BY EMILY COX AND HENRY RATHVON

ACROSS
1.     Puzzle that uses the entire alphabet
5.     Elementary particle that may be strange
8.     What gustatory cells help you do
9.     Atomic pile
10.   Relating to the ear or the sense of hearing
12.   Lynx or serval
13.   Gryllidae family member from Disneyland
14.   Hypothetical missing link (hyph.)
17.   Spinneret-guided construction
19.   Brontosaurus in action, per its name
21.   Organs studied by Gabriele Falloppio
22.   Where rays converge
23.   Mach known for sound thinking
24.   Condition treated by alprazolam

DOWN
1.      Ancient “rose-red” city of Jordan
2.      Cure-all of dubious scientific value
3.      What ergot fungi grow on
4.      Periwinkle by another name
5.      One going on four
6.      Reverer of Quetzalcoatl
7.      Protein in fingernails and hair
11.    Be like a boa
13.    Mandible
15.    Event defying the laws of...

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