May 2022

1. A mark used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages; another name for a division sign
6. Gloomy; dark
8. Easily prvoked to anger: very irritable
9. The innermost digit of a forelimb, especially the thumb in primates
13. Taking place every other year
15. (Of a plant) Blooming or producing a crop more than once a season
16. Fear of the number 13
18. An Irish dish made of cabbage, kale, or other greens, and potatoes boiled and mashed together
19. Toward or by the sea
21. Occuring randomly or occasionally

2. (Noun) A showy but inferior and worthless thing
3. Of, like, or containing soap; soapy
4. A postition at a distance from shore
5. A bean cultivated and used for food
7. (Adjective) Ragged
10. Toward the mountains
11. The collecting of banknotes as a hobby
12. To move ot run clumsily or heavily
14. (Technical) Belonging to or appearing in summer
17. Having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd
20. An informal performance by folksingers, typically with participation by the audience