The House of the Scorpion Crossword

a stupid person; an idiot
an organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived
having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it
used as a narcotic and in medicine as an analgestic
an alcoholic solution containing morphine, prepared from opium and formerly used as a narcotic painkiller
to listen in on someone or something that you are not invited to
sleep regarded as a world of dreams
a person who manages or looks after something or someone
move or transfer something to another place
insert or fix tissue or an artificial object in a person's body, especially by surgery.
being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.
a residential institution for the care and education of kids; children
a terrestrial arachnid with pincers similar to those of a lobster and a poisonous sting at the end of its jointed tail, which it can hold curved over its back. Most kinds live in tropical and subtropical areas.