Across
- 3. wrote the first science fiction novel
- 6. wealthy girl who cheats at golf
- 7. asthma is really holding him back
- 8. not much good on a ranch with a missing hand
- 12. marries a mad scientist but gets strangles by his creation
- 14. willing to cheat in a duel to get revenge
- 17. not terribly sad to be a widow
- 18. plays God
- 19. a pugnacious with little man syndrome
- 20. narrates the story of a love-struck wealthy bootlegger
- 21. described as so dumb he doesn't even know he's alive
- 22. indecisive son of a murdered father
- 24. best friend who is stabbed and killed by a Capulet
- 26. comfortable in the forest alone
- 27. best friend is a mad scientist
- 30. drowned as a result of sorrow
- 31. sneaks in a balcony window to see his teenage bride
- 34. runs in front of a speeding car and is killed
- 35. married quickly rather than not be a queen
- 37. wore a red ribbon
- 39. ugly without silliness; gives a pig head to a beast
Down
- 1. stabbed through a rug on the wall
- 2. enjoys petting soft things
- 4. spent youth working among migrants; won a Nobel Prize
- 5. won't recognize his child in public
- 6. has great hopes of returning to the past
- 9. doesn't have much substance; terrible driver
- 10. tormented by his Puritan ancestors; wrote a book
- 11. best friend who cannot get a ghost to speak to him
- 13. a capable guy if it wasn't for having to babysit his huge friend
- 15. fakes own death so convincingly that husband kills himself
- 16. saves a special red dish where no one can use it
- 22. had an affair with a minister
- 23. brother of a mad scientist who is strangled
- 25. elected leader of stranded boys
- 28. has the deepest need for a friend
- 29. wrote book about boys who turned savage
- 31. pretends to be a friend but is really a scorned husband in disguise
- 32. stuck in an unhappy marriage
- 33. helps teenage lovers get together - sort of
- 36. potential serial killer without authority figures around
- 38. has many affairs but gets angry when his wife does