VERY nice! I had a sneaking suspicion it was anagrams, simply because I know you are a cryptic fan. When I finished I said to myself, "Wow, LEMON5AFruit with seeds[-----] is not a fruit I'd associate with seeds, it would be more like grapes, or apples or even melon...hey, wait a minute. Then I just went looking for the very generic clues. After I had M Y H and M I knew what it had to be. Took me a while to change ANGERED37AInfuriated[-------] to ENRAGED. I never saw the ANNA1AAuthor Quindlen[----] GRAM53AOne is about 0.035 ounces[----] (DOH!) and I have to admit I am not sure how ALDA and RICE go together...though I am sure I am going to like it.