(SANDRA) HEMPEL, THE INHERITOR'S POWDER — Opium was sold... in a... solution called laudanum, which... cost about the same as a pint of beer. ... [G]allons of Godfrey's Cordial, a blend of opium, treacle and spices..., were poured down infants' throats during the nineteenth century... .
| A. | Aquatic plant's anchoring part | HOLDFAST |
| B. | Bliss, euphoria, joy | ELATION |
| C. | Insanity | MADNESS |
| D. | Activity for a cabalist or a navigator | PLOTTING |
| E. | Dodge or duck; baffle | ELUDE |
| F. | No. 2, for example (2 wds.) | LEADPENCIL |
| G. | Not apt to ruffle feathers | TACTFUL |
| H. | Large brass instrument resting on the shoulder | HELICON |
| I. | Public walk along a shore | ESPLANADE |
| J. | Anvil in the middle ear | INCUS |
| K. | Like the invasion of 1066 | NORMAN |
| L. | Fatal flaw of many Greek heroes | HUBRIS |
| M. | Get less intense, let up (2 wds.) | EASEOFF |
| N. | Stronghold from which to repel an attack | REDOUBT |
| O. | Safe, harmless, not to be feared | INNOCUOUS |
| P. | Frugal sort, unflatteringly | TIGHTWAD |
| Q. | Bit of gossip (2 wds.) | ONDIT |
| R. | Out of control; on the lam | RUNAWAY |
| S. | Has some intriguing ideas? | SCHEMES |
| T. | Acquire, pick up, manage to get | PROCURE |
| U. | Study of birds' eggs | OOLOGY |
| V. | Detached, reserved, shy | WITHDRAWN |
| W. | Evidence against an assertion | DISPROOF |
| X. | Words on a Wonderland cake (2 wds.) | EATME |
| Y. | Poison also known as white arsenic | RATSBANE |