BARRY LOPEZ, ARCTIC DREAMS — No wild frenzy of feeding distinguishes the... summer. But for the sudden movements of charging wolves and bolting caribou, the gambols of muskox calves,... the swoop of a jaeger, the Arctic is a long, unbroken bow of time.
| A. | One method of surveillance | BUGGING |
| B. | George Eliot's village carpenter (2 wds.) | ADAMBEDE |
| C. | Wild party with raucous music | RAVE |
| D. | Mingle, associate (2 wds.) | RUBELBOWS |
| E. | Leader who called Communism "pie in the sky" | YELTSIN |
| F. | Insect beneficial to gardeners | LACEWING |
| G. | Not prepared (hyph.) | OFFTHECUFF |
| H. | "Peter and the Wolf" composer | PROKOFIEV |
| I. | On-line symbol read sideways, such as ;-) | EMOTICON |
| J. | Sacred edifice of the Sumerians | ZIGGURAT |
| K. | Cleared, as from blame or duty | ABSOLVED |
| L. | Would-be emigre from the former Soviet Union | REFUSENIK |
| M. | Style of bungalow designed by Gustav Stickley | CRAFTSMAN |
| N. | Pair | TWOSOME |
| O. | Chart-topping hit for 12 weeks in 1940 (3 wds.) | INTHEMOOD |
| P. | Split, like some hooves | CLEFT |
| Q. | State flower of North Carolina | DOGWOOD |
| R. | Walter Payton's forte | RUSHING |
| S. | Songwriter for "The Lion King" (2 wds.) | ELTONJOHN |
| T. | Liqueur banned in France in 1915 | ABSINTHE |
| U. | Chanterelle or boletus | MUSHROOM |
| V. | Intuitive faculty (2 wds.) | SIXTHSENSE |