The Thing

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Across
  1. 3. The base’s radio operator / one of the crew members
  2. 4. MacReady’s drink of choice during tense moments
  3. 5. The animal first brought into the base that carries the infection
  4. 10. Antarctic research station where the story unfolds
  5. 11. The Thing’s survival method — copying and replacing hosts
  6. 12. The Thing is a shape‑shifting extraterrestrial ___
  7. 14. Aircraft central to the chase/rescue sequences
  8. 16. Tool used to test blood samples in the famous scene
  9. 18. The crew’s growing mistrust and fear of one another
Down
  1. 1. Heated‑wire experiment that reveals who’s been assimilated
  2. 2. Primary tool used to destroy infected material
  3. 6. Type of effects (used for the creature) rather than CGI
  4. 7. Director of the 1982 sci‑fi horror film
  5. 8. Kurt — the actor who plays MacReady
  6. 9. Special‑effects artist who created the creature effects
  7. 13. The burned camp whose survivors unknowingly bring danger
  8. 15. The Antarctic setting creates this hostile condition
  9. 17. The pilot and protagonist who leads the crew at Outpost 31