VIRGINIA MORELL, ANIMAL WISE — Hardly a week goes by that doesn't see a... new discovery about animal minds: "Whales Have... Regional Dialects," "Fish Use Tools," "Squirrels Adopt Orphans," "Honeybees Make Plans," "Sheep Don't Forget a Face," "Rats Feel Each Other's Pain..."
| A. | Rapacious, predatory type | VULTURE |
| B. | Quality of a sloth | IDLENESS |
| C. | Manage not to stagnate in a changing world | READAPT |
| D. | What you can find in a skein | GEESE |
| E. | Characterized by torpor | INACTIVE |
| F. | Refuge for every couple (2 wds.) | NOAHSARK |
| G. | Prepped for work, as a draft horse (2 wds.) | INHARNESS |
| H. | Series taught by Snuffleupagus or Big Bird | ALPHABET |
| I. | Rhesus monkey or Barbary ape | MACAQUE |
| J. | Tale in which men are turned into swine | ODYSSEY |
| K. | Phylum of invertebrates whose cilia resemble wheels | ROTIFERA |
| L. | Peacock or butterfly markings | EYESPOTS |
| M. | Independent operator (2 wds.) | LONEWOLF |
| N. | Aesopian portion (2 wds.) | LIONSSHARE |
| O. | Honeydew-yielding "cattle" (2 wds.) | ANTCOWS |
| P. | Olden term for a pasture tender | NEATHERD |
| Q. | In the middle of nowhere | ISOLATED |
| R. | Old-fashioned or conservative sort | MOSSBACK |
| S. | Unhinged hunter of a Physeter macrocephalus | AHAB |
| T. | Pastime that makes kids jumpy | LEAPFROG |
| U. | Completely, without reservation (2 wds.) | WHOLEHOG |
| V. | Overpopulated with undesirables | INFESTED |
| W. | Molt | SHED |
| X. | "The opposite of spiritual meanness," per Barbara Kingsolver | EMPATHY |