Heavy lifting

by Phelps Gates

       
       
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A.   sage portrayed by Keanu Reeves in a 1993 film

B.   strange and unearthly

C.   elevated

D.   inevitably

E.   genus of saw-scaled vipers

F.   current name of the New Hebrides

G.   subject of 13th Amendment

H.   annoying

I.   African insect, vector of sleeping sickness (2 wds)

J.   last native Welshman to be Prince of Wales (2 wds)

K.   sought out and brought together (2 wds)

L.   healers with an ND degree

M.   off limits (3 wds)

N.   nice and warm