Across
- 7. — Relating to twilight
- 8. — Overly focused on trivial academic details
- 10. — A tragedy as massive as the ship itself
- 11. — Lacking refinement or manners
- 18. — Offhand; dismissively unconcerned
- 19. — A journey across space as wide as imagination allows
- 21. — As limited as water in a desert
- 23. — Nonsense
- 25. Godfather — A crime saga built like a family dynasty
- 26. — More than enough, like a table full of foodjovial — Cheerful like friends laughing around a fire
- 27. — A story layered like dreams stacked inside dreams
- 31. — Read carefully
- 33. Dark Knight — A tale of justice and chaos, like order wrestling with shadow
- 34. — Pretend to be ill to avoid work
- 35. La Land — A musical dream as bright as city lights at night
- 38. — Attractive; pleasing in appearance
Down
- 1. — Complain incessantly
- 2. — Deceit; double-dealing
- 3. — Worn out with age
- 4. — Organized like steps on a staircase
- 5. — Inactive like a seed waiting for spring
- 6. — In a steep or sudden manner
- 9. — Needlessly repetitive
- 12. — Careful with money like a squirrel saving nuts
- 13. — Not proper or suitable; inappropriate
- 14. — Weak like a fading flame
- 15. — Add or attach, especially territory
- 16. — As unaware as someone walking with headphones too loud
- 17. — Easily shaped or influenced
- 20. — Clear and easy to understand like clean glass
- 22. — Sincere with the focus of someone telling the truth
- 24. — Watchful like a guard at midnight
- 28. — Believable, like a story that fits the facts
- 29. — As long and dull as a line that never moves
- 30. — Out of place; inconsistent with surroundings
- 32. — As joyful as a kite rising in clear wind
- 36. — Brief but full of substance
- 37. Matrix — A world hidden beneath reality like a code beneath an image