(DASHIELL) HAMMETT, THE MALTESE FALCON — Samuel Spade's jaw was long and bony, his chin a jutting V under the more flexible V of his mouth. ...His pale... hair grew down from high flat temples in a point on his forehead. He looked rather pleasantly like a blond Satan.
| A. | Author of the play "Watch on the Rhine" | HELLMAN |
| B. | Flower sacred to Persephone | ASPHODEL |
| C. | Nickname, alias | MONIKER |
| D. | Teacher of spiritual and mystical lore | MAHARISHI |
| E. | Game with a critical final stroke (2 wds.) | EIGHTBALL |
| F. | Double | TWOFOLD |
| G. | George Roy Hill's movie about a con (2 wds.) | THESTING |
| H. | Words with menace behind them | THREAT |
| I. | Paintings meant to ward off evil (2 wds.) | HEXSIGNS |
| J. | Game-hunting dog originally from Norway | ELKHOUND |
| K. | Forward-looking song written and sung by Peggy Lee | MANANA |
| L. | Orbital point farthest from the sun | APHELION |
| M. | Unwarranted shot (2 wds.) | LOWBLOW |
| N. | Attic poet called the father of Greek tragedy | THESPIS |
| O. | Tribute to one who's gone | EPITAPH |
| P. | Winner of 1988's Golden Grand Slam (2 wds.) | STEFFIGRAF |
| Q. | Leafy vegetables | ENDIVES |
| R. | Author of "The Day of the Jackal" | FORSYTH |
| S. | Destination of Arthur's funeral barge | AVALON |
| T. | Plumbum | LEAD |
| U. | Puzzler | CONUNDRUM |
| V. | Means of divination involving ideomotor effects (2 wds.) | OUIJABOARD |
| W. | U.S. battleship that saw action in three wars (2 wds.) | NEWJERSEY |