R. | Where four Alous played | OUTFIELD |
| S. | Boreal ecosystem | FOREST |
| T. | Crewman fluent in Klingon | WORF |
| U. | Wealth-flaunting | OPULENT |
| V. | Genre named in a song by Toots and the Maytals | REGGAE |
| W. | Out of one's mind, unbalanced | DEMENTED |
| X. | What Death Valley sits below (2 wds.) | SEALEVEL |