February 2022
Across
- 3. (Chemistry) To absorb and adsorb and retain (a substance)
- 5. The raised part of a sundail that casts the shadow
- 7. A rapid gallop or ride
- 8. A set of clothing, linens, and sometimes toiletries, for a newborn
- 11. Makeup; cosmetics
- 12. Word coined by Geoffrey K. Pullum
- 14. Having a mealy or powdery texture
- 17. Work; especially hard work
- 18. A set of jewels intended to be worn together
- 19. Hasty and careless, offhand
Down
- 1. A fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, seen especially in autumn
- 2. Formed of a moldable substance, such as clay or earth
- 4. (Of the copying of a text) letter by letter
- 6. The bottom of a body of water
- 9. One of a pair of metal supports used for holding up logs in a fireplace
- 10. A small three-masted Mediterranean vessel with both square and lateen sails
- 13. (Rare) A group or set of nine
- 15. Congratulations
- 16. To braid (hair)