This crossword is companion piece for From The Archives

When writing that story, wanted to make semi-authentic references to a crossword puzzle, so decided to make a series of answers relating to character turned into newspaper. And so went to site to generate clues for the w answers and then another site for generating a rough crossword.

Above is the crossword and below are the clues and answers (under spoiler).

Not certain anyone will try and fill this out, but thought would be fun to include with this tale.

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CLUE | ANSWERS (under spoiler)

ACROSS

3. Astonished | SURPRISED

4. For what reason? | WHY

5. Curious | UNUSUAL

7. Annoy constantly, handsome creature | BADGER

9. Archivist, co-worker, bunny | JANIS

12. Assist | HELP

13. Lowest floor of a building, sometimes | SUBBASEMENT

14. Snared | TRAPPED

16. Newspaper writer | REPORTER

18. Dispose of | THROWAWAY

19. Huh? | WHAT

20. Digitizer of documents | SCANNER

22. Extract and reuse | RECYCLE

DOWN

1. Metamorphosis | TRANSFORMATION

2. Sensation | FEELING

4. Unusual | WEIRD

6. Muddled | CONFUSED

8. Depository for records and documents | ARCHIVE

10. It may end up in a bird cage (don't do that) |  NEWSPAPER

11. In what place? | WHERE

15. Warren denizen | RABBIT

17. Out of the ordinary | STRANGE

21. Ferret's cousin | WEASEL