| 'A Handful of Dust' author |
WAUGH |
| 'Citizen Kane' prop |
SLED |
| 'I feel the same way' |
DITTO |
| 'Maybe some other time' |
NOTTODAY |
| A genus of shell-less snails was named after this noblewoman |
LADYGODIVA |
| A scarab beetle with a heart-shaped mark on its wing covers was named after this adventurer |
GIACOMOCASANOVA |
| A solitary wasp was named after this actress |
GRETAGARBO |
| An arachnid that sucks the juices of its prey was named after this author |
BRAMSTOKER |
| An orb-weaving spider with black markings resembling a mustache was named after this musician |
FRANKZAPPA |
| Brenda of the comics |
STARR |
| California's Costa ___ |
MESA |
| Cancel the launch |
ABORT |
| Check for accuracy |
VET |
| Checks |
DETERS |
| Closed-minded sort |
BIGOT |
| Community of commuters |
EXURB |
| Compete on 'American Idol' |
SING |
| Conference freebie, sometimes |
TOTE |
| Did lunch |
ATE |
| Disappear |
LAM |
| Distinctive time |
ERA |
| Drum-circle standby |
BONGO |
| Earlier forms of words |
ETYMA |
| Egg warmer? |
HEN |
| Face stoically, as bad weather |
BRAVE |
| Fatiguing activity |
LABOR |
| Fearsome eel |
MORAY |
| Fells with a single blow |
SMITES |
| Forest-fire fallout |
ASH |
| Former partners |
EXES |
| Frat-party costumes |
TOGAS |
| Gray's ___ (British legal society) |
INN |
| He kisses 'by the book' |
ROMEO |
| Heavy reading? |
TOMES |
| High praise |
KUDOS |
| Hotel-room item |
MINT |
| In ___ (unborn) |
UTERO |
| It means 'book' in Arabic |
KORAN |
