Across
- 3. Fastest animal (9-6)
- 7. Name given for a group of owls (10)
- 8. Name given to Earth's most dangerous object (9-4)
- 11. A self-contradictory statement, situation, or preposition (7)
- 14. Equestrian olympic event (8)
- 16. First animal launched into space (5-5)
- 17. The Sun's outermost layer (6)
- 18. Term for a word that is pronounced the same as another but with a different meaning (9)
- 19. The smallest bone in the human body (7)
- 20. Prefix to denote something that is fake or a sham (6)
- 22. Highest military rank (5-7)
- 23. A form of maiming which was depicted in the movie Misery (8)
- 24. What type of creature was Medusa (6)
Down
- 1. Hippopotamus has what literal translation (5-5)
- 2. The strongest bone in the human body (5)
- 4. Loudest animal (5-5)
- 5. What substance gives black pepper it's spicy taste
- 6. Name given for a group of baboons (5)
- 9. Name given to the hypothesis for an object entering the pull of a black hole (17)
- 10. A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs (5)
- 12. A ring-shaped coral reef or island enclosing a lagoon (5)
- 13. Titan who was the father of Zeus (6)
- 15. Ravens belong to which family (6)
- 21. Homer's epic poem (5)