May tenth - a solution

Minor concern! I got so enthusiastic about making up new crostics that I had great trouble finding what I had done with the solution to the last one!
But here it is:

A)Hid
B) alkaloid
C) null
D) ND
E) edit
F) The cube root of uncertainty
G) Thy crown does sear mine eyeballs
H) few did
I) owl
J) rid
K) Stranger in a strange land
L) outwit
M( Gate of worlds
N) rift
O) elk
P) awful
Q) Time is the simplest thing
R) awl
S) Moonferns and starsongs
T) Illustrated Man
U) Supernatural thrillers
V) DDT
W) end with
X) East
Y) dad

The first letters read:
Hannett, For so great a misdeed


A new one in a day or two!