The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. peel the skin off (a corpse or carcass)
  2. 4. a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water; a headland
  3. 6. place where a sailing vessel can be secured
  4. 8. standing close together
  5. 11. piece of armor consisting of breastplate and backplate fastened together
  6. 12. a space or opening made by or as if by splitting
  7. 13. great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion
  8. 15. a mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations
  9. 16. commotion
  10. 17. passage by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach
  11. 18. jutting or overhanging
Down
  1. 2. small sailing ship with two or three masts
  2. 3. long curling sea wave
  3. 5. cows or cattle
  4. 7. greedy monster described as having a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and claws
  5. 9. traveling by sea, especially regularly
  6. 10. fishing by casting a line into the sea from the shore or near the shore
  7. 14. a puppy
  8. 19. sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way