Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. of a high temperature
  2. 5. imaginary one-horned creature
  3. 8. loss of memory
  4. 9. goes ahead to show the way
  5. 11. voluntary punishment for a sin
  6. 12. once more
  7. 13. cooked in hot spices
  8. 14. requires
  9. 18. period for recuperation after illness
  10. 22. Republic in West Africa
  11. 23. floating platforms made of materials tied together
  12. 25. knock to the ground
  13. 28. challenges a person to do something
  14. 29. pat lightly
Down
  1. 1. Waltz by Strauss
  2. 2. in the past
  3. 4. scorch
  4. 6. surrounding embankment of a fort
  5. 7. subtlety and tact in handling situations
  6. 10. sign the back of a cheque
  7. 15. a ledge
  8. 16. pit worker
  9. 17. deep purplish red
  10. 18. to slice meat into pieces
  11. 19. heavy truck vehicles
  12. 20. baby's bed
  13. 21. amusing
  14. 24. one of a flight of steps
  15. 26. fast
  16. 27. the act of avoiding by trickery