June 2022

5. Done routinely and with little interest or care
7. Gran-sounding, giving the impression of grandeur; rhetorical; bombastic
10. A dance form incorporating martial arts elements, originating in Brazil as as system of physical discipline and movement
12. To glide toward the earth in an airplane, with no motor power or with the power shut off
13. An instrument for measuring blood pressurein the arteries, especially one consisting of a pressure gauge and a nylon or rubber cuff that wraps around the upper arm and inflates to constrict the arteries
14. A day's work
15. The use of a word to modify or govern syntactically two or more words with only of which it formally agrees in gender, number, or case
16. Meat cooked over an open fire
18. A deserved share or reward
19. Compose or perform something such as music or speech without preparation; improvise
21. A geometric element that generates a geometric figure, especially a straight line that generates a surface by moving in a specified fashion

1. A knock at the door
2. Not acceptable as a person with whom one can enjoy good fellowship; socially unappealing
3. (Astronomy) Either of two points in the orbit of a solar system body where the body is in opposition to or in conjunction with the sun
4. (Noun) An actor without a speaking part, as one who appears in a crowd scene
6. (Adjective) Happy; blissful; carefree
8. The practice of counting on one's fingers, or otherwise representing numbers with one's fingers
9. (Phonology) Having a strongly trilled sound, like that of a cat purring
11. (Dated, mainly Scottish) In the direction of the sun's apparent course, considered as lucky; clockwise
17. To bask in the sun, or to expose to the sun
20. (Scottish, Northern English) A turnip