(EDWARD) HOAGLAND, (THE) COURAGE OF TURTLES — They can stretch out their necks like a giraffe, or loom underwater like an apocryphal hippo. ... They have a penguin's alertness combined with a build like a brontosaurus. ... They hunch and ponderously lunge like a grizzly.
| A. | Endangered sea creature that is the primary source for tortoiseshell | HAWKSBILL |
| B. | Hitting a gnat with a sledgehammer, say | OVERKILL |
| C. | State often induced on-screen by the Marx Brothers | ANARCHY |
| D. | World's largest burrowing clam | GEODUCK |
| E. | Skink, gecko or Komodo dragon | LIZARD |
| F. | Friend to Patroclus in Homer's "Iliad" | ACHILLES |
| G. | What Cordelia offers King Lear in Act I | NOTHING |
| H. | Specifications of a job or office | DUTIES |
| I. | Like the animal described in this puzzle's quote | CHELONIAN |
| J. | Location of a hazardous hole (2 wds.) | OZONELAYER |
| K. | Available to be seized and claimed (3 wds.) | UPFORGRABS |
| L. | Plan for where you're going (2 wds.) | ROADMAP |
| M. | Structure often borne on a stalk | ANTHER |
| N. | Small pickle | GHERKIN |
| O. | This may be raised upon hearing a lie | EYEBROW |
| P. | How building inspections take place (hyph.) | ONSITE |
| Q. | Purplish red flower loved by hummingbirds | FUCHSIA |
| R. | Keeper of a pen | TURNKEY |
| S. | Like a family in the first sentence of "Anna Karenina" | UNHAPPY |
| T. | Kind of beast whose name comes from Latin "to crawl" | REPTILE |
| U. | Levy leaving you 90% | TITHE |
| V. | Outfit for a new arrival | LAYETTE |
| W. | Raised to a higher degree, magnified | ENHANCED |
| X. | Far from cheap; far from skimpy | SUMPTUOUS |