KATE RUSSO, TOTAL ADDICTION — The temperature drops. The wind picks up speed. The sunlight slowly dims, bathing the surroundings in an eerie twilight... . Moments before totality a wall of darkness comes rushing towards you... this is the shadow of the Moon.
The temperature drops. The wind picks up speed. The sunlight slowly dims, bathing the surroundings in an eerie twilight that produces colours with shades rarely seen in the natural world. Then it is time. Moments before totality a wall of darkness comes rushing towards you at speeds of up to 5,000 miles per hour — this is the shadow of the Moon. You feel alive. You feel in awe.
| A. | Outer Banks town with the motto "First in Flight" (2 wds.) | KITTYHAWK |
| B. | Characterized by majestic dignity or grandeur | AUGUST |
| C. | Sum of the spots on an ordinary die (hyph.) | TWENTYONE |
| D. | Chewing gum brand; former Mitsubishi model | ECLIPSE |
| E. | Novel in a good way | REFRESHING |
| F. | Low-lying plants in the woods | UNDERBRUSH |
| G. | Shape like that of the earth | SPHEROID |
| H. | Titanic, Queen Mary or Lusitania | STEAMSHIP |
| I. | Boss, groovy, super (3 wds.) | OUTOFSIGHT |
| J. | Passage of a celestial body over a meridian | TRANSIT |
| K. | Indication of something on the horizon | OMEN |
| L. | "No" vote (hyph.) | THUMBSDOWN |
| M. | Flower in an Elysian field | ASPHODEL |
| N. | ____ Islands, group that includes St. Kitts and Nevis | LEEWARD |
| O. | Spectacle in the sky (2 wds.) | AIRSHOW |
| P. | Plight, predicament, fix | DILEMMA |
| Q. | Specific, precise, meticulous | DETAILED |
| R. | Emanate, emerge (2 wds.) | ISSUEFORTH |
| S. | Asset for a pitcher; ability to dominate | CONTROL |
| T. | Saturn satellite visited by the Voyager spacecraft | TETHYS |
| U. | Awesomely big and grand | IMPOSING |
| V. | Earliest stage, genesis | ONSET |
| W. | One who stays up late (2 wds.) | NIGHTOWL |