Across
- 4. Obscure term for “light-bearing,” though suggestive of something infernal.
- 7. Disguised extraterrestrial, last son of a doomed planet, guardian of Metropolis.
- 10. Rockstar saga of frontier decline, revenge, and reluctant atonement.
- 11. Persistent caller who thrives despite your caller ID and exasperation.
- 12. Street snack of spiced, dressed maize on the cob, south of the Rio Grande.
- 13. Land once dismissed as “Seward’s Folly,” now a U.S. outpost in the Arctic.
Down
- 1. Profession notable for meticulous ledgers — and a trio of doubled letters.
- 2. State capital where rivers converge, gold once lured prospectors nearby.
- 3. Device that merged music, web, and calling, redefining the pocket gadget.
- 5. Name shared by New York power brokers and a prime-time interviewer.
- 6. Meaningless utterance, perhaps mistaken for a foreign tongue.
- 8. Horns and hooves combine in this fleet ungulate of plains and steppes.
- 9. To despoil a place while searching, leaving upheaval in one’s wake.