In the Skin of a Lion

3. – A former French coin which was issued during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte. It was used during the 19th century, and was made from pure gold. Nicholas used napoleon coins to bribe his way into travelling.
6. – Indicate the exact position of a border or boundary.
7. – A dry, spicy sausage eaten from the Balkans to the Middle East and Central Asia.
12. – The act of checking out a situation before taking action.
14. – An old type of record player. It is an antique record player in which the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically.
15. – A musical or dramatic performance that is held in the daytime, mostly in the afternoon. It can also be a social or public event.

1. – Someone who is especially competent to pass critical judgements in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste.
2. – A member of a country or borough council, who is next in status to the Mayor of a city.
4. – A temporary stay or a brief period of residence.
5. – A low story between two others in a building, mostly between the ground and first floors. It can also be the lowest balcony or forward part of such a balcony in a theater.
8. – An arrangement or design consisting of columns of short parallel lines, with all the lines in one column sloping one way, and all the lines in the next column sloping the other way so it resembles the bones in a fish. It is used especially in the weave of cloth or the placing of tiles.
9. – A method of voice production usually used by male singers, which sing in notes that are higher than their normal range. (High-pitched voice)
10. – Showing a great attention to detail, or being very careful and precise.
11. – A thick leaf stalk of a cultivated plant of the dock family which are reddish or green, and eaten as a fruit after cooking.
13. – The lowest deck of a ship, where the cargo was stored. During the early 1800’s many immigrants couldn’t afford to travel on the above decks with the upper class, and had to travel with the cargo.