crosswords fall apart
Across
- 3. having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.
- 5. cause (a process or action) to begin.
- 7. a particular form of procedure
- 9. dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred.
- 10. suffer grief.
- 11. a sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act.
- 12. bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy.
- 13. forcibly put an end to.
- 15. to become active
- 16. a mentally ill person (not in technical use).
- 17. (of behavior or actions) not proper or appropriate.
- 20. quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of.
- 21. reparation or compensation.
Down
- 1. lack of knowledge or information.
- 2. (of a time or place) decided on beforehand; designated
- 4. using power or authority without considering the feelings of others.
- 6. grow or develop
- 8. of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.
- 14. relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.
- 18. a short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters
- 19. (of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death.