(MARGARET) ATWOOD, THE BLIND ASSASSIN — Inside our heads we carry ourselves perfected, ourselves at the best age and in the best light... never caught awkwardly, one leg out of a car, one still in, or picking our teeth, or slouching, or scratching our noses or bums.
| A. | In one's right mind (2 wds.) | ALLTHERE |
| B. | Pursuit of a pedagogue | TEACHING |
| C. | The furthest extent (2 wds., slang) | WHOLEHOG |
| D. | Yawning | OSCITANT |
| E. | Lay an egg | OVIPOSIT |
| F. | "___ of the Moon, Nokomis" ("The Song of Hiawatha") | DAUGHTER |
| G. | Place of escape amid ramifications (2 wds.) | TREEFORT |
| H. | Country where the lempira is money | HONDURAS |
| I. | Choosing from various sources | ECLECTIC |
| J. | Surprise or impress greatly (2 wds.) | BOWLOVER |
| K. | Scandinavian dish of dried cod tenderized by soaking in lye | LUTEFISK |
| L. | Shrub with leathery evergreen leaves; pokeweed | INKBERRY |
| M. | Russian city once a power in the Hanseatic League | NOVGOROD |
| N. | Loose and irregular verse, as in Butler's "Hudibras" | DOGGEREL |
| O. | Sponsorship, support, patronage | AUSPICES |
| P. | Rustling, murmuring or whispering sound | SUSURRUS |
| Q. | Prop in a workshop | SAWHORSE |
| R. | Nomads in marching columns (2 wds.) | ARMYANTS |
| S. | "A ___ is but a cheveril glove to a good wit": "Twelfth Night" | SENTENCE |
| T. | Semisweet wine of California | SAUTERNE |
| U. | Like Shackleton's ship in a 1915 misadventure | ICEBOUND |
| V. | Eastern smoking pipe with a long tube passing through an urn of water | NARGHILE |