1: Author of The Old Man and the Sea

7: Play a role or part.

8: A truck with an enclosed cargo space.

9: Small and pulpy fruits; often used for making jams and jellies.

10: A mixture of gases required for breathing.

11: Sun. speech

13: Contraction for 'I have.'

15: A narrow street with walls on both sides.

17: Immersing the body in water or sunshine.

18: An area of ground used for some particular purpose.

20: Trade on the Net

22: Have

23: Sphere, to Shelley

26: The organ of sight.

27: Very, very old.

28: Electrical unit represented by 46-Down

29: Product of human creativity.

30: 'I couldn't hack it as a lumberjack, so __'

2: Relating to or concerning nature.

3: Past tense of 'save.'

4: A hired laborer on a farm or ranch.

5: Being ready and available for use.

6: An affirmative response.

7: A slide of snow down a mountain.

9: The act of exploding or bursting something.

12: Antonym of dead.

14: Of the highest quality.

16: The enclosed lands around houses or other buildings.

18: Non-fictional prose forming an independent part of a publication.

19: In the area or vicinity.

21: Not good, not bad; in-between.

24: The organic process of bearing flowers.

25: Allow to enter; grant entry to.

27: Can lift 50 times it's own weight.