Down

1) Star 2) Moderation 3) Too 5) Late 6) WLKY 7) RN 8) LGE 9) Hide

11) Vowel 14) AA 16) Comic 17) OK 19) OK 21) Bed 23) York

 

Across

2) Man   4) Or   9) Ha 12) Erode 20) Km 22) Eyck 24) Do

18) Hook 13) Awe 14) Ate 15) Wail 16) Connie   6) World 10) Longevity

The words in column four above are positioned in the puzzle to be the most meaningful for the Lil' Man Puzzle Drawing, the Story, or both .  The words with the most obvious placement are at the top of the list .  Longevity is at the bottom; it has an abstract metaphysical placement: spatial is represented as temporal.