Désirée's Baby

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Across
  1. 1. A playful, naughty child
  2. 6. A huge mass of snow or emotion falling fast
  3. 7. To grab tightly
  4. 8. Too kind or lenient
  5. 10. A slow-moving river or marsh (common in Louisiana)
  6. 12. Small fancy accessories (old-fashioned word)
  7. 14. To walk weakly or unsteadily
  8. 16. Moving very slowly or lazily
  9. 19. Clothes and small items for a newborn baby
  10. 21. A hood or something covering like a hood
  11. 22. Bossy, giving orders
  12. 23. To shake from fear, cold, or disgust
  13. 24. Short leftover plant stems after harvest
Down
  1. 2. fire A fast-moving fire on grasslands
  2. 3. A dark, reddish-brown wood
  3. 4. A dark cloth over a coffin / something depressing
  4. 5. Person who is 1/4 Black by ancestry (historic word)
  5. 9. wagon A wooden cart with a cloth roof
  6. 11. A way to say "God’s will" or "destiny"
  7. 13. Light, soft cotton fabric
  8. 15. Engagement to marry (formal/old-fashioned)
  9. 17. (house) A covered porch around a house
  10. 18. Dark, serious, sad (spelled “sombre” in British English)
  11. 20. Wearing a turban (cloth wrapped on head)