Scythian queen who killed Cyrus the Great, shoved his decapitated head into a wineskin filled with blood, and said "I warned you that I would quench your thirst for blood, and so I shall" (possibly apocryphal but incredibly badass)
8A
Put more away, say
9A
Sticking point?
10A
Golden State coach Steve
Down
1D
Traditionally, about seven and a half weeks
2D
Wriggly little crawler
3D
Like the Great Sphinx of Giza at night
4D
Top seeds' rewards, perhaps
5D
Charleston Harbor's Fort ___
6D
Ten million ergs
7D
"The Phantom Tollbooth" character who says "You must forgive me, but you see, it's traditional for watch dogs to be ferocious"