(WILLIAM) ZINSSER, ON WRITING WELL — Beware of all the slippery new fad words: paradigm and parameter, prioritize and potentialize. They are all weeds that will smother what you write. Don't dialogue with someone you can talk to. Don't interface with anybody.
| A. | Animal life adrift in the main | ZOOPLANKTON |
| B. | Displaying a bias in a literal way | ITALICIZED |
| C. | 2005 portrayer of Kong's darling (2 wds.) | NAOMIWATTS |
| D. | Reaction to a Poe tale | SHUDDER |
| E. | Good to go from port to port | SEAWORTHY |
| F. | Plea, petition, solicitation | ENTREATY |
| G. | Where a line may terminate | RAILHEAD |
| H. | Disagreeable, repellent (hyph.) | OFFPUTTING |
| I. | Slang for a righty | NORTHPAW |
| J. | Motto of an expansionist (2 wds.) | WESTWARDHO |
| K. | Literally, "little wheel" | ROULETTE |
| L. | Shown in an incriminating light | IMPLICATED |
| M. | Speculation based on mystical insight into the divine nature | THEOSOPHY |
| N. | Seriously hurting or struggling (4 wds.) | INABADWAY |
| O. | Popular tank acquisition (2 wds.) | NEONTETRA |
| P. | When the warm-up is over (2 wds.) | GAMETIME |
| Q. | Having a global effect | WORLDWIDE |
| R. | Makeup for Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow | EYELINER |
| S. | Cutter, polisher or engraver of precious stones | LAPIDARY |
| T. | Source of noise pollution in suburbia (2 wds.) | LEAFBLOWER |